Golfing Goals

You need golfing goals if you want to improve your golf

To achieve your golfing goals you need to know where your game is up to now, what’s working, what’s not and most of all, know what you want.

Setting your goals is the start of your golf improvement program. They give you direction and most importantly, if they are right for you they will motivate and inspire you.

Your golf improvement journey starts with awareness

That requires an awareness of your golf game, not just an impression. Which part of your game do you want to work on? Which area is going to give you your greatest improvement?

An excellent way to do this is to have a golf improvement journal where you track your golf statistics.

Your beliefs will determine your success or failure

Your beliefs are at the heart of everything you do. They will help you or stop you. It’s ultimately a matter of choice.

Some questions to ask your self about your golfing goals:

  • Is your goal desirable and worth it?
  • Is it possible to achieve it?
  • What do you have to do in order that your goal is appropriate and right for you?
  • Do you have or can you get the capabilities to achieve it?
  • Do you deserve it and will you take full responsibility to make it happen?

A success formula for achieving your golfing goals

  1. Know what you want, specifically. Break it down into smaller goals if that helps.
  2. Take action, no matter how big or small the steps as long as they are consistent.
  3. Know what you are getting at any point in time. What’s working and what is not? Where are you in relation to your golfing goal?
  4. Tinker, if your strategy isn’t working, keep going till you find one that does.

Four more keys to help you get what you want

  • Know what you want, have clarity and direction.
  • Be congruent, believe it and do it every day.
  • Know how, if you don’t know how, find out, get help.
  • It takes time, everything takes time. The process to follow is Be, Do, Have.

Golf is a game of attitude

Enduring champions have an abundance of great attitude. Talent alone won’t do it, in fact someone with talent and poor attitude will not get far in life or golf.

Someone with average talent, great attitude, discipline and belief can become a great golfer.

Obviously the ideal would be to have great talent and great attitude.

Make your golfing goals SMART

  • Make your golfing goals Specific.
  • Your results need to be Measurable so you know how you are going.
  • Make your goals Achievable.
  • Be Realistic with your goals and your time frames.
  • Set deadlines, work to a plan and make your goals Time related.
  • Above all make your golfing goals inspirational for you and others, then live it.

Think through your golfing goals and make a decision

  • What do you want?
  • What do you want from your golf?
  • What do you want that’s different from what you have right now?
  • Are you getting it?
  • If not, what’s stopping you?
  • What has to change?

Everything has a price

Work out what price it will take to get your goal. What are you prepared to pay or not pay? If you really want your golfing goals and you are prepared to pay the price, then pay it.