Take Your Golf Game To The Next Level

Make A Journal Of Your Golf Game

Have you ever been to a personal development seminar and they tell you that you need to write down your goals or dreams in a journal? Keeping a golf journal is just as important.

Personal journaling for you golf game can help you, literally, write your way to a better game! You don't have to be a great writer or novelist to keep a golf journal. If you are trying to overcome a difficult obstacle or goal, a journal will help you develop the skills that you need to achieve your goals. Have you ever thought of using a journal to overcome some other stressful occurance in your life? How about the death of a loved one, or some business crisis that you can't seem to face? A little notebook or scratch pad can be a comforting friend when the chips are down.

To help your golf game, your journal should include: any scoring goals that you want to accomplish, how many fairways you hit, greens in regulation, chips, putts, how many shots you flushed, how many you shanked, long drives, chili-dips, etc... Write down the fear that you had hitting over water. How about the feeling of easiness you felt on the 5th hole, when you just knew that you were going to hit it close.

You must note the progress that you're making in this journey we call "golf". Write down what you expect your golf handicap to be in six months. Better than that, write down exactly what date you will reach that handicap goal. Give yourself a deadline. Sign IT! By writing it down, you can remember what you are trying to achieve, and why you want to reach that goal. Push yourself. Do you want to win the club championship? Yes! Well write it down as a goal, and then everytime you play a game of golf, it will remind you that you are playing for something and what that something was. Journaling will give you a plan of action, a goal to achieve, and a record of your progress in achieving that goal.

If you don't know how to set goals for yourself, I recommend Gary Ryan Blair. After taking his Personal Strategic Planning program, I am reaching my golfing goals in no time at all.