I have a wonderful and extraordinarily eccentric friend who is a dentist. But he is not your normal stereotypical dentist. Oh no. This is a dentist who lives in Hampshire but will only take National Health patients. A dentist from the leafy suburbs who drives a ludicrously modified and stickered up Subaru and [...]
Archive for April, 2007
Critics and the “special forces dentist”
Posted in John Richardson, Scratch to Scratch, Theodore Roosevelt, belief, critics on April 26, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Dr Seuss and golf.
Posted in Darren Clarke, Dr Seuss, Golf, John Richardson, Robert Ringer, Sam Torrance, Scratch to Scratch, Seve, belief, phil mickelson on April 25, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
“Be Who You Are And Say What You Feel Because Those Who Mind Don’t Matter And Those Who Matter Don’t Mind.”
Theodor Seuss Geisel (aka: Dr. Seuss)
Golfers, like so many of the rest of us, are so easily influenced by others people’s opinions. Many years ago I learnt a really crucial skill from a book [...]
“Plough you own path…”
Posted in Golf, John Richardson, Philosophy, Scratch to Scratch, Seve, Tiger Woods, critics, phil mickelson on April 24, 2007 | 3 Comments »
“Furrow you own route…”
“Take your own direction…”
etc. etc.
In golf, as in life, I maintain you are always better to concentrate on your own path to success. One swing does not work for all and one type of game doesn’t suit everybody either.
Today I decided to nip out and play nine holes on the par three [...]
Fundamentals, fundamentals, fundamentals…
Posted in Fundamentals, Golf, Jack Nicklaus, John Richardson, Scratch to Scratch, jim furyk on April 23, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
My round with the PGA pro last week highlighted not just the importance of great wedge play but also the eternal importance of getting your fundamentals correct. Those of you who signed up for my first secret will know that I like to think of the swing as one fluid movement and have strong [...]
My wedge fetish continues…
Posted in Golf, John Richardson, Scratch to Scratch, wedges, zach johnson on April 21, 2007 | 4 Comments »
It was my birthday yesterday (40!) and as I sat at my desk I officially “couldn’t be arsed” to do any work. The great joy of the way I changed my life after the challenge was that I can do now pretty much do what I want, when I want, as long as I [...]
“Success leaves clues”
Posted in Boo Weekley, Golf, John Richardson, Scratch to Scratch, US Masters, wedges, zach johnson on April 19, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Two weeks, two tournaments won by relative unknowns. Two guys who managed to defeat the Tigers and Ernie Els of this world.
Firstly Zach Johnson wins the Masters with his own game plan, a huge level of belief and some stunning wedge play.
Then, on Monday, Boo Weekley wins the Verizon Heritage by chipping on on [...]
Soaring – The fable of the Pung Bird….
Posted in Black Heart, Chinese, Philosophy, Thick face on April 17, 2007 | 2 Comments »
More Chinese Philosophy I’m afraid but I just love this, Once more it’s from Chin-Ning Chu’s inspirational book Thick Face Black Heart. It’s a wonderful, simple little tale about persistence in the light of tedious little folk telling you that things aren’t possible.
”In the North Sea of China,” the legend says, “there is a fish [...]
What if you were to make a movie script your next round?
Posted in Golf, Heather Graham, John Richardson, Movies, Scratch to Scratch on April 15, 2007 | 2 Comments »
“The best way to predict the future is to invent it”
~ Alan Kay
What if you were to decide that your next round of golf was going to be a movie?
How much better do you think you would play if:
You wore your very best gear – so you looked immaculate on the course just like you [...]
Heather Graham and making a movie of your life
Posted in Golf, Heather Graham, John Richardson, Movies, Scratch to Scratch on April 14, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Q. What do Mark Wahlberg, Mike Myers, Anthony Hopkins and John Richardson all have in common?
A. They’ve all been in a movie with Heather Graham.
That’s today’s wee claim to fame. Northern Ireland is getting it’s little celtic undies in a twist because we have a genuine movie star here making a [...]
