In no other sport are people as superstitious as in golf. Every golfer has a variety of golf hints, golf thoughts, or swing thoughts that they employ at various times in their golfing career. A golf hint, in general, is something that was used at the time a good swing was made, and by association alone, is accepted as the reason for the good swing. In other words, I thought about keeping my head still, I had a great swing, so the great swing is because I thought about my head. That is faulty logic!
People often accept golf hints from professionals and naturally assume that they will work for them, a golfer who plays but once a month. Golfers alone are peculiar animals, insisting they get golf hints from the most athletic and accomplished of all golfers in the world. A swimmer would never accept swimming hints from Michael Phelps – because we all know that we could never be like him. However, every golfer believes that they really could be Tiger Woods if they practiced long enough and were given the chance.
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