scotty mac

PGA Director of Golf @ Chenal CC. Dallas Cowboy/Texas Ranger/Dallas Mav/Man Utd fan. Love my family more than anything!

[Jon Sherman @practicalgolf]

If you are serious about lowering your handicap, you better work on your mental game.

Here are 9 powerful and actionable mental techniques any golfer can use👇

[Lou Stagner (Golf Stat Pro) @LouStagner]

The handicap system favors higher index players.

There are a lot of member guest events that play a series of 9-hole matches.

What are the odds a player shoots net five under for nine holes?

A scratch player will do this about once every 1,429 rounds!

A 10 index about once every 101 nine-hole rounds.

A 15 index about once every 52 rounds.

If you played 52 nine-hole rounds a year, a 15 index does this once a year. A scratch player would shoot net five under about once every 27 years.

[Benny Johnson @bennyjohnson]

🚨 BOOM 🚨

Head Coach of the Boston Celtics STUNS Race-Baiting Reporter by redirecting his question to focus on the *most* structurally oppressed group in America:

Religious Christians ✝️

Room of reporters left in complete SILENCE.

Wow. Just watch…

[Jon Sherman @practicalgolf]

To everyone teeing it up today:

• Have fun
• Be grateful you get to play
• Take several moments to soak in the experience

Remember, it is just golf ⛳️

[Angela Stanford @Angela_Stanford]

Thank you💜

[Jon Sherman @practicalgolf]

Here are 8 small bets you can make on your golf game.

These all have the potential for huge returns in handicap reduction.

But more importantly, they are not going to make you worse!

Let's dig in:

[scotty mac @scottcwv]

@chambleebrandel spot on. As a PGA club pro, none of my members wants to hit it shorter. Ball rollback is monumental mistake that will slow growth of the game. Want to make it harder for the best in the world? Grow the rough.

[Jon Sherman @practicalgolf]

Winning the Battle Against Our Brains 🧠

Recently, I have been reading and researching a lot about what makes humans happy. I want to learn as much as possible and apply it to golf (perhaps for a future project).

I was reading Arthur C. Brooks' book Build The Life You Want, and a topic came up that I have been thinking about lately.

Brooks states, "You can't choose your feelings, but you can choose your reaction to those feelings."

He goes on to explain a little about how our brains process information:

Detection: something happens (like hitting our drives into the trees), and before we are conscious of it, the image is processed by our retinas and sends the information to the visual cortex of our brains.

Reaction: Our amygdala receives this signal and processes an emotion. This happens in about 0.074 seconds! Then, our pituitary glands tell our adrenal glands to produce stress hormones, which can make our hearts start pounding.

Since this happens in the flash of a second, and our bodies are hardwired to do this to protect us (this exact situation could have you jump away from a speeding car immediately), there is no sense in fighting against it when it happens on the golf course.

But what comes next is more important...

The last piece of the puzzle is our decision. Our prefrontal cortex gets the signal of what just occurred, and now we have to decide how we react.

Do you toss your golf club? Laugh? Or tell yourself it was a bad swing and move on?

Brooks writes, "Recognition of the feelings in your body caused by stress hormones can alter that decision."

We cannot prevent negative feelings from emerging. But we can train ourselves to understand them and, more importantly, use the rational part of our brains to replace them after the initial split-second reaction.

I often refer to a simple scenario where a golfer has a 100-yard shot. They are conditioned to believe this is a chance to hit it close to the hole and make a birdie.

Let's say they hit it to 25 feet on the green. Initially, they scoff at themselves and say it should have been closer. This happened to me yesterday on the golf course.

But as I put my club back in the bag, I quickly reminded myself that this was a perfectly acceptable outcome based on my skill level—studying stats from golfers of all levels helps with that reaction. I hit a green in regulation, increased my chances of making a stress-free par, and still had an opportunity to make a birdie. Not so bad!

