Tag Archives: Ego

Tiger Woods: It Could Have Been the Speed of the Greens

Posted on Wednesday, July 24, 2013 12:08 am by Bill Rand

Phil Mickelson beat Henrik Stenson by three shots to win the 2013 British Open. He was the only player to finish under par and he shot a 5-under 66 to do it. He beat Ian Poulter, Adam Scott and Lee … Continue reading →

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Rory McIlroy: At the Effect of His Ego

Posted on Friday, March 8, 2013 12:36 am by Bill Rand

It was a whirlwind first day at the WGC-Cadillac Championship at the TPC Blue Monster at Doral in Miami, Florida. There is a five-way tie at the top between Tiger Woods, Freddie Jacobson, Sergio Garcia, Graeme McDowell and Bubba Watson. … Continue reading →

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Go Ahead: Just Call It Fear

Posted on Wednesday, July 25, 2012 11:17 pm by Bill Rand

This is an excerpt from my forthcoming book, Going For It!: A Spiritual Adventure on the Champions Tour: I was playing a practice round in Park City, Utah, with another qualifier who could hit the ball prodigious distances. He was … Continue reading →

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Adam Scott: We Don’t Have to Worry About Him

Posted on Monday, July 23, 2012 11:41 pm by Bill Rand

In the immediate aftermath of his shocking collapse in the British Open at Royal Lytham & St. Annes, Adam Scott sat down with the media to discuss what happened. After a birdie on 14, it appeared that the tournament was … Continue reading →

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Scolding Yourself

Posted on Wednesday, March 21, 2012 10:57 pm by Bill Rand

This idea came to me as I was laboring along on one of the fitness center’s new elliptical machines. Scanning the bank of televisions, I saw that the Golf Channel was playing an episode from “Playing Lessons From The Pros.” … Continue reading →

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The Lesson in Ernie Els’ Interview

Posted on Tuesday, March 20, 2012 10:11 pm by Bill Rand

Did you see it? The Golf Channel’s Steve Sands did what he was hired to do: conduct brief, post-round interviews with the players as they come off the course. In this instance however, it was with Ernie Els at the … Continue reading →

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Playing With Strangers

Posted on Monday, March 5, 2012 11:33 pm by Bill Rand

Today I’m playing with an unaccompanied guest at my home course, Desert Mountain, in Scottsdale, Arizona. And because he’s unaccompanied, the sponsoring member has paid one of the golf staff members to, uh, accompany him. We’ll be playing the Renegade … Continue reading →

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A Transformed Man Still Has A Lot To Learn

Posted on Thursday, February 2, 2012 9:20 pm by Bill Rand

Webb Simpson had the best year of his career in 2011. He came out of Q-School T7 in 2009 and made $1.2 million. That’s outstanding. But it was inconsistent; he made only 17 of 30 cuts and he finished ranked … Continue reading →

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Living A Life In Love

Posted on Tuesday, January 24, 2012 11:43 pm by Bill Rand

One of the things the ego is chronically engaged in is evaluation. In golf, it could be, “Am I better than him?” or, “That guy’s a serious threat to me.” In these two instances, on the one hand, we lead a life seeking … Continue reading →

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The Power Of Declarations

Posted on Tuesday, January 17, 2012 1:49 pm by Bill Rand

Johnson Wagner won the Sony Open in Hawaii on Sunday. Played at the Waialea Country Club in Honolulu, he started two strokes back of the overnight leaders, Jeff Maggert and Matt Every. He was among three players at 10-under and … Continue reading →

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