Ogilvy: "'More' didn't really work for me."
Another fun read from Geoff Ogilvy in this week's Golf World, talking about his career resurgence following a few years of struggle. As with many others before him, all the searching only made things worse.
Ryan Herrington with the highlights of Ogilvy's piece, which can be read in its entirety here.
At first my reaction was to practice harder and longer, experiment more with TrackMan, video and other equipment, and increase my work in the gym. It made me feel I was doing it the "correct" way, but it's actually easy to just work hard. Somebody next to you is hitting 500 balls, so you hit 550, and it seems you've gained ground. It's the time-honored sports approach that many simplistically ascribe to Ben Hogan, but I have no doubt even his voluminous practice was more about quality than quantity.
Bottom line, that kind of "more" didn't really work for me. For months, I found myself dragging my clubs to the airport Friday night instead of Monday morning. I finally realized I had fallen prey to a common tour disease: getting analytical, doing a lot of repetition, taking a scientific approach that tempts with possible answers.
Monday, September 15, 2014 at 10:28 PM
Reader Comments (6)
People will talk about how Tiger's injuries / fire hydrant completely derailed the trajectory his career was on. But I think it goes deeper than that. At some point about 6 years ago, he stopped playing golf and started playing golf swing. Instead of continuing to be the greatest player alive who could shoot 67 despite his imperfections, he became obsessed with being perfect.
More is often times less.