Part of becoming a happier and better golfer is winning these small battles against our own brains. That is why I have always found this game so fascinating—golf is, in many ways, at odds with how our minds work.

But I think the important thing is to recognize that there is nothing wrong with getting anxious, angry, or frustrated when we see the golf ball doing what we don't want it to do.

What comes next is more important, and we can get better at exerting our control there.

[scotty mac @scottcwv]

@chambleebrandel you are spot on. They didn’t raise the rim when Jordan threw 50 at em. Ball rollback is a monumental mistake. As a PGA professional, none of my members wants to hit it shorter. Want to stop the best in the world from going low? Grow the rough. Thank you!

[scotty mac @scottcwv]

@DreAllDay Don’t necessarily disagree with you but don’t give Clark too much credit. She talks a lot of noise in game as well. I realize that might be “part of the game”. I’m not a fan of trash talk at any point. Be a good sport before during and after the game. Enjoy your content!!

[Coaching U @Coaching_U]

“Ask not what your teammates can do for you. Ask what you can do for your teammates.”

— Magic Johnson

[Teddy Mitrosilis @TMitrosilis]

Navy SEALs have a saying.

You may find it helpful.

When something sucks, they look at each other and say:

"FULL BENEFIT"

It’s an instant mindset shift.

• Hiking and it starts pouring rain?
• Driving and your car breaks down?
• Working on a project and lost a draft?

FULL BENEFIT.

***

LESSON: Adversity is an opportunity

The message is simple.

Every adversity is an opportunity.

• To grow
• To learn
• To evolve
• To get stronger
• To become better

These moments forge us if we let them.

The next time you're facing something hard, welcome it.

Work through the process.

Learn the lessons.

Reap the full benefit.

***
Follow @TMitrosilis for more content like this.

[Northern Texas PGA @NTXPGA]

🚨 WE NEED YOU AT PGA FRISCO TOMORROW TO SUPPORT CAMERON DOAN! 🚨

9:26 AM ON #1 TEE!

[scotty mac @scottcwv]

Empire Strikes Back Yoda training Luke part 3 "Try not. Do. Or do not. T... https://t.co/8tMkHMTRG9 via @YouTube

Greatest movie scene ever!! May the 4th be with you.

[Jon Sherman @practicalgolf]

When people ask me what it took to become a scratch golfer, my answer is usually the same.

"I learned to control the clubface."

Let me explain why face control is THE skill all golfers need to lower their scores 👇

[scotty mac @scottcwv]

All kinds of wrong here. Bottom line, players broke rule (stupid rule) that they were notified of. They chose not to pay attention to notifications (always a bad idea). Tour should have done better notifying shuttles and players. Lose/lose no matter what.

[Monday Q Info @acaseofthegolf1]

Update to shuttle story:

Another group has been penalized 2 strokes for yesterdays round. It has caused Boo Weekly to miss the cut. It seems to be assessed this morning as the tee times are mixed up. Also heard from multiple sources that other groups took shuttles but haven’t come forward. What a mess.

[Mike Barnes @MikeBarnesMedia]

High School Football schedule update!
We're up to 16 schools out of 74. That's 22% for you math wizards.
Coaches... keep posting your schedules!

[scotty mac @scottcwv]

This thread is GOLD! GOLD I tell ya! Great book too!

[Jon Sherman @practicalgolf]

Let me introduce you to a powerful concept called the 2/3 rule.

It will change your outlook on golf and free you up while you play 👇

[Michelle Holmes Golf @mholmesgolf]

Arrive at the golf course as a happy family, leave the golf course as that same happy family. Never let your child feel that their score impacted your day ❤️

Retweet if you agree 👊

[Northern Texas PGA @NTXPGA]

Scottie Scheffler is a @THEPLAYERSChamp victor! 🎉

That’s now 5️⃣1️⃣ @PGATOUR victories for #ntpga Junior Tour alumni‼️

#THEPLAYERS