Ohio Golf Journal June 2018

He also said that as he has gotten older he realizes he needs to simplify things on the golf course. Rather than going through a mathematical equation on every hole, he has learned to reduce the equation to one number and play to that. He cited a round he played in Chicago several years ago, where he had to rely on the yardage provided by a local caddie. The caddie simply gave him the yardage to the pin. No front, back, middle, over the ridge, to the bunker stuff, just one number to hit his shot. Rose revealed that simple number freed up his mind and he posted one of his best rounds ever. Since that day, he has tried to incorporate that simple method. Rose has won nine PGA Tour events, including a U.S. Open, and an Olympic Gold for England. In addition, he has won 11 European Tour events and has been a top touring professional for 19 years. That is a lot of different golf courses, hotel beds and airplanes. Let’s take a lesson from Justin Rose as we embrace the challenge of each round and the opportunity to test ourselves against par to have any hope of succeeding at the eternally confounding game of golf. Oh io College Golf Reviews