Why are some golfers more successful than others? Why do some golfers shoot lower scores more consistently, have more fun when they play, have fewer injuries, and accomplish much more on the golf course in the same number of years than the great majority?

I started out in life playing golf with no more golf talent than any one else, I did not play on my high school or college golf teams, and after college, I even quit playing golf for a while because I was so frustrated with my ridiculous slice!

And then I began asking, "Why are some golfers more successful than others?" This question changed my golf performance results forever!

Over the years, I have read hundreds of books and articles on the subjects of success and achievement - for success 'on' the golf course and 'off'. It seems that the reasons for these accomplishments have been discussed and written about for more than two thousand years, in every conceivable way. One quality that most philosophers, teachers and experts agree on is the importance of self-discipline. As Al Tomsik summarized it years ago, "Success is tons of discipline."

During a success training conference I attended many years ago, I asked the leader of the conference, Bob Proctor, "Of all the one thousand success principles that you have discovered, which do you think is the most important?"

He smiled at me with a twinkle in his eye, as if he had been asked this question many times, and replied, without hesitating, "The most important success principle of all was stated by Thomas Huxley many years ago. He said, "Do what you should do, when you should do it, whether you feel like it or not."

He went on to say, "There are 999 other success principles that I have found in my reading and experience, but without self-discipline, none of them work."

Self-discipline is the key to personal greatness on the golf course and in life. It is the magic quality that opens all doors for you, and makes everything else possible. With self-discipline, the average golfer can rise as far and as fast as his/her talents and intelligence can take him/her. But without self-discipline, a person with every blessing of background, education and opportunity will seldom rise above mediocrity.

If you'd like to learn more about the five areas of your total golf performance (golf fitness training, golf mental training, professional golf instruction, effective practice, equipment fitting) where the practice of self-discipline will be key to your success, please contact me right away at Paul@CallawayGolfFitness.com or by calling me directly for a FREE consultation at: 630-567-7572. Let me show you how you can make your golf dreams come true!