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Are you running through a countless stream of instructions while playing a round of golf? Are you instructing yourself during your golf swing, ultimately reciting golf tip after golf tip? And, is this inner dialogue getting in the way of actually playing better golf, getting in the way of your enjoyment of the game?

Here is something very simple that I figured out that helped me become a better golfer and added to my enjoyment of the game while on the course: move away from active thought and instead occupy your mind with the appropriate images when necessary.

When I was learning to play golf, I had an instructor who took me out to practice with this advice: "I'm not going to tell you a thing," he said. "I just want you to watch me. Watch carefully everything I do.

What he was doing was showing me the correct golf swing, instead of endlessly giving me instructions. It was a valuable lesson.

He told me afterwards, "Whenever you are tempted to give yourself inner verbal instruction, I want you to think back on the images of my swing. Just see it.

Have you ever seen a golfer frustrated on the course? Is this inner dialogue apparent? Chances are you know firsthand about all this.

Here is a simple golf tip to avoid too much instruction during your golf swing:

Think about the shot in front of you before your swing. Think of everything you have to do, the club you're going to use, all mechanical questions, your approach, all of it.

Now, stand away from your ball and go through your routine. In this routine produce the results you want to achieve. Be aware of your club and how it moves in your hands as you take your practice swings. Be aware of the movement of your body into the golf ball. Do this until you 'feel' it is right, and that swing has been programmed correctly into your brain.

When your swing has been properly programmed imagine your shot in your mind, executed flawlessly, perfect.

Afterwards, take a full deep breath, exhaling through the mouth, and address your golf ball and execute your swing, leaving thought behind.

Trust yourself enough to play, knowing that you've given yourself ample instruction and it is time to now leave thought and all of its inner verbiage.

I can not offer up a better golf swing tip.

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In 2005, at the height of the Celtic Tiger boom, a new golf course opened in County Kildare. Moyvalley Golf and Country Club was a dazzling affair with a hotel and spa plus on-course houses available to buy or rent. Membership was pitched at a signing on fee of EUR75,000 with annual subs of EUR3,000. Initial take up was good but as the signs of a slowdown became evident, customers dried up. Today you can join Moyvalley for between EUR5,000 and EUR10,000 depending on your negotiating skills!

As recently as 18 months ago, the price of a four ball in The Old Head of Kinsale Golf Links was EUR1,100 when you included buggies. That’s EUR275 per head without food or refreshments. Four friends played it in September last for EUR70 each, including buggy and the club were glad to take their money. In the new golf scene in Ireland, the customer is king – and long live the king!

For if ever a hobby mirrored the worst excesses of the boom in Ireland it was golf. Since the late nineties, green fees at even the most humble of golf clubs have quadrupled. Similarly, the increase in membership fees went out of control. Back then, it seemed to be only a matter of building it, naming your price and they will come. But in the Ireland of 2010, they don’t come any more. Reality has taken a grip on the situation. We live in a society that has a deflation rate of 6% across a broad range of goods and services that comprise the cost of living index in Ireland. Golf green fees would form no part of that index but if they were examined, incredible reductions of 100% to1000% are evident across the island.

Headfort New is a stunning creation in Kells, County Meath. It was one of the few membership clubs that added a second course from their own resources and they made a magnificent job of it. In the mid-noughties, they charged EUR75 per round green fees. It was, in fairness, not an exorbitant amount for the times that were in it and given the outstanding quality of the course. The K Club were charging EUR225 for a round at the same time by way of comparison. Now, Headfort are happy to take EUR30 per round and there isn’t a line out the gate to play it. The K Club, we understand, are happy to negotiate deals. You bet they are!

All across the country, members are leaving clubs in an effort to cut back on outgoings as the implementation of budget cuts hits home and uncertainty regarding jobs becomes the priority of people whose only previous concern was their handicap. Where once there was a waiting list to get into almost all Irish clubs, now you will be welcomed with open arms at considerably less than those who might be with you on the first tee paid. Many golf courses are on the brink of closure whilst many others have cut back on maintenance costs, which is not a good omen for the future quality of those courses.

However for the moment survival is what it is all about for these clubs and for those visitors coming to Ireland or Irish golfers travelling to other parts of the country, there is outstanding value to be had on the fairways of Ireland. Even those US and UK visitors who are suffering from the strong currency that is the Euro, the deals stack up as worthwhile. It makes 2010 the year to be considering a golfing holiday in Ireland.

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