For members only, Golf Smarter number 461, published on November 4, 2014.

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There are so many distractions on the tour.

They go along with that level of competition, you know, from the corporate outings.

But then you've got just the travel alone and the food and the people who want your time and the women who want to

go to your room and there's just so many different things that can be distractions how is it

possible that these guys are able to eliminate those thoughts once they step up to the tea box

and how can we get a shred of that to distract

what's going on in our lives, which, you know, we, it's great if we can get time to go out

to the golf course because there are so many distractions and we don't get time to practice.

We just want to go out and play because there's so many things in our way.

How are we able to do that? How can we get

rid of all that? Well, there are kind of two questions in there, but to talk about us,

the regular golfer, you know, I suggest for people to say, hey, you know, you have a very busy

work life. I know for me, I'm a physician.

And when I go to golf, I look at it as my sanctuary, and that's what I encourage people.

Let's turn off the darn cell phone.

You know, let's look at the beauty of the golf course.

And for a few hours, you know, let's really honor this experience.

I think for a lot of average golfers, that's very, very refreshing.

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