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We all play the game for many different reasons. Admittedly, mine change from time to time. I believe that all of our goals do as we move through different parts of the year and stages of our life. Learning how to set goals for our golf game that are in line with what we want out of the game are very important in order to get everything out of the game that we would like to have.
As many players begin to set goals for their golf game, they automatically go to score. Of course many are judged by the number that they place on the score board. However, I would suggest as you begin to set goals go even farther back. Why do you play the game of golf?
This is an important question to answer before you begin to set goals. Once this is discovered you may not be as hard on yourself on the golf course and actually have some more fun!
Here are three reasons why many people play the game of golf:
1. Play for relaxation, exercise or pure pleasure
No matter what level you play the game, this is by far the best reason to play the game. It is very easy to remember as we are playing well and hard to believe this is why we play when we are playing poorly. However, if you set goals about relaxation, exercise or simply finding pleasure, then you are more apt to find the good in what you are doing no matter how poorly you perceive that you are playing.
2. Lower your score
This is what gets many of us is simply the challenge of the game itself. I have heard it said that the game is the world’s largest rubick’s cube ever invented. Golf has driven many people half-crazy trying to “figure” this game out. If lowering your score is your end goal then how are you going to go about doing this? Set Goals that are quantifiable such as: I am going to make 20 three foot putts in a row before I leave the putting green or I am going to hit five drives between two markers on the range before you leave.
3. Win a tournament
As you set goals, be careful with this one! Here is my point. If you play the best golf that you can and lose, then what happens? You have not accomplished your goal so does that mean that you failed? I have found that setting other goals that would result in winning a golf tournament is a much better idea for most players. For example, create a plan by yourself or with your golf instructor and completing that in full would be a goal that is quantifiable. Once this goal is achieved then the chance of you winning the tournament is much greater without everything being a total pass or fail grade for yourself.
As you set goals for this golf season, it is important to set quantifiable goals that are focused more on the process than the end result.
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