“HOW EYE PLAY GOLF”, BY TIGER WOODS 

 

                                                                     (the real expert)

 

              HEY TIGER TROOPS . . .WHATS UP ? . . . (LOL) . . . 

                           Do eye have a real treat for you !

 

Please join me (each day), as I take you on an incredible expedition into the mind of the greatest golfer this world has ever seen !

 

                         IN HIS OWN WORDS . . .

 

 

    

 

    ( 14 ) MAJORS .    (72 ) PGA WINS

 

               ( 623 ) weeks @ Number One

 

             Most career earnings of any player

                           in PGA Tour history

                259 Cuts made > out of 267 starts (97)%

                         LOVE YOU TIGER                                                                             

                 always have . . . always will    

       

                  eyeofthetiger

 

                  Let the games begin . . .

 

                         

QUOTE:

 

Success in golf is finding equilibrium, accepting the fact that it is a game of ups and downs and learning something every time you tee it up.  Finding that balance is a matter of trial and error.  You must discover what works best for you and work diligently to maximize your potential.  The difference between golf and most other sports is that anyone of average intelligence and coordination can learn to play it well.  It requires a commitment to being the best that you can be.  That has always been my approach to the game, for I, too, started as a blank page.

 

Through my first teacher, my dad, the page began to fill.  I absorbed as much information about the game as I possibly could.  Through experimentation I started weeding out what could and could not hurt me.  More importantly, I began to understand what worked best for me.  Pop gave me many great lessons, not only about golf but also about life.  His greatest advice to me was to always be myself.  I pass that along to you, as the first lesson, which was written not as a panacea but as the ultimate tribute to Mom and Pop’s ideal of caring and sharing.  In essence, if you care for someone you’ll share with them your most treasured possessions.

 

On this journey, I will share with you a lifetime (albeit a relatively short one) of knowledge about the greatest game in the world.  I believe this will assist you in attaining the deep joy and satisfaction that comes from playing the game well.  I am convinced there is no game like it.  In many ways it is a microcosm of life, teaching us both the depths and heights of character.  It demands integrity, promotes camaraderie, encourages good health and builds appreciation for the aesthetics. It is more than a well-struck iron or a holed putt.  No, golf is not a game of perfection; it is one of reality.  Keeping it real is more than a worthy goal in any endeavor.

 

Golf requires patience and perseverance.  There are no shortcuts.  Pop used to say, you get out of it what you put into it.

 

It is my obligation to share my knowledge with others, because that is what I was taught.  A teacher’s advice is not to be taken lightly, especially when it is proven through experience.  If my giving back to a game that has given me so much helps one person, it will be a fitting legacy to those who helped me.”

 

Tiger Woods

 

 

 

 

 

 

      

                                           THE SHORT GAME 

            “It wasn’t by accident that I learned to play golf

                          from the green back to the tee”

 

I came to my first Masters Tournament in 1995 thinking I could putt. 

Proud of my hat representing Stanford, where I was completing my

freshman year.  I was full of confidence.  Like a lot of 20-year-olds,

I had never seen a putt I didn’t like.  As a junior and college player,

I could go deep when my putter got hot. I’d had 21 putts for 18 holes

several times, and under pressure it seemed like I never missed. 

The length of the putt was irrelevant; I would just get up there and

ban the ball hard into the hole.  I was aggressive, confident and had

the touch to back it up.

 

I was in for a pretty rude awakening that Thursday at Augusta

National; right then, I knew I had a lot to learn.  The more I examined

putting, the more fascinating it becomes.  I enjoy the process of

altering my stroke a little when it gets out of kilter.  I like the

challenge of improving my touch, and the feeling I sometimes get

when I know I can lag a fast, double-breaking 40-footer to within

a foot of the hole – or else hole it. 

                                    THE SHORT GAME (cont'd)

 

           “It wasn’t by accident that I learned to play golf

                        from the green back to the tee” 

 

There is, and always will be, room for improvement.  I guess that

deep inside, I’m still 20 years old and feel I can make every putt

I look at.  The goal, even if it isn’t a realistic one, is to putt my

very best every day.

 

A great way to improve your feel is to putt with your eyes closed. 

After each putt, try to guess how far the ball rolled.  This is the

best drill for distance control I know of.

 

 

TIGER WOODS

 

 

This is such an awesome idea you came up with EYE. I have this book but I am enjoying reading it again piece by piece. LOVE IT!!!!!!

Great idea EYE!!!!  Enjoyed reading these!

HEY SHEN,

 

Thank you so much . . .

I am glad you are enjoying it as much as I am.

I love this book, and the hands-on way our Tiger presents it.

Its truly a labor of love for me.

 

eyeofthetiger