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01. Begin To Improve
02. Past Experiences
03. Practice
04. Overcome Inertia
05. Time and Place
06. Emotional Drive
07. Kill Interest
08. Stimulate Interest
09. Self-Competition
10. Maintain Interest
11. Avoid Habits
12. Keep Records
13. Use Golf Records
14. Accuracy
15. "Golf Bugs"
16. Adjustments
17. Golf Lessons Fail
18. Idiosyncracies
19. Faith Work
20. No Transfer
21. Remember
22. Trial and Error
23. Speed Learning
24. Remedial Golf
25. Practice Strengths
26. Not Make Perfect
27. Errors of Form
28. Psychological Errors
29. Slump
30. Gain Confidence
31. Handle Anger
32. Golfing Masochism
33. Harness Compulsions
34. Golf Thinking
35. Particulars
36. Golfing Delusions
37. Gambling Shot
38. Most Missed
39. Computing Distance
40. Save Strokes
41. To Think
42. Pressure
43. Apply the Pressure
44. Rationalize Failure
45. Be Realistic
46. Confidence in Putting
47. Direction in Putting
48. Carpet Putting
49. Putting Stance
50. Finesse Putting
51. Putting Slumps
52. Longer Drives
53. Final Secret
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35. Make Universal Out of Particulars
It has been said that the mark of the thinker is one who can develop universals out of particulars. Applied to golf this would mean that if we discover something about hitting particular shots, our learning can be made more useful if we can express it as a general rule.
For instance, our principle of "eliminate variables" makes it easier to determine the value of techniques we may wish to try. Another "universal" or generalization on a particular course could be "all putts break toward the river." The more such generalizations a golfer has, the easier golf thinking becomes.
A practical application of this comes to mind in respect to the apparently unpredictable breaks on the old putting greens of the Augusta Country Club. Some said they had been putting the greens for 20 years but still couldn't figure them out. Others tried to memorize as many of the breaks as possible. One golfing group even went so far as to make liberal use of the "trial run.
In order to make order out of nonsense, two club members dropped a circle of balls around the hole on each of the greens. From this it was discovered that in almost all cases the ball broke in an exaggerated manner either to the north or the west. Although this generalization did not help on every hole, it improved their ability to read the greens.
However, we cannot rely entirely on generalizations, unless we adopt another generalization: generalizations are only guides. One must consider whether there are particular conditions that modify the generalization. Otherwise, generalizations will become dangerous fixed ideas.
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