Joel Suggs GOLF...SUCCESS Blog

Cincinnati Golf Caddy Jobs & College Golf Evans Scholarships

This Wednesday at 9:30pm EST learn what it takes to get a Golf Caddy job at one of the 15 Cincinnati Golf Courses that offers caddies to their golf members.

You will also discover how our Special Guest Speaker has earned a 100% Full College Golf Scholarship to Ohio State University, though she will not 'play' golf on the Ohio State Ladies Golf Team.  She earned this College Golf Scholarship through the Evans Scholars Foundation.

This Wednesday On-Line Workshop costs only $19 - and may get you on the raod to a Full College Golf Scholarship.  Click the PayPal Button below to Pay/Register.

Cincinnati Golf Show - 700 WLW Interview - Junior Golf Enjoyment & Parenting

 
The Cincinnati Golf Show will be your place to 'SEE YOUR GOLF SWING' with me again, this year.

You and your children will see your golf swing next to a PGA or LPGA Tour Player - on the golf industry's best wireless Video equipment.  You will also get to keep a copy of the golf swing analysis I do for you. 

Around 8pm tomorrow on 700 WLW you can hear me speak with Lance McAlister about how to happily get your young children enjoying golf.  The Southern Ohio PGA asked me to speak with him.  It should be a fun and informative chat for you.

I'm a 3rd-Generation Golf Professional.  I'm one of the 'Top 50 Kids Instructors In America'.  I've helped junior golfers of all ages and all abilities.  As parents, we occupy a critical place in the development of our childrens' golf-life.

Though my dad's side of the family is the golf side - I also spent a good portion of my youth in the inner-city...

21 Golf ?s Of Christmas - SAQ - How Can I Become A Golf Pro Expert, About My Own Game?

 

'How Can I Become A Golf Pro, About My Own Game?'

Now that is a 'Right Question'...indeed a real SAQ!

I'll do my best now, to give you my 'Right Answer'.

Yesterday I went into great detail about discovering how I deceived myself in an everyday-type occurence.

By training yourself to habitually/consistently 'Open Your Eyes' in your Golf Game, you will develop HONESTY that will help your whole Golf Game become much more consistent.

If you don't really know how often you can successfully pull-off a certain Golf Shot, I suggest you

Cincinnati Golf High School Sectionals - GOLF...SUCCESS Players Do Very Well

Many GOLF...SUCCESS Players advanced to the Southwest Ohio Districts - from their Sectional Qualifiers.  Their next step is to play well at Weatherwax thus getting them to the State Tournament at the Ohio State Scarlet & Gray course. 

The boys and girls came from these High Schools: LaSalle, Lakota West, Cincinnati Christian, Oak Hills, Hamilton and St. Xavier.

Especially notable are: Andrew Taske 74, Runner-Up at Miami Whitewater Forest Golf Course and Korey Ward 70, Runner-Up at Glenview Golf Course and Brent Kraft 79, Runner-Up at Walden Pond Golf Course.

I enjoyed watching them compete - and admire their courage to post that score for their school and family and friends.

To see all the results and the tee times for Districts - check out www.ohsaa.org

Cincinnati Junior Golf, 2-Junior Scramble Champions

 
 
Matthew Hammerly and Taylor Suggs won the 2-Junior Scramble this past Saturday at Meadow Links & Golf Academy in Cincinnati.

I've helped Matthew with his game for about 5 years - and Taylor for about 12 years.

Their even-par 31 ended up 3 shots clear of the field.  They hit 8 Greens In Regulation and had 17 putts as a team.

Congratulations to these two gracious young men!!!

More GOLF...SUCCESS for AskTheBuilder.com

I just got word a few hours ago that one of the College Players I help just won his first College Tournament...man, that is gratifying.  I'll tell you more about that great young person in a future Post.

But for now...

Many of you are familiar with Tim Carter of AskTheBuilder.com - and that I've been helping him with his Golf Game for a few years now.

