“IT’S HARD TO BECOME COMPETITIVELY TOUGH, WHEN ALL YOU ARE DOING IS BEATING BALLS.”
If I delve back into my memory banks, between the ages of 18 and 24 is when I improved the most as a golfer.
That was the time when I moved into playing elite amateur events all over the world, then progressed even further when I entered the professional ranks. There is no teacher in golf who could have beaten the experience I got from competing in bigger and bigger tournaments against better and better players. That’s where the fastest learning comes from, trying to beat guys who are better than you are.
The opportunities to gauge myself against others increased during that period too. As an amateur, it was