Something to learn from the Masters.
Posted in Golf, Joaquin Phoenix, John Richardson, Scratch to Scratch, Tiger Woods, US Masters, zach johnson on April 13, 2007 | 6 Comments »
Ultimately it wasn’t exactly the greatest piece of golfing entertainment we’ve ever seen. I also sincerely doubt that Zach Johnson is going to turn into the type of Seve/Arnie/Watson rival for Tiger that I was looking for.
But it was fascinating for one reason. The theoretically huge “only capable of being won [...]
Well Done Zach Johnson (with a little help from God)
Posted in Golf, Joaquin Phoenix, John Richardson, Scratch to Scratch, Tiger Woods, US Masters, zach johnson on April 9, 2007 | 4 Comments »
For weeks my pet peeve has been the fact that nobody seems to have had the “belief” to beat Tiger. I rabbit on endlessly about how it is the most crucial thing in golf and the closest thing to a “secret” if such a thing exists in golf.
On Saturday I wrote about how Zach [...]
Zach Johnson and a brilliant technique for “clearing” bad shots from your memory…
Posted in Golf, John Richardson, Scratch to Scratch, US Masters, zach johnson on April 7, 2007 | 4 Comments »
Zach Johnson hit a beautiful tee shot yesterday to the 16th and nearly holed it. He was sitting joint leader at 3 under and things were looking great. He was four feet from the hole and if he holed the putt he’d be the outright leader.
But, he missed it. And then in [...]
Mickelson and his tailenders…
Posted in Golf, John Richardson, Scratch to Scratch, Tiger Woods, US Masters, phil mickelson on April 6, 2007 | 3 Comments »
I sat, probably like the rest of you, watching the Masters yesterday and wondering exactly what the hell Mickelson was up to. All my guff in the last two posts came to a fore (like the wee golf pun?) and I wondered just how daft was I to think that he might win. [...]
The Masters, excitement and more Phil vs Tiger.
Posted in Golf, John Richardson, Scratch to Scratch, Tiger Woods, US Masters, phil mickelson on April 5, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Today is undoubtedly an enormously exciting day – who in their right mind who has any interest in golf can’t get excited about the Masters? It’s exciting for so many reasons. Bobby Jones for a start and the concept of a beautiful, almost flawless dream executed so superbly. The purity and lack [...]
So – The Masters and why I don’t want Tiger to win.
Posted in Golf, Jack Nicklaus, John Richardson, Scratch to Scratch, Tiger Woods, US Masters, phil mickelson on April 4, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Yesterday’s article about Jack and Tiger has got my wee potato addled brain in a spin. I lay in bed last night and couldn’t get it out of my mind (rather sad I know)
Me last night – mulling over the Tiger vs Jack scenario.
Much as I said I don’t really care who is better [...]
Jack vs Tiger
Posted in Golf, Jack Nicklaus, John Richardson, Scratch to Scratch, Tiger Woods, US Masters on April 3, 2007 | 6 Comments »
In the run up to the Masters the endless “Is Tiger better than Jack” debate has taken a new twist. A cracking article on ESPN puts forward a very compelling argument that Tiger simply doesn’t have the same quality of competition that Jack had. He has no equivalent of Player or Palmer or [...]
Fear of success – part deux (as we movie folk say…)
Posted in Golf, John Richardson, Scratch to Scratch on April 2, 2007 | 4 Comments »
Okay since I’m in full on Tony Robbins mode – have a look at this. It contains the wonderful Maryanne Williamson quote that Nelson Mandela made famous in his inaugural 1994 speech.
“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is [...]
Does anyone really want to beat Tiger?
Posted in Golf, John Richardson, Scratch to Scratch, Tiger Woods, US Masters, Uncategorized on April 2, 2007 | 4 Comments »
One of the big issues I discovered most golfers have and ultimately had to deal with for myself was the fear of success. In a bizarre way the fear of success can be a stronger motivator against getting better than the fear of failure. In the run up to the US Masters you [...]
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