He is a great, congenial and very helpful fella'.  I've really enjoyed getting to know him better - and he has kept me informed about his personal/ unique GOLF...SUCCESS as he has begun spending more time in New Hampshire.  Recently, he sent me another - typically/vividly descriptive - GOLF...SUCCESS update...You can sense his enthusiasm, can't you?

...But I'll be back just before Thanksgiving and will come out for a lesson.  I played two weeks ago and had a fantastic game. Unfortunately had FIVE blowup holes.  Three 8's and two 7's. Convert those to bogeys and I would have shot an 89. I shot a 103. I parred 18, a tough par 5. Usually at the end of the game I run out of gas mentally. During the game I felt great mentally. I only three putted once. The blowup holes were STUPID mistakes that when played over in my head, were just me being too cocky. As Clint Eastwood so famously said, "A man's got to know his limitations."

 

Bottom line is that as soon as I can PLAY more - I worked just about every day here in Cincy on the bath remodel - I know I'll turn that corner and be in the upper 80's low 90's. I can FEEL it. 

 

You'll love this. I did what you taught me - predicted the Poor Good Average score for that game two weeks ago:  95 - 102 - 116

 

Was I close or what! And I didn't add the score as  I went. I knew I had a 50 on the front 9 is all. I never add as I go.

 

Tim Carter
Founder - AsktheBuilder.com # # Do it Right, not Over

 

I often get asked the question, "Who do you like working with more...Beginners or Low Handicappers?"

In my younger years, I'd say 'both'...and that was really how I felt.

Now, though, as is often the case in my 'older' years...I, politely alter the question a little.  I say, "Y'know, it's not really the scoring level of the player that causes me to enjoy helping some students more than others...it's their mindset/attitude/honesty/humility/sincerity levels...that make some folks a little more enjoyable to work with than others."

Our game really makes it easy for us (and others) to see our 'real self'.  That's one of the things that attracts us to it so much, isn't it?...and what attracts me to so many of you...folks like Tim.

Thanks, again, for allowing me to help you along your 'Golf Journey'.

As the philosopher has, so wisely, said, "Know thy (golf) self."

 

"'5 Shots Golf': September" - On-Line/Interactive Preview Class: Replay!

This Friday night August 21st at 9pm you can 'attend' - on YOUR HOME Computer- a 'no-charge' On-Line/Interactive Preview Class about the upcoming, and unique, "'5 Shots Golf': September" 4-week Group Lesson Series.

Register NOW for this unique Group Lesson Series at http://budurl.com/5ShotsGolfSept

To SEE the '5 Shots Golf' in action, watch the Video below...These methods are Simple & Proven!

(Hit the 'Full Screen' button - on the bottom-right of the screen for best viewing)

Here are some of the details:

"'5 Shots Golf': September" is a highly-interactive, multi-media Golf Learning Experience that will show you a SIMPLE & PROVEN way to improve your Golf Game – for ’09 and ‘10.  You will learn from Joel C. Suggs, Southern Ohio’s Only PGA Master Teaching Professional, On-Range AND On-Course AND In-Class.  The Tour-Level methods, techniques and principles taught in this 4-week Lesson Series have helped Adults improve as much as 40 strokes and Juniors win State, National and International Events. 

When you attend, your $97 Registration doesn’t just give you the: (4) 75-minute Weekly Lessons.  If you register on Monday August 24th, you also receive the: Weekly Video Highlights/Summary, Lesson Balls, Discounted Membership Prices in the GOLF…SUCCESS2010 Online Golf Academy, and Class Hand-Outs. 

If your busy schedule will not allow you to attend in-person, just register for the Weekly Video Highlights/Summary Package to be e-mailed to you directly after each Class ($37)...at this link http://budurl.com/5ShotsGolfSept

ALSO, if you sign-up for more than one Weekday Evening Series, you receive a FREE 45-minute Private High-Tech Video Lesson ($125 value) with Joel Suggs, PGA Master Teaching Professional.  Register On-line, Monday August 24th, by clicking this link, http://budurl.com/5ShotsGolfSept .

 

So, if you'd like to 'attend' this Preview Class, just hit the 'Email Me' link at the top right of this page...and let me know.  I'll get the 'Log-In Details' to you by 8pm on Friday night.

