The genius of pro golfers isn’t simply being able to do the important things, but knowing how to quickly spot what the important things are in the first place.
Golf is one of the few sports where players don’t practise or warm up under the watchful eye of a coach. Golfers for the most part go it alone, which is how bad habits form. It means we have to be extra-smart about how we approach it.
The range is their office. And with some potentialy lucrative pay cheques on offer as part of the FedEx Cup Playoffs, they’ve been busy at the FedEx St Jude Championship this week. Here’s a few things I learned observing them at work.
If a player who is already in the field for the Masters wants to play the course ahead of the tournament, he just phones the club and lets them know he’s coming.
Australian Golf Digest
