“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbour. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” Mark Twain
This is one of my favourite quotes. It [...]
Archive for June, 2007
Mark Twain and golf…
Posted in Golf, John Richardson, Philosophy, Scratch to Scratch, belief, critics, mark twain on June 20, 2007 | 5 Comments »
So Tiger is a father…
Posted in Arnold Palmer, Elin Woods, George Best, Jack Nicklaus, John Richardson, Scratch to Scratch, Tiger Woods, US Open, belief on June 19, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Less than 24 hours after losing the US Open Tiger became a father to a little girl called Sam Alexis Woods. Which, as a besotted father of a girl myself, fills me with a strange happiness.
The aftermath of the US Open and the discussion, both on the boards and in the press, about Tiger [...]
Make sense of that…
Posted in Angel Cabrera, Bubba Watson, Darren Clarke, Golf, John Richardson, Sam Torrance, Scratch to Scratch, Tiger Woods, US Open, belief, phil mickelson, zach johnson on June 16, 2007 | 6 Comments »
I sat this morning staring at the leader board of the US Open trying to figure out what happened. Mickelson out and nice clean straight hitters like Luke Donald joining him in the club house for a coke (55 oz size for Mickelson obviously) and a burger in front of the TV during the [...]
Belief and the US Open.
Posted in Arnold Palmer, Geoff Ogilvy, Johnny Miller, US Open, belief on June 14, 2007 | 2 Comments »
I had myself all prepared to write a big post about the US Open and explain how the players were choosing to be terrified of the course and how difficult it was. But a little niggle of self-doubt started to work at me. I could hear a little voice going “well John, look [...]
The big “Secret”
Posted in Ben Hogan, Colin Montgomerie, Geoff Ogilvy, Scratch to Scratch, US Open, belief, man boobs, phil mickelson, zach johnson on June 13, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
We all love the concept of “secrets” in golf or indeed anything. THE big publishing and DVD phenomenon of the last year has been The SecretThe Secret which pretty much claims to be the secret to everything in life. Golfers remain obsessed with the secrets that Ben Hogan in particular appeared to uncover [...]
Have a wee look at this…
Posted in John Richardson, Philosophy, Scratch to Scratch, Simon Cowell, belief, paul potts on June 12, 2007 | 3 Comments »
I am a total sucker for this stuff. A big thanks to Frank Farnschlaeder for sending me this link.
But it’s a brilliant example of somebody with talent and clearly absolutely zero confidence. Confidence in our abilities and talents gets knocked out of us so often as we get old and this guy is [...]
The ongoing saga of John Daly…
Posted in Golf, John Daly, Scratch to Scratch, Seve, critics, golf practice, wedges on June 11, 2007 | 2 Comments »
I noticed in the virtual golfing press today that the great John Daly has had yet another “blip” in his life. Yet again it involves a wife but this time the twist is that his current wife tried to stab him with a steak knife – nice. He appeared at the Stanford St. [...]
Simon Cowell and determination.
Posted in Bill Cullen, Golf, John Richardson, Philosophy, Scratch to Scratch, Simon Cowell, belief, critics on June 3, 2007 | 3 Comments »
One of the big issues I had to deal with during my challenge was keeping up the determination to keep at it. To keep driving up to the range every night when all I wanted to do was sit in front of the TV with a glass of wine. To keep getting up [...]
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