Hi, this is Jim O'Donnell from Sun City, West Arizona, and I play Cordabella golf course.

This is Golf Smarter Number 970.

I'm a third generation golf pro.

Our son is a fourth generation golf pro.

My grandpa was a greenskeeper and he built courses and was a golf pro in the Atlanta area starting 100 years ago. His son and daughter, my dad and my aunt, were always in the golf industry. My dad's first name is Rell. He worked for McGregor. And then his sister, my aunt, Louise, is one of the ladies' hallfamers. I got my first lesson from her when I was 18. I was on the

back nine with her. The first time I'd ever played with her, so I'm all excited. I'm having a great time. And she hits this drive out there, and at the time, she is 55 years old. So she's still playing in the LPGA tournament at this time, the LPGA championship. About halfway through the back nine, her drive starts at the right side of the ferry,

like always, and it kind of falls to the right a little bit, and it goes a couple steps into the right rough. And so we hop in the cart, and Anciss starts driving, and I said, oh, wow, Anciss, you didn't like that drive, did you? And she stopped the cart, and she looked me right in the eye, She said, I don't know, Joel and I don't care.

I said, well, I thought you've been hitting that little draw all day.

I thought you wanted to draw it back.

She said, well, I do want to draw back, Joel.

It's been draw back.

She said, well, I do want to draw back, Joel. It's been drawn back all day. But that one just stayed a little to the right. But I can still get three or four from there, can't I, Joel? So that drive doesn't bother me in the least. That's the main difference between players like me and players like you, Joel.

I enjoy my good misses.

Players like you, y'all complain about your good misses.

She said, Joel. I enjoy my good misses. Players like you,

y'all complain about your good misses. She said, Joel, this is the main thing I learned from

Bobby Jones. All par golf is, Joel, is getting your drive out there somewhere where you can swing

at it, getting the next one on or around the green, and then you get down in two shots from there.

I do not have to make one perfect swing to shoot par golf.

It's time we learn how to appreciate our good misses with PGA Master Professional Joel Suggs.

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