Tag Archives: Failure

Rory McIlroy: The value in failure

Rory McIlroy had a tough week last week at the Honda Classic, missing the cut and spending the weekend a short drive away at his house. That was particularly deflating because he was using the Honda as a tuneup for … Continue reading

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Jim Furyk: Ready to Move On If Only We’d Let Him

Generally I like Cameron Morfit and the stuff he writes for Golf Magazine and I’ve linked to a couple of his columns. But in this column, “The Unraveling of Jim Furyk: Lessons learned from a season marked by failure,” he … Continue reading

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

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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The Resiliency Of The Human Spirit

While many on the internet were writing off Kyle Stanley after his flaming, quite public loss at the Farmers Insurance Open in La Jolla, last week, he is learning that a lot of people have more than a little sympathy … Continue reading

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Every Failure Is A Lesson

No. 3 Outlaw at Desert Mountain. For a lush spring, we let it go dormant in the winter. I was playing with another pro on our Outlaw Course at Desert Mountain here in Scottsdale. It wasn’t anything that was set up, it was all … Continue reading

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Mastery at the Margin

Two disparate things came together yesterday as the inspiration for today’s post. One of the things that happens to you as you invest yourself in trying to get better at the game of golf is that, even with a modest level … Continue reading

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