What a great way to start the 2010 season. Last week, four golfers who play Fearless Golf finished in the top 3 in their professional tournaments. LPGA member Samantha Richdale won her professional event in Taiwan. Kris Lim won on the Minor League Golf Tour. Chris Parra finished 3rd at the Bermuda Open, and Matt Kuchar finished in 2nd place at the Bob Hope Classic. I am, as you can imagine, pretty excited!

This week, Camilo is playing well at the Qatar Masters and two University of Florida players who earned their PGA Tour cards this year – Matt Every and Billy Horschel – are both playing well at Torrey Pines.

So far this season, there is a really great lesson that I’ve been reinforcing in all my guys. Namely this: Most of you know that Geoff Ogilvy won the first event of the year at Kapalua. During that tournament he missed a total of 17 fairways which is a LOT of missed fairways. Nonetheless, he had a wedge in his hand 14 times for the week and managed to make 14 birdies. What’s the lesson?

First of all, golf is not about perfection. You can hit poor shots but still have great results if you’re thinking well. The second, and massively important lesson, is to work as much on your short game and wedges as you do on your full swing. That simple fact plays out year after year in golf on every level. A great short game makes you a match for any opponent. If you ignore your short game and wedges, it really doesn’t matter how “good” your mechanical swing is (trust me, I’ve seen thousands of technically perfect golf swings … but what gets golfers to the winner’s circle is what they do from inside 110 yards).


They’re called “scoring clubs” for a reason.


Until next time,
Dr. G