11. If you are constantly being told that golf is a difficult game, you may actually end up believing it. Do not listen to anyone who is negative but go out and try it for yourself.

12. Think of some positive associations or mental images that will help you stay positive even when the going gets tough on the course.

13. While practicing your swing action, you may practice without a ball and will concentrate only on the swing. However, on the course, with the ball in front, you may tend to concentrate on the ball. Swing practices are best done with the ball to be hit.

14. Aggression to a limited extent is good if it spurs you on – it can also tend to distract you, destroying your concentration.

15. If you are a beginner, do not be fooled that powerful strokes go the longest distance. Power matters, control of the stroke matters even more.

16. Do not be pressured by a good performance or a bad performance. Every shot should be treated on its own merit.

17. Reading instructional books or following instructional videos is good but only to a certain extent. Just following a constant set of instructions is not going to improve your game – your instinct and the way you follow it will.

18. Practice putting as much as you can from as many positions as you can. You are probably here for the shortest period but it may seem like the longest period of your life.

19. Set hard goals but not unachievable ones. They should make you sweat and at the end of it, your sense of accomplishment will spur you to do better.

20. Too much analysis can cause damage by concentrating too much on bits and pieces of an action instead of concentrating on the end purpose of that one action.

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