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Bucket,

I'll try this one. I thought Overkill might. Let's start with putting. I never want to be standing over a putt thinking about anything, not face or pace. I want my eyes to soak it in, and let the computer do it. Say I have a slow putt, uphill and into the grain. I'm not going to tell myself to get it to the hole or hit it harder. I will say, "This putt is uphill and into the grain," while I am reading the putt. I trust that the computer will add in that factor. If it is really fast, I might spot putt it.

For short game I just make practice swings looking at my landing spot. One player told me to take the contact for granted. He thought that trying for contact upset his touch.

I'm a big numbers guy, so for a shot that is less than full, I just think "152." Similar to the way I putt. I don't stand there trying to make a 7/8 swing or whatever. You might not use the number, you might feel different pressure. It is important to practice adjusting your distances. Try hitting a full 9 iron and then an 8 to the same spot on the range. Start with the wedges and go down through the bag to the 5 iron. I don't like fiddling too much with the longer irons other than to smoke one low.

HB

Make the motion not the shot . . . Impact is not a Station . . . . This stuff is much easier said than done. Sometimes I wonder why it is sooooooooooo much easier to turn things over to your eyes and subconsicious when you putt? When I putt good there is a lot more "let" in my game than "make." What you said above I think is huge. Take contact for granted and trust. Those guys on tour . . . there is NO WAY they are thinking about "at it" it's gotta be through it. I've been messing with this deal about thinking that the ball and club are like kick ball size . .. it has freed up my mind and let me go on through it much better. In what you have said above I think is where the secret of getting the most out of what talent you have is . . . it's in there somewhere. This game requires a huge amount of precision for sure . . . but does that mean that you have to consciously have to control it all??? Don't think so.