golf. personal growth. well-being.
Ontario, Canada
Joined April 2020
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A Golfer’s Desiderata
Go gracefully amongst the birdies, pars, bogeys, doubles, triples, and quads; for being on a golf course is a blessing. Ground your game in gratitude.
Be mindful that you’re not a pro, and you’re not getting paid for results. Whether your handicap is 22 or plus 2, you’re paying for recreation. Relax. Smile often. Breath deeply. Notice nature. Enjoy how it feels to swing a golf club.
Avoid suffering by grasping this fact — you’re in a relationship with the world’s hardest game.
Relish your best swings and your best putts.
Be a great playing partner — whether you’re playing great or playing poorly.
And in your desire to get better, understand what you truly seek is a deeper connection with a feeling — the joy at the heart of play. Like Woods and Sorenstam and all the greats, you’re in love with that feeling because you’re born to be a golfer. And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt your potential is unfolding as it should.
Above all, be at peace with your game, no matter your handicap. For despite it’s countless slices and shanks, a pure strike is nourishment for your soul.
(Inspired by Max Ehrmann’s 1927 poem)
👇great podcast … Swing Thoughts hosts Howard Glassman and Tim O’Connor interview Ryan Fox’s mental coach, Karl Morris. An inside-the-ropes glimpse into what happens between a mental coach and a world-class player during a Major Championship. enjoy.
podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcas…
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"I suck"
"I'm done"
I hear those things a lot from players on the golf course. A big part of caddying is helping players who hit a few bad shots to stay encouraged during fits of hyperbolic despair. There are brighter holes ahead.
This morning I was talking to a guy at the Sober House. In and out of prison for 17 years. Lots of time spent out of bounds and in deep bunkers during his life.
"I suck"
"I'm done"
Who would blame him for saying that?
As a matter of fact, there are countless burner accounts on X that would tell this person he's nothing more than a junkie criminal. That's all he has been. That's all there is.
But this morning we took a different direction in our conversation. The future won't be easy. If you think golf is hard, life is harder. It's gonna take a lot of work at the proverbial range. But those past shots don't need to tell the whole story. There is in fact a Next Shot! And it's filled with hope and opportunity.
"I suck"
"I'm done"
Rooting for anyone who feels that way today to keep marching forward. It gets better. It's worth it.
FYI 👇
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I have 4 spots available in my April 5-7, 2027 golf school in Phoenix, Arizona🌵
Come on your own or bring a girlfriend, sister, mother or colleague! All aspects of the game will be coveted including:
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⛳️ Full Swing with a focus on adding distance & fixing poor shots
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All season long, I wrote the same sentence in my notebook every day: "I'm grateful for winning tournaments on the DP World Tour in 2026."
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I built a free iPhone app called "Window Golf".
I made it for myself to use on the range. Then I figured it would be fun to actually put something in the App Store.
Good ballstriking hinges on two things. Solid contact and finishing the ball as close to your target line as possible.
One way I like to practice is by picking a club and seeing how many shots I can keep inside a "window." With driver, that window might be 40 yards wide. Everything inside counts. Everything outside doesn't.
The problem is I like to switch targets while I practice, and eyeballing a 40-yard window at a new target is hard so I built the app to help with that.
There are also three combines built in. Driver, 6 iron, and pitching wedge. Ten shots each. The app sets your starting window width based on your handicap index, then adjusts as you go. If you perform well the window will automatically get narrower. Struggle and the window will automatically get wider.
It works on the course too. Say your target off the tee is 38 yards right of the OB stakes. Set your window to 76 yards wide, hold up your phone, line up the left edge with the OB line, and now you can see exactly where 38 yards right actually is. Same idea works for approach shots.
Here's the link:
apps.apple.com/app/window-go…
iPhone only for now. Not sure if I'll ever build an Android version.
Give it a try and let me know what you think. The app is free. Requires no credit card. Requires no email address. Just download, enter your handicap, and start using it.
🤖 Made with AI
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My feature length documentary Mr. Hogan debuts tomorrow on YouTube. Lots of never before seen footage and stories!🙏🏻
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I like golf because it’s my escape.
I’m 30 years old. I have the life I dreamed about when I was a kid. Yet somehow, I still feel like I haven’t done enough.
Lately I’ve been spending a lot of time thinking about what actually makes me happy. From the outside looking in, I have no reason to feel the way I do. That’s what makes it so frustrating. I constantly feel like I’m not where I’m supposed to be, even when I can’t explain why.
But when I’m on the golf course, none of that exists.
The constant battle with my own thoughts fades into the background. For four hours, my focus is on the next shot, the next decision, the next challenge.
Golf doesn’t solve my problems.
It just gives me a few hours of peace from thinking about them.
Love this!
At 100 years old, WWII veteran Bernie Smoot still drives his convertible Ford Mustang to play golf five days a week, shoots in the low 80s and shares wisdom from 74 years in the game: “You live to play golf. But to reach my age, you play golf to live.”
To celebrate Bernie — who landed at Omaha Beach just months after graduating high school — his PGA Coach and friend Jeff Maynor organized a tournament in his honor at the University of Maryland Golf Course, where Bernie plays five days a week.
Maynor, the course’s PGA Director of Golf, has run a @PGAHOPE program there for Veterans since 2019, which Bernie loves to support. The tournament for Bernie was a chance for those Veterans to thank him and celebrate his love for the game.
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"Why do people play golf?"
Sean Connery sums up golf in one perfect, 90-second answer...
Not golf … but love the idea.
#gratitude
