In my many years as a golf professional, I have found only a few golfers who know how to play the game. Even some of the good golfers play by accident rather than by design. When the football or basketball coach says he has a game plan, he has a big inclusive plan and the smaller plans that make the big plan possible.

Most golfers have a big plan that is to keep the ball out of the trees and water, kill it and make a par when it stares them in the face. Most golfers plans are to keep the left arm straight, never look up and follow all the 1005 swing rules they have heard at one point in their lives.

The good golfers, and I