Golf is Life
By Yvon Legault
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What you will find is a mixture of golf and life lessons. Uncle Roger always compared the game of golf to Life. He will not win a prize for the way he wrote, but the lessons are priceless. Sit back, relax and enjoy.
Yvon Legault
Golf Coach and author of 5 golf books, actually 10 cause I also wrote them in French. I have my golf school and have been teaching this wonderful game for quite a few years. The first book I wrote: Become a putting machine in French is a best seller in Canada, France,Belgium and Switzerland. Sharing my experiences and knowledge in order to help improve your game is my one and only goal.
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Golf is Life - Yvon Legault
Introduction
If you have read my first book; Become a putting machine
, you are familiar with my uncle Roger who unfortunately died while introducing me to the game of golf. If you are not familiar, let’s just say that Uncle Roger introduced me to golf a long time ago by first teaching me the short game and especially putting. The day we were supposed to start learning the golf swing, he suffered a heart attack and died a few days later. Uncle Roger’s daughters inherited from their mother who passed away four years after her husband. The youngest daughter kept the house for over 35 years and sold it last year. While she was emptying the attic, she found a box full of old books and papers. Among other things, she noticed something that appears to be a diary. Flipping through the pages, it looked like the content was all related to golf, she even saw my name on some pages. Uncle Roger kept a diary of all his golfing activities; tournaments, people he had discussions with, lessons he gave to golfers etc. Because she saw my name and knew how I really liked him, she called me and asked if I wanted the diary? What a question, I would have walked 10 miles on my knees to get it. I read it over and over. I found a little treasure, absolute wisdom. I could not believe it. There are a lot of things I did not know about him. Black on white, I had the conversation with himself in this golf diary; his thoughts, his ideas, his wisdom, incredible! I owe it to this great man to share his wisdom with you. Technology has modified the game, but the essence of it has been intact since the beginning; nature, a golf ball, 18 holes, clubs and someone hitting the ball with a club trying to get that ball in a given hole in the less number of strokes possible. The challenge is the golf course and the challenger is you and me with all of our talents, our aspirations, complexities and possibilities.
I am taking you back many years ago. Thank God, there was no cellular at the time. The drivers were made of persimmon. Graphite shafts did not exist yet, but people and the golf game were the same. The best way for me to let you appreciate the content of uncle Roger’s golf diary is to cherry pick extracts. I have selected 33 of them. Of course, I could not resist adding my comments. What you will find is a mixture of golf and life lessons. Uncle Roger always compared the game of golf to Life. He will not win a prize for the way he wrote, but the lessons are priceless. Sit back, relax and enjoy.
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Mrs. Finley
This afternoon, I tried to help an old lady. I don’t know why I say old lady; we are about the same age. Mrs. Finley lost her husband a few years ago and has a new boy friend in her life. Like a little girl who made a new friend, she is all excited. Really fun to watch. They say we have to keep our children’s heart! The only little ‘twist’; Arthur, her new boy friend is a golf maniac. He plays golf 5 days a week with his friends. Arthur would love it if Mrs. Finley could play with him a few days a week. To enjoy his company, Mrs. Finley, a tiny small lady that has never played golf before, is willing to do anything. Arthur tried to give her a couple of lessons, but the results are not there. I asked the lady if she plays other sports and she told me that she plays bowling, plays the piano and rides a bicycle a few times a week.
Nature creates ability. I believe we are born with mental and physical attributes that we develop. Some people are more gifted than others in given areas. If you ask me to paint like Picasso or play the piano, it will be a disaster; I have no clue. I explained Mrs. Finley the basics in a language that she understood, but when the time came to move the club around, it was an absolute disaster. Her ‘athletics’ talents are somewhat limited. Her move looks more like someone trying to hit a nail with a hammer. She probably plays bowling throwing the ball with both hands, standing still with both feet together. I had to tell her the truth, so I asked her:
-Mrs. Finley, will Arthur still love you if you don’t play golf?
-Why do you ask me that question?
-You probably are a good piano player and have many talents, but as far as golf is concerned, I have to warn you that you will find it very difficult. I can give you a few drills, one at a time, that you can practice, but it will not come easy. You will have to work hard at it. If you are willing to do that we will proceed accordingly. We are supposed to enjoy ourselves when we play that game. You can give it a try, but do it first to please yourself, not your boyfriend. He will enjoy your company on the golf course only if you are having fun. If it becomes a way of the cross, both of you will be miserable.
-We can try for a few weeks.
-Fine with me. If you can, I will see you three times a week for two weeks and we will go from there.
-Let’s do that.
What am I supposed to do? To please her new boyfriend, Mrs. Finley wants to play golf. Not for her pleasure, for Arthur. Sometimes people act in strange ways just because they don’t want to face the reality. Romantic love sure is a cause of these strange moves. Anyway, future will tell. I gave the lady the first exercise. We will soon find out.
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Comments:
I am glad I read that story in Uncle Roger’s diary. After giving many lessons, I find that the best way to find out someone’s born abilities is to answer an 80 questions quiz and establish what I call their golfing I.Q. It tells me how to proceed.
The result gives us a complete picture of someone’s life’s gifts regarding the eight types of intelligences. This concept has been developed in the 1980’s by Harvard University psychologist: Howard Gardner. The standard I.Q test measures how intelligent a person is, based traditionally on math and language. All other areas that a person may excel at or have natural ability in are not taken into consideration. Each individual is unique. We all have different physical features; we are not all brown-eyed, dark-haired, six-foot tall person. We each have different personalities; some people are jokesters and comedians while others are quiet, reserved and serious. We all have our own set of talents, gifts, and abilities. Not everyone will excel in math and languages.
Gardner has identified eight types of intelligences. These areas in a culture are valued as having the ability to solve a problem or create a product in a particular way. The intelligences are like talents and gifts existing in many possible combinations. Intelligences can also be strengthened. How readily the improvement occurs depends upon the biology of the persons' brain and the teacher that the culture gave the person. The visual-spatial and kinesthetic intelligences are two of the eight types of intelligences defined by Gardner and these are the ones I am mostly interested in as far as playing golf in concerned.
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The Monk
Today, the club’s captain introduced me to a new member of our club; Mr. Ben Ho. This gentleman carries a handicap of +4 and plays in average two times a week. After the standard civilities, I asked him:
-Are you born in our country?
-No. I was born in Cuenca, Spain. My father was a Chinese University teacher who met my mother; a Spanish opera singer, during a University conference. I was raised by my