We have heard of playing in “The Zone”. Some of you may have even experienced this feeling, when you have hit the sweetest shot of your life. When you look back on that shot, you realize that everything was perfectly in sync and completely effortless.

The experiments within the book at first seemed unorthodox, but with an open mind I followed Roy’s lead. But the results are worth it. You see being in “The Zone” is more about being totally aware of your surroundings and all that is going on without trying to control any of it.

Let’s spend a couple of minutes talking about one of the three most abused and misunderstood golf swing fundamentals, timing. It’s an important term but it’s misused a lot. So, let me explain to you what timing is, and then it’ll draw you a lot closer to understanding when you’re struggling.

Timing is your ability to swing your arms and hands back to the golf ball as your hip turns out of the way. And the reason it has to turn out of the way is so the arms and hands can pass your body and wrap around you. That’s the definition, no more, no less.

Playing out of the deep rough is one of the hardest shots in golf. There are so many variables depending on the lie that it is hard to predict how your shot will turn out.

Playing out of the deep rough is difficult but there are some adjustments you can make to control the affects that it may have on your shot.