The Purpose of Golfing With a Mentor

In this day and age, it’s not uncommon for young people to teach themselves when it comes to hobbies. Online tutorials and “Do It Yourself” tips are extremely popular in the younger age range. Even golf has younger people trying to teach themselves online.

Young people will see golfers on TV and attempt to emulate their swing in their backyard. Instead of instruction, they’ll go to the course with family and learn the course’s ethics through them. 

There is nothing wrong with learning golf this way, but it’s missing out on a critical part of the sport that cadets can only learn through instruction, and that’s the fundamentals. Self-taught golfers may know how to bang a ball long distances, but they’re missing out on the details that can take their game to a new level.

The details are where having a mentor around can be so helpful. A mentor will analyze a young golfer’s game and provide valuable feedback. This feedback can improve a swing, footwork during the process of a swing, or the general composure a golfer shows when on the course.

Respecting the Game and Oneself

A golfer is more than just the ability to hit the ball a long distance accurately. They’re someone that shows composure in frustrating situations and shows a level of respect for the game itself. 

When stepping onto the course, a young golfer should never lose their temper. Breaking or throwing clubs, shouting, or hitting a ball in anger is disrespectful not only to oneself but for the game. Anyone who truly appreciates golf would not allow their emotions to take over in such away.

With a mentor, our young golfers learn how they can adequately respect golf. They lead our young golfers by example, showing them how to conduct themselves on the course and giving the game the proper respect it deserves. These are the kinds of lessons that cadets will only learn through instructional golf.

Life Lessons in Golf

Golf is an incredible sport. Not only because it is fun to play and a great way to enjoy the outdoors, but it gives out life lessons that young golfers can apply to the rest of their lives. Many of our students don’t go on to play golf professionally, but they do go off and learn how to become better, more accomplished people.

Discipline

One of the most important lessons of golf is discipline. An undisciplined golfer will always struggle because they will force shots that aren’t there and grow frustrated when the perfect play isn’t right in front of them. They need the discipline to understand when it’s okay to play for the green and when they should lay up on the fairway.

Our mentors will put this discipline in their cadets, and they’ll showcase it not only on the course but in their daily lives. The lessons of discipline that cadets learn through golf can easily be applied to school and beyond. 

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Our mentor golf program allows young golfers to not only learn how to play golf but gain real-life values through sport. These golfers will learn respect, discipline, and they’ll be sure to have fun while they do it.

Sign a young golfer up today so they, too, can learn life lessons through golf. Give us a call at (772) 713-9593, or send an email to rogervandykeirgf@gmail.com. Feel free to connect with us on Facebook as well!