Podcast: Mental game tips to avoid frustration, fade that golf ball and our new weekly section on the Rules of Golf

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During our recent round, Barry noticed that I get frustrated easily and hold on to anxiety much longer than I should. He believes this subliminal mindset is stopping me from realizing my potential. We discuss ways that I could "get out of my own way" and start having more fun.

A listener discusses one of our previous podcasts and asks for further clarification on how to fade the ball.

Barry and I have noticed that, for the beginner (and for most golfers), the rules of golf can be very wordy. We attempt to simplify them in our new section entitled, "The Rules of Golf made easy".

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Golf Podcast: Ben Hogan's "secret", Butch Harmon's tips around the green and spice up those leftovers! Blend equal parts LPGA with Champions Tour!

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Ben Hogan has been acknowledged as the greatest ball-striker ever by Jack Nicklaus but didn't know anything about Hogan's secret which he revealed to Life Magazine in 1955. Barry and I compare his complicated yet instructional knowledge to the simplicity of John Jacobs' more easily comprehensible lessons for beginners.

Where else to get the best golf tips than from the top instructor on the planet? Golf Digest (and Golf for Beginners) taps Butch Harmon's knowledge about chipping techniques around the green.

Finally, we react to a recent blog by John Hawkins, senior writer of Golf World, who claims that the future of the Champions Tour is bleaker than that of the LPGA. Barry and I ask what harm it would cause to combine both of these tours and create a tour that just might interest the masses.

Continue sending your golf questions and comments to golfforbeginners@aol.com.

Subscribe to our weekly podcast through this RSS feed: http://feeds.feedburner.com/golfforbeginners or through iTunes. Nextel/Sprint cell customers type http://www.mymbn.com/podcast/ in your browser and click on "sports casts". Our station number is 1955.

We would also like to acknowledge that this is our 100th post! Gee, it almost feels like a birthday...but we're not that old!

Podcast: A valuable training aid already in your golf bag, perseverance pays off and loads of golf tips

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Barry and I were going through an old Golf Magazine from 2001 (yes, we're really golf fanatics) and came across golf tips from some of the greatest golfers and instructors in the world. Dr. Gary Wiren, Davis Love Jr. and Judy Rankin are among this week's selections.

Perseverance pays off. H. Ross Perot once stated, "Most people give up just when they're about to achieve success. They quit on the one-yard line. They give up at the last minute of the game one foot from a winning touchdown."

We discuss how, with persistence and with the right mental attitude, you can make the most of your round even when it starts off...unexpectedly!

And, you have a valuable training aid in your golf bag and probably didn't even realize it!

Thanks for all of the terrific comments! Continue sending emails to golfforbeginners@aol.com. We try to read every letter and appreciate your questions and observations!

Subscribe to our weekly podcast through this RSS feed: http://feeds.feedburner.com/golfforbeginners or through iTunes. Nextel/Sprint cell customers type http://www.mymbn.com/podcast/ in your browser and click on "sports casts". Our station number is 1955.