Post your words of wisdom

Fauldy Banny

OK I'll start.

To develop a good swing concentrate on making your body turn and don't dip your shoulder.

Always warm up properly.

You can learn as much from a bad round as you can from a good round.

Learn how far you can hit each club.

If unsure about your distance take an extra club.

If in the sh*t play safe, take your punishment and move on.

Eat during your round, loss of energy is the cause of many dropped shots.

Drink lots.

Make sure your feet are well looked after, if they fail so will you.


Anyone got any more.

ShriekingSheet

Fauldy Banny wrote: »

Drink lots.

here, here

Patrick_K

Ladies and Gentlemen of the class of '97... wear sunscreen.
If I could offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen would be IT.

The long term benefits of sunscreen have been proved by scientists whereas the rest of my advice has no basis more reliable than my own meandering experience.

I will dispense this advice now.

Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth. Never mind. You will not understand the power and beauty of your youth until they have faded. But trust me, in 20 years you'll look back at photos of yourself and recall in a way you can't grasp now how much possibility lay before you and how fabulous you really looked.

You are NOT as fat as you imagine.

Don't worry about the future; or worry, but know that worrying is as effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing bubblegum. The real troubles in your life are apt to be things that never crossed your worried mind; the kind that blindside you at 4pm on some idle Tuesday.

Do one thing every day that scares you.


Sing.

Don't be reckless with other people's hearts, don't put up with people who are reckless with yours.


Floss.

Don't waste your time on jealousy; sometimes you're ahead, sometimes you're behind. The race is long, and in the end, it's only with yourself.

Remember compliments you receive, forget the insults; if you succeed in doing this, tell me how.

Keep your old love letters, throw away your old bank statements.


Stretch.

Don't feel guilty if you don't know what you want to do with your life. The most interesting people I know didn't know at 22 what they wanted to do with their lives, some of the most interesting 40 year olds I know still don't.

Get plenty of calcium.

Be kind to your knees, you'll miss them when they're gone.

Maybe you'll marry, maybe you won't, maybe you'll have children, maybe you won't, maybe you'll divorce at 40, maybe you'll dance the funky chicken on your 75th wedding anniversary. Whatever you do, don't congratulate yourself too much or berate yourself, either. Your choices are half chance, so are everybody else's. Enjoy your body, use it every way you can. Don't be afraid of it, or what other people think of it, it's the greatest instrument you'll ever own.

Dance. Even if you have nowhere to do it but in your own living room.

Read the directions, even if you don't follow them.

Do NOT read beauty magazines, they will only make you feel ugly.

Get to know your parents, you never know when they'll be gone for good.

Be nice to your siblings; they are your best link to your past and the people most likely to stick with you in the future.

Understand that friends come and go, but for the precious few you should hold on. Work hard to bridge the gaps in geography in lifestyle because the older you get, the more you need the people you knew when you were young.

Live in New York City once, but leave before it makes you hard; live in Northern California once, but leave before it makes you soft.


Travel.
Accept certain inalienable truths, prices will rise, politicians will philander, you too will get old, and when you do you'll fantasize that when you were young prices were reasonable, politicians were noble and children respected their elders.

Respect your elders.

Don't expect anyone else to support you. Maybe you have a trust fund, maybe you'll have a wealthy spouse; but you never know when either one might run out.

Don't mess too much with your hair, or by the time you're 40, it will look 85.

Be careful whose advice you buy, but, be patient with those who supply it. Advice is a form of nostalgia, dispensing it is a way of fishing the past from the disposal, wiping it off, painting over the ugly parts and recycling it for more than it's worth.

But trust me on the sunscreen.

Par72

Not really relevant to golf eh Patrick?

Mister Sifter

make sure you moisturise your fauldy banny.

ShriekingSheet

Patrick, I know that - it's a song - or a speach put to music right?

What or who is it again? It actually sounds pretty good. Kinda like Henry Rollins.

(CH3)2CHOH

ShriekingSheet wrote: »

Patrick, I know that - it's a song - or a speach put to music right?

What or who is it again? It actually sounds pretty good. Kinda like Henry Rollins.

Baz Lurhman did the song.


As for advice.


NEVER marry a Redhead........

Patrick_K

According to Wikipedia ...


Wear Sunscreen or Sunscreen Speech are the common names of an essay actually called "Advice, like youth, probably just wasted on the young" written by Mary Schmich and published in the Chicago Tribune as a column in 1997.

The most popular and well-known form of the essay is the successful music single released in 1999, credited to Baz Luhrmann.

PhilipMarlowe

Since we're on songs here...
The next best thing to playing and winning is playing and losing

JCDUB

Back on topic..

One Word (albeit three times)...

Routine, routine, routine.

eunified61

Confidence is a very important club

slingerz

eunified61 wrote: »

Confidence is a very important club

On the ball. That and commit to your shots

fred funk }{

Someone told me a good one before. Imagine fish hooks connected to your ears from your shoulders when hitting the ball. It's a good way of stopping your head moving while swinging.
It works for me, sometimes

SoupyNorman

Dont lay the blame on the clubs, they are designed to hit the ball.

stockdam

Grip lightly and take the club back slowly. Don't let tension creep in.

Practice, practice, practice....especially your short game (must listen to my own advice).

When playing badly.....look up, look around and accept that you are in a great place and lucky to be able to enjoy such great surroundings.

Oh and the sunscreen tip is a good one.....always wear a hat in the sun if like me your hair isn't what it used to be.

Bananas are a good food to carry.

jph100

always clear ur throat before taking a shot just in the off chance u need to suddenly shout "fore!" after ur shot!

its part of my pre shot routine!

mickyt

Pick up a battery powered Trolly.

I know alot of people associate this with old men that can't pull a normal trolly or carry there bag.

But for me along with starting to eat a banana a couple of times instead of chocolate, the trolly has been a great purchase. it just conserves that bit extra energy that tells through out the last few holes.

thats of course you set the speed too high going down a hill and spend half the time chasing it.

Miley Byrne

If you are a slicer, close your stance, ie aim the feet right of target, but still aim in the same direction as you did before (ie straight). A lot of slicers accept that they slice it and just keep the same setup but aim well left in order to cut the ball back thus hugely reducing distance. By closing the stance it doesn't allow you to cut the ball............imo of course!!!

Mister Sifter

Stay in the present, look after your clubs, encourage junior players and accept that not every shot can be a good one.