In just its second season, The Battlefield Golf Course at Shangri-La Resort has already made its mark as one of the most exciting par-three courses in the country. Designed by my friend Tom Clark, this eighteen-hole layout is as stunning as it is fun to play. Shangri-La has undergone an incredible transformation in recent years—enhancing its championship 27-hole course, adding a beautiful new hotel, and introducing a top-tier activities center. It has truly become a jewel of Northeast Oklahoma and a world-class destination. If you haven’t been, you should visit!
Each week, we share a stunning golf image and a heartfelt, hilarious, or inspiring story. While they may not always align, both aim to elevate the game and uplift those who love it. These images aren’t for sale—they’re simply here to be enjoyed, just as the stories are meant to inspire, entertain, and celebrate the spirit of golf.
Golf is an extraordinarily unique game. Like so many, I struggled to find the right formula – the correct ingredients to play high-level golf. I cycled through thousands of tips, methods, keys, theories etc. None of which had yielded any better results.
The search for the ‘Secret’ is an elusive prize that nearly everyone who picks up a golf club strives to find. The secret is presented industry-wide as a magical move within the golf swing that will assure the outcome of the shot.
At one point during my several trips to Carmel Valley Ranch in Central California, the secret to golf presented itself to me, much in the way Buddha once stated, ‘when the student is ready, the teacher will appear.’ I guess I was ready.
The ‘secret’ of golf is elegant in its simplicity. There is no magical, perfect swing. It’s already within each of us, in the same way that a seedling has everything it needs to grow to be a full grown tree. All that is missing is time, water, sunlight etc. In the same vein, what is missing from our golf swings, is the real-time awareness of what is occurring during the swing.
Paradoxically, the continued striving to find the perfect swing, the constant changing, manipulating, tips, keys, methods and theories move us as golfers further away from discovering our golf swings. This distinction not only changed my golf game and swing, but also my life and the choices I have subsequently made.
Golf is the most amazing vehicle for learning and development and having discovered its secret has allowed me to enjoy the game far more than I could have envisioned.
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