When I met Gary Player
I had the pleasure & privilege to play in a Pro Am 4 ball with the legendary Gary Player a few years back. I had not been on a golf course for 2 years as I had broken both my arms in a fall. Not long after we tee’d off Uncle Gary turned to me and asked when last I had played golf, I looked him in the eye and said: ”Uncle Gary this is going to be your longest day on a golf course”. He put his arm around me and replied: ”Well then let’s just have fun”. That epitomises who Gary Player is, a big man with a very big heart. Since then I have had the opportunity to interact with Uncle Gary on a few occasions and am always impressed by his immense capacity for people and his love for life. Uncle Gary’s Life Commandments are a great compass for us all: (1) Change is the price of survival. (2) Everything in business is negotiable, except quality. (3) A promise made is a debt incurred. (4) For all we take in life we must pay. (5) Persistence and common sense are more important than intelligence. (6) The fox fears not the man who boasts by night but the man who rises early in the morning. (7) Accept the advice of the man who loves you, though you like it not at present. (8) Trust instinct to the end, though you cannot render any reason. (9) The heights of great men reached and kept were not attained by sudden flight, but that while their companions slept were toiling upward in the night. (10) There is no substitute for personal contact. Uncle Gary happy 80th birthday, you are a man amongst men. Marco Coetzer
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THE GARY PLAYER GOLF EXPERIENCEDuring lockdown, the World of Golf in South Africa is offering specialized coaching from the comfort of your own home, with the Gary Player Golf Experience Game improvement specialist. This Academy provides golf instruction, on Grand Slam winner Gary Player’s Three-Dimensional Approach to the game focusing on the mental, physical, and skill elements. The Gary Player Golf Experience offers golf tuition and mentorship in all dimensions of game improvement. Technical training, golf-specific fitness, and other guidance in the all-important dimension of the mental game is also provided. Services offered through the Gary Player Golf Experience are the Player Golf Fitness Center, Little Player’s Club, Supersport’s Master Classes and Call for Help sessions, Golf4All, and various dedicated scholar programs. “We are delighted to have this opportunity to give something back to the game of golf through the Gary Player Golf Experience and look forward to sharing our recipe for success with fans at the The World of Golf,” said Marc Player, CEO of Black Knight International. At the Gary Player Golf Experience, the three key dimensions of the golf puzzle are recognized by concentrating on the mental approach to the game, the physical fitness required and by building a solid golf swing with its many shot variations. “Given that 70% of all shots are played within 60 yards of the hole,...Uploaded:June 3, 2020
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