Erika Larkin's Golf Blog

Erika Larkin is a Certified PGA Professional. She is the Director of Instruction at Stonewall Golf Club in Gainesville, Virginia and operates the Larkin Golf Learning Community. This blog is an outlet for her thoughts on all things golf and golf instruction instruction related. Check out www.larkingolf.com for info about her lesson programs and rates. Enjoy!

Thursday, January 19, 2012

Newt and Golf... ? :) OWN IT!

Living near Washington D.C. I may be more in tune to politics than if I lived elsewhere, but I couldn't help get inspired the other night after watching the SC Republican Presidential debate. If you didn't see it, Newt Gingrich made a great point about how he would help create jobs- he would help people find a job (any job- even janitorial work) ... then teach them to get a BETTER job... then teach them to OWN the job. So how does this apply to golf? I think a lot of golfers have this mentality that they can just skip steps and find the swing cure tomorrow, gain 20 yards or drop 10 strokes with a magic tip or new golf club. So listen to Newt (and me) ...start by learning the basics, improve your skills, then master your skills then you will OWN YOUR GAME!

Teacher of the Year!

I'm thrilled to announce my recent award as the Middle Atlantic PGA Section Teacher of the year! I will continue to earn this every day. Here is a link to the posting about this year's award winners.