Here now is the Replay of the Preview Class...(just 'left-click' to view the 25-minute Video & Audio)

Download 2009-08-18 21.02 __5 Shots Golf__ September_ Preview Class

Keep it down the middle!

British Open 'Applause' vs. American 'Moan'

   While you watch the British Open this weekend...Notice This.

   When a player hits a longish putt and it just misses, finishes near the hole...the gallery will  clap/applaud.  In America, the crowd just gives a 'moan' (you know...'ooooh' as the putt approaches, then 'aaaahhhh', when the putt misses).

   This difference reflects the difference in mindset of Americans,I feel.

   The 'ole Brits' and other Europeans wisely understand that a putt that ends up close to the hole, is often a good thing...there will be no need to worry about a 3-putt. 

   We Americans, on the other hand, tend to see the putt that finishes close to the hole as a bad thing...it didn't go in.

   Very interesting...you should decide which way you should look at it...for your own GOLF...SUCCESS.

   Enjoy the weekend telecasts of the oldest major...and learn a bunch to help your own game, especially by watching Tom Watson's equanimity and determination (while never throwing a childish temper tantrum)!!!

Brady Carlson Wins Metropolitan Junior Boys' Championship (14-15)

   Hearty congratulations to Brady Carlson, a Junior on the St. Xavier High School Golf Team, which won the Ohio High School State Championship last season. (a story or two in a minute)

   Brady won his age group in the Cincinnati Metropolitan Junior Boys' Championship sponsored by the Greater Cincinnati Golf Association.  The event was played at the Hamilton Elks Golf Course, a Donald Ross design.

   I have helped Brady with his game for about three years.  He has great natural ability for the game, yet never boasts about his play...he is very matter-of-fact and humble about his abilities.  In fact, during our Lesson today, I did not even realize that he had won the 'Met', until it casually came up in our conversation.

   His dad and mom, Mike and Linda, take a very interested, yet calm, approach to his golf.  One of them attends every GOLF...SUCCESS Lesson with me.  I've seen Brady and his folks have their occasional li'l problems, yet...I've never seen (or sensed) Mike or Linda mad at Brady in any way about his golf.

   So often I see moms or dads mad at their children during and after rounds.  (Each year I attend about 20 to 40 Tournament Rounds in which GOLF...SUCCESS Players compete.)  This really makes me sad for them.  Golf, intrinsically, gives us a large amount of negative feedback.  Getting more negative feedback from our loved ones - can only make this difficult game - even harder for us.

   I'm reminded, now, of a very 'telling' thing I heard Johnny Miller say in 1998. 

   I was at the World Golf Hall Of Fame Induction Ceremony;  My wife, Darlene and one-year-old son, Taylor - having been invited there by my Aunt Louise Suggs, who was being 'grandfathered in' to the new Hall as a charter member (1951) of the LPGA Hall-Of-Fame.

   Johnny said, "Y' know, people always asked how I could always, so brazenly, go after flags and constantly shoot so many blazing low scores.  I never knew the real answer until recently.  It's because of my Dad.  And I only realized this...kind of figured it out...in the last few years."

   Johnny continued slowly, "Y' see, no matter how I played...I always knew, when I got home, Dad thought I was great."

   I cannot say any more (tearing up just thinking about it).

   Congrats to you Brady!!!...you hit the shots, buddy.  Congrats also, Mike & Linda, for something even greater.

My 11-Yr.-Old Son 'Beat' Me - From Same Tee Markers

   Welll, it finally happened.  Taylor 'beat' me, when playing from the same Tee-Markers.

   It happened last Tuesday.  I had a 'Play With the Pro' set-up with one of the St. Xavier boys I help.  Taylor asked if he could join us - and if the student could bring his little brother, who is a friend of Taylor.  I said 'ok'.

   Everything went fine, as normal.  We played the White/Middle Tee-Markers at Meadow Links & Golf Academy.

   One of the GolfPsych tenets is to really seek to 'not know what you're shooting', during the actual playing of your round.  It really does help ensure that you 'take one shot at a time'.

