Training for golf is one part of the game that is usually dismissed by most golfers. They think that golf is a skill – not a sport – and one that simply comes naturally or it doesn’t come at all. What they don’t know is that the most successful golfers on the PGA tour and the most successful golfers in their own club are training every single day. By training, I don’t mean that they are practicing their specialty shots or just spending hours on the driving range. They are working out, building strength and stamina, and increasing their flexibility to get a faster, stronger, and more accurate swing.
By attributing someone’s success to talent or luck of the draw, we can let ourselves off the hook for not working out harder. But, it’s true – in order to play better golf, you have to work on it. It won’t happen overnight.
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Take one look at the top ten players on the PGA tour. They don’t look like the top ten players of yesteryear. Most of them are a little slimmer, a little fitter, and a lot buffer than they used to be. You don’t see too many professional golfers smoking (at least not in public!), and many of them have their own personal trainers.