Take a Zagat golf survey, get prizes
The America’s Top Golf Courses Survey is now underway!
If you are like me, the first thing you look for when walking into a restaurant is the Zagat sticker in the window. If it is there, you know the food and service will be good.
Zagat is now bringing that same “stamp of approval” to the golf industry and they need our help. Visit their survey website and give your honest assessment of the courses you play.
Share your ratings and witty reviews on golf courses you’ve visited in the past year across the nation. Complete the online survey by September 28, 2008 and receive a FREE copy of the 2009/10 America’s Top Golf Courses guide when it’s published. As an added bonus, you will receive a 15% discount on my book 101 Fitness Tips for Golf. Click here to order and use discount code ZAGAT in your checkout.
Thanks for sharing your opinions, and feel free to pass this along to your friends.
Training with Tempo
During my last golf lesson, my PGA instructor suggested that I work on my swing tempo. I tend to swing too fast when I want to hit that perfect shot – and we all know what the result is when that happens.
I created a neat little audio file that helps my tempo.
How did I do it? – I googled the web and found a free metronome software program, installed on my computer and listened to the different tempos. After a few speeds, I was able to determine that my normal swing tempo is 70 beats per minute.
I exported the one minute file to my iPod in its own playlist called GOLF. Now when I go to the practice range, I take my iPod and headphones, set the iPod to loop continuously in the GOLF playlist as I swing away. My swing tempo has never been better.
I have uploaded two of the files; feel free to download for your personal use.
I want to play more golf for business, but how?
Guest blogger – Randy Friedman
Golfers want to use golf to prospect new clients and schmooze the business they already have, but they don’t know how to, and don’t know if it’s okay to.
Did you know that billions (with a “B”) are spent on golf each year within corporations? It’s true… and it’s in the budget! Just look on Tour. Go to any PGA or LPGA Tour event on a Wednesday and you’ll see what I mean. Players must participate in a required number of pro/am’s. Why? Because the corporate sponsors pay a lot money to be there. It’s business… and it’s very legit!
So whether you belong to a club or not, you should be bringing your business to the golf course. Make it a day they won’t forget. Most of the time actual business is not conducted while you are on the golf course. Relationships are developed. The deals are done after the round, if you play your cards right.
Remember a few things for business golf. “Etiquette and Attitude.”
1) Never… EVER, step on the players line on the putting green. Step around or over, never on. That includes you own! It’s very amateurish. When they see you know that unwritten rule, they’ll respect you and think you know even more.
2) Dress like you belong. Wear a collared shirt tucked in and clean shorts or pants. Perception is everything! We are judged in the first 7 seconds. What do you want to convey? Your presence should say “I care about myself.”
3) Never, never, never… throw your club. I don’t care how poorly you missed the shot – throw the club and you may as well go home. No one wants to do business with a hot-head! Leave your attitude in the parking lot. When you miss a shot, say the best word in golf… “Oops.” It’s not good, it’s not bad… it’s just “Oops”.
Want to know more on how to play your best business golf?
Check out my book, Your Inner Swing – 7 lessons in golf and life.
If you’ve read it, leave your comments on Amazon or my website at www.yourinnerswing.com so others can learn about it too.
Remember … “Keep Swinging!”
Randy
Randy Friedman – Speaker, Golf Professional, Mind Coach and Author
As a speaker and sports hypnotist, Randy Friedman is an expert on the power of the mind. She teach people how to get out of their own way, in golf and life.
Capital Golf Weekly TV segment
On this week’s golf fitness segment on NewsChannel 8’s Capital Golf Weekly, I went over a few pieces of home fitness equipment that you may want to consider – heart rate monitors, to foam rollers to stability balls. I’ve created a link to these items on my Amazon store.
The 2 Minute Balance Drill
I also introduced my dentist’s favorite golf fitness exercise – the 2 Minute Balance Drill. I do it every morning and every evening. I have an electronic toothbrush that is timed for 2 minutes (it pulses every 3o seconds to remind me to switch locations).
To add some action to while I brush my teeth and to get in my balance exercise for the day – I put all my weight on my left leg, I raise my right foot. This sounds easy, but after 30 seconds of balance, you will really feel those little used muscles begging to relax. At my 30 second reminder, I switch my weight to the right leg and raise my left foot. I repeat another cycle on each side, this time raising my foot even higher and change the foot from the front to the back to the side.
Once you are comfortable with this exercise, try it with your eyes closed. You will be amazed at how much eyesight is important to balance. Do this exercise every time you brush your teeth and your balance will be off the charts!