   I've grown to follow that concept better and better with each passing year.

   BUT, when Taylor eagled the 8th hole by knocking in his Gap Wedge from 'bout 80 yards...

   I confess, I was tempted to 'add up his score, in my mind'.

   I was real happy for him.  It was not until we sat down a few minutes later - in the Grill Area - that I realized (with his assistance) that he had shot even-par 31(E).  He had done that before...he has even shot 29(-2), from our Gold/Forward Tee-Markers.

   What he quickly pointed out to me, though, was that I had shot 33(+2).

   AND that it was the first time he had ever shot a lower score than me, while we played the same Tee-Markers.

   He actually first 'beat' me, about 5 years ago when he was around 6-yrs.-old.  But that was when he played from his "US KIDS TEES".  We played The Mill Course that day...he shot 36(E) and I shot 41 (+5).

   SO, you get the idea!!!

   I've always encouraged all of my Players to keep in mind, that in Golf...no one guards you!!!   AND you don't guard anyone else!!!

   It's not like a fellow-competitor can 'block your shot' or 'tackle' you, right?

   This is where the age-old adage comes from...."In golf, you only compete against the course and yourself".  Yourself and the course are your only two real competitors.

   I am just not saying a word about that to Taylor, for a while...let him have his fun, eh?

   Here's to geat 'Family Time' in our beloved Game!!!

(P.S. You can see Taylor more fully 'ply his trade' on My YouTube Channel  He's  the 'Young Student' in the 'Consistency' Videos.) 

(P.P.S.  I'll e-mail you the 'detailed, shot-by-shot' scorecard, if you want...just place a comment to that effect in the 'Comment' box here...I'll get it to you quickly, so you can see how this can happen.)

Golf: Family Business For Suggs

   My Granpa was a Golf Pro/Architect/Greenskeeper.  Johnny Suggs.  He pitched (left-handed)for the Auburn Tigers - in the 19teens.  Then he pitched for the Atlanta Crackers in the 20's - and married the Owner of the Ball Team's daughter.

   After his pitching days - his new Father-In-Law suggested he build a Golf Course on some property he (the new Father-In-Law) owned, outside town (near present-day Six Flags Over Georgia).  It became Lithia Springs Golf Course - built in the throes of the Depression.  The mule's name was Jack. 

   I'm told Granpa could not hit a wood - but pured each of his three 1-irons all the time.  One each for the: tee, fairway and rough.  When he putted, if the ball was anywhere near the hole - it went in (he credited that to his Pool-Shooting abilities).

   His children - my dad, Rell, and my Aunt Louise (Aunt Sis) - grew up on that course.  My Dad passed away in '93.

   I just finished talking with my Aunt about those days.  Quite entertaining - as you can well imagine.

   You'll get to hear an interview with her in the coming weeks - about her Hall-Of Fame Golf Career.  She won about 55 times and a bunch of majors...actually was one of the 11 Founding Members of the LPGA.  "The LPGA is my baby", Aunt Sis likes to say.

   Yesterday I left at 6am for Columbus and points between, on business - with my Homeschooled 11-yr-old son - in the backseat (of my Hybrid car).  Got home around 9pm.

   The details are different - not Jack The Mule, but Prius the Toyota - but it's still Family...

...What an absolute blessing...

   Here's to Golf - and Family Businesses!!!

  

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Golf Etiquette: Good & Bad

   In the future, you will begin to see many Posts about Golf Etiquette.

   In my position - especially because I do so many "Play With the Pro" On-Course Lessons - and watch so many of the Players I help in their Tournament Rounds - I see a lot of 'real golf'.

   I feel very encouraged that so many golfers continue to show great respect and consideration for other Players - and the courses they play on.  The times of bad etiquette are really few and far between.

   In these upcoming Posts - feel free to make any Comments you would like.

   My purpose is to shine a Spotlight on the continuing (and unique) place Golf holds in our Society.  It's the only remaining Sport where Sportsmanship and Kindness are still highly regarded.  And boasting/trash talk, etc...are looked down upon.

   Here's to Golf...The Gentleman's Game.  (and ladies, of course, also)!