For most of us the 2009 golf season is over.  Winter has taken hold, and our greens are covered in snow.  This is the time to reflect and do some serious thinking on how to make 2010 better!

I want you to think of the best round of 2009.  Where did you play it?  What was the day like?  What was the key shot that made it your best?  Who did you play with?  What time of day was it?  If you are like me, you can answer all these questions.  You can feel the weather, you can remember the smell of the course, you can maybe even remember what you wore that day…..Golf is funny in how it programs itself into your mind.  Everyone that reads this post has a desire or hunger to make golf a part of their fabric.  That is exactly why I’m writing this now!  I want to give you my ideas, observations and love of this game.  I also want you to become active in building your game.  So the first thing you will do is to go get a notebook (paper) and make that your golf journal.  This is where you will write down everything you learn…or forget.

Journals are great for golfers.  They give you a way to go back and see what worked, what didn’t and most of all it keeps a tab on your progress!

I’ll give you a couple minutes to get the journal………Great, now write down your Goal for 2010.  It has to be specific.  We need to have one major goal….this will be the guide to making our game 100% ours.  What did you write? My goal is to Win the 2010 Illinois State Amateur.  WHOA….that’s a big goal.

Think about it for a minute.  I said that I want to win the 2010 Illinois State Amateur.  The goal needs to be measurable as well as obtainable.  In my case, both of these are true.  I can measure my progress, and yep it is obtainable (I’ve played in 3 as well as 3 Illinois Opens) so there, I have a goal for 2010.  It’s written not only in a journal (mine is about 8 years old and loaded with stuff) but I’ve posted it online.  In this BLOG!  For everyone to read.  If I didn’t feel that I could do what I said, I would have been better off not writing it!

So write it down.  Let it sit for a day or two and then go back.  Think about what your goal is, and then come back to dlrgolf.com and build up your resume!