Monthly Archives: March 2011

Accessing The Present

I have devoted a great deal of time to this notion of being present, staying in the moment. It is the access to all that’s great in us. I’ve managed to delve into it with truly great players; Jhonattan Vegas … Continue reading

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Being In The Wrong Place

Friends were unable to use their Ballet Arizona tickets last Saturday and were generous enough to pass them along to us. I rarely get to downtown Phoenix, so thus began the exercise of figuring out where the theatre was, how to … Continue reading

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Houston Dartboard Picks

“These Guys Are Good!” “The Best Players In The World” “On Any Given Sunday…” Last week, we began a little experiment to explore the truth of these mottos about the depth of the PGA Tour fields. Could anyone in the … Continue reading

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A Star Is Born

I’ll have a note in a minute about Martin Laird’s victory yesterday, but a remarkable thing happened on the LPGA Tour yesterday. The underdog won. The big underdog won. German Sandra Gal managed to “enjoy” her way around Industry Hills … Continue reading

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Delicious Leaderboard

We roll into the final round of the Arnold Palmer Invitational at the Bay Hill Club in Orlando, Florida, with a tight leaderboard with a ton of talent, the possibility of high winds and no clear idea of who will … Continue reading

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Injured Reserve

One of the things that Tour players know for sure but rarely think about is that they can’t do their jobs without their bodies. When you’re young, you’re invincible. But the truth is that their careers hang by a thread, … Continue reading

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Detached Certainty

I received a very thoughtful comment in response to yesterday’s post, “Even They Don’t Know.” If you missed it, the post was basically about the mystery of mastery and some players apparent reluctance to explore those mysteries. The reader wrote: … Continue reading

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Even They Don’t Know

This is really interesting and perhaps even heartening for the rest of us. The LPGA Tour has moved on from Phoenix to L.A. for this week’s Kia Classic at the Industry Hills Golf Club at Pacific Palms in the City … Continue reading

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Bay Hill Dartboard Picks

“These Guys Are Good!” “The Best Players In The World” “On Any Given Sunday…” All clever mottos designed to capture the depth of the fields on the PGA Tour. And each week, various prognosticators stroke their chins, furrow their brows … Continue reading

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Snarky Sniping

The principle interest of this blog is mastery and, most particularly, how we as human beings interfere with our ability to attain it. And one of the things that I’ve been noticing lately is the level of snarky sniping that … Continue reading

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