Sunshine Again.

Its quite amazing that we are having such fabulous sunny days so late into October. Great for Golf!

Whilst I spent much of the day working on line today, I had a family day yesterday walking and shopping in Poole & on Saturday enjoyed a great round of golf at Ferdown Championship Golf Course where they staged the recent Merlo Pro AM, I won the round and was pleased that I played to my handicap of 18.

I have to say that Golf is a very challenging game, as not only does it test your skill, it tests your mental resolve too!

There are so many elements to consider, having the right mindset, choice of club, setting up correctly with the right stance and proximity to the ball, hands, shoulders, knees and of course your head. One does all of this before even begining to swing the club and I beleive its more about how you swing than actually how you hit the ball.  It's a good illustration for cause & affect....When you set up correctly, trust, release tension in your grip and then swing the results are often very pleasing, subject to where the ball pitches and the knock on affect, which when it hits a sprinkler head as I did twice recently is out of ones control.

It is interesting how it has the power to turn well mannered gentleman into seemingly ranting maniacs within moments and then back again just as quick depending on the outcome of their shot. Like wise it reflects life in that often a shot is played that is not what is intended & it goes off the fairway into the rough, it is so easy to get dejected & frustrated as one starts to imagine the most aweful consequence of "a lost ball " or impossible lie. This usually triggers an unhappy mindset & moaning as one walks to where we thought the ball was spotted and quite often we are most frustrated by the time we have nearly given up hope on finding the ball. When suddenly it is spotted, ellatinon sets in as the reality is that the ball is playable and the position not as bad as first feared.  Hoorah & what a waste of emotional energy as one projected unnecessarily.

In life we so often miss the moment, by projecting forward and worrying about something that we assume is going to happen or even see the situation worse than it really is, without first opening our eyes and minds and seeing it for how it really is. We waste time & energy feeling frustrated about our projected reality rather than being present & seeing the actuality.


Remember that "reality to the individual is not necessarily reality in actuality".

Good luck, stay focused on the ball & keep swinging!