The Golf Schools are Back - Why is Golf Struggling - Tim in the Dakotas.

Absolute Golf is relaunching the golf schools with the help of Webeagles marketing team during the month of September. All past clients and contacts will receive the opportunity to receive a package of three free golf instruction videos on how to have a consistent golf swing. These videos will lay on a web page and all you have to do to access them is deposit your email address and they will be yours to peruse. The videos are staggered so you will get one at a time which will give you plenty of time to soak them in. The videos play a dual purpose, firstly giving a little thank you to our regular students who have supported Dave and I over the years in a form that we know they will enjoy (more information) and secondly exposing any of our contacts who may not have had a lesson with us to what we do, giving them a better understanding about what Absolute Golf is all about. Remember, there is no obligation with the videos, all free and our gift to you. Watch out for our introductory videos and get in quick, there yours to enjoy.

Over the past 6 months Dave and I have been playing around with the social media of Facebook and Linkedin and with these facilities come forums for everyone and anyone to share an opinion. Being golf nuts we like to see what people are getting on line and talking about and we are finding out exactly why you are pupils are coming to us with such screwed up concepts and with such negative feelings about your golf. There are threads (on line discussion for those of you who didn't know - I didn't) on all topics from golf course marketing to latest technology to individuals swing problems. We are talking opinions from people from all walks of life some with very little background in any part of the game happy to share their two bobs worth with any one who listens. Sure there are some genuine people out there who are eager to help their fellow golfers but in general it is just people trying to flex their mental muscle when what is needed is a little common sense. Marketing experts with something to sell will get on line and discuss the virtues of products they themselves use and promote, people with a product to sell get on line and lead in to the benefits of their product above others and everyone from golfpro's to anyone who's read a magazine article gets on and complicates what for most people is already a difficult pastime with too much emphasise on things that they have no knowledge of. If you are like us and want to find out what the golfing public thinks about this great game we play, jump on, have a read, even chat back with the poor souls, but don't take any notice of what they say. All it will do is confuse the heck out of you and turn your game to rubbish. I get a headache reading through what most people have to say on there. Keep it simple and use common sense. The best approaches always.

Tim Frazer, the young man i teach who is living his dream playing golf in the USA on the Dakotas tour has had a stellar two weeks with a 12 place finish in the recent Tour event in Casper Wyoming a fifth place finish in a one day event at Oxbow North Dakota and a 10th place finish in the finalised today North Dakota Open. With five sub par rounds in his past 7 rounds and cheques coming in to fatten up the bank account, Tim is realising his goal of becoming all exempt for the 2013 Dakotas Tour and moving into the next level of players which was his target for the season this year. It has been a gruelling schedule playing 16 events in a 13 week period travelling through 6 states during the tour and playing through 100 to 110 degree heat that would make the strongest men wilt, but Tim is getting better, scoring lower and performing at an even higher level. This is no surprise to me as I know what he has done to get there this year and i know all the hard work he has put into his golf, fitness and attitude to play the way he has played over the past three months. Next week is the Dakotas Tour Players Championship being held at Sioux Centre Iowa. It is a three day event and will be the last event before he heads home and makes plans for the upcoming Australian circuit over the summer. Good luck next week mate and play well and I will keep you all posted on how he goes and what his results were.

Dave and I are taking 2 groups to the USA in a little over two weeks with stops in San Francisco, Monterey and Palm Springs. Stay posted to see what we get up to while we are there and what we have planned for next year.

see you on the course.
Jeff Mansfield