Is Golf Becoming To Modern?
In the modern era, there seems to be very little that gets a person truly excited. It once was a treat to receive a piece of mail from someone. You knew that there was time spent to perfectly put down in words what someone wanted to share. There was an effort that went into simply writing a letter. Much of that is lost now. With modern technology, you simply send an email, or a text message to someone. More often than not, these messages are written in a code that needs to be deciphered as you read. LOL, WU, OMG, the list goes on and on. The personalization of the process is long gone. Everything seems to be becoming so fast paced and impersonal. It has become more of a burden to sit down and write out your words than to send them through the airwaves.
This carries over to golf as well. People don’t want to put in the time and appreciate what you are doing. Golf has traditionally always been known to take about 4 hours to complete a typical round of golf. But lately, if you aren’t playing in about 3 hours, you are holding up the groups behind you. You have the course ranger hounding you to pick up the pace, and the enjoyment from the round is lost.
Golf instruction is no different. There are countless resources that a person can choose to receive instruction. The first is to seek out a PGA Professional and work with them on the practice facility. This is the best option for anyone. A trained eye is watching you, and in return, receiving personalized input about your particular golf game. But this is a seldom sought after option. Golfers don’t want to spend the money on improvement (I guess they would rather lose $50/dozen golf balls each round), or they don’t feel they have the time to commit to taking lessons.
Now you can get endless amounts of information about the golf swing from almost anywhere. There is the Golf Channel, multiple golf magazines, countless published books, as well as the Internet. The problem I see with regards to most of these options is the lack of personalization. How does a player know if the information that they are reading or watching, and then implementing is best for them?
What we need to get back to is similar to writing a good old fashion letter. There needs to be a concerted effort to improving your golf game. There needs to be great attention to detail, and personalizing the content to suit the recipient. Pinchaser accomplishes this, while still utilizing the modern technology of the Internet. The lessons that you receive are personalized and recommended based on your individual golf game. It is as close to customized instruction as you can find without physically working with a golf professional.