When you play a competitive round of golf, the player is on the course for about 4.5 hours (if you are lucky). That is equal to 270 minutes per round. The amount of time it takes to swing a golf club is roughly 2 seconds. If a player shoots a round of 75, this means it only took them 2.5 minutes to physically swing the golf club. This means that LESS THAN 0.01% of the round was spent physically executing the golf shots. The other 99.99% of the time spent on the golf course is where elite players separate themselves from the rest of the pack.

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I like to bring up this illustration to players because most competitive golfers, especially juniors, will dedicate all of their preparation prior to tournaments to that 0.01%. They practice their golf swing on the range for hours to try and find the perfect swing and feel hopeless if they can't manage to be successful on their search. Meanwhile in the build up to the tournament, the other 99.99% of the impending performance gets neglected. The reality of golf is that very rarely will you step on the first tee of a tournament and be fully content with your ball striking. At TeeTutors, we understand great players find a way to perform well in big tournaments even if their ball striking is not where they want it to be due to their commitment to learning the intangible skills of golf.

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