The golf course is one of my favorite places to be. You see player after player forking over their cash to get their wired yellow bucket with their trusty golf balls. Theres the inevitable crash of the balls as they fall into their own bucketwith the typical two left over at the end that drop to the cement as you jump to catch them. Ahhdont you love the course!

We march down like ants, inspecting each stall to see if that feeling is there. You know- that feeling that this is the right stall. We try to find the rubber tee that feels right too, somehow thinking that this will make the perfect game for us. We un-mount our bags, grab the driver and start our golf day. Well- this is what the garden variety of golfer does anyway.

After a few swings for warm-up, they grab the ball, place it carefully on the tee and WHAP! There it goes. They try to hit the ball as far as it will go. Shooting for that 30 yard drive again is the only think on their minds. Does this sound familiar?

We are all guilty of jumping right into the 30-yard mindset and swinging as hard as we possibly can. We want that long drive. We want to impress our friends. Lets face it, were all human and we buy what the marketing giants tell us. They claim that the goal of a great golf game is that 30 yard drive. But, my fellow golfers, as we seed after the elusive long ball, we lose our balance and begin to play our game off our egowhich is the opposite of what anyone should be doing if they truly want to shoot great golf game.

Dont get me wrong”I totally understand wanting to hit that 30 yard drive. But, if you can only control it some of the time, whats the point? Remember that swinging for that 30 yard drive is NOT EASY and its prone to tons of errors.

In the end, I suggest everyone focus on control when driving the ball. Length and speed will come with practice. This is not a quick fix method thats promoted by the media. This is a committed golfers mentality. You will find your ball in the fairway, you will have clean approaches to the green and you will start shooting lower scores.