如何成为
高尔夫精英球员

HOW TO BECOME
AN ELITE LEVEL
GOLFER





在上周的文章中，概述了“如何打好高尔夫”中的主要因素。本周，我们将继续深入探讨“如何成为精英球员”的具体细节。
In last week’s article provided an overview of the major factors in “How to play golf well”.  This week we will delve deeper into the details of the players “blue-print” of “How to become an elite level golfer”



成为“高尔夫精英球员”，未来有很多机会和职业选择。





首先，可以成为职业球手并赢得公开赛或美国大师赛！中国“本土”培养的球员已经有很多这样成功的案例，例如李昊桐和石昱婷，他们已成功晋级为世界领先的巡回赛球手。
First of all, you can turn pro and win the Open or the Masters! China has had plenty of success with "homegrown" players, such as Li Haotong and Shi Yuting, who have risen to become the world's leading tour players.


第二种方向—凭借高尔夫技能加入高尔夫校队从而跻身一流名校。例如MIGA学生王哲，沈煜峰，叶雷，潘子忆和吴晋妤均是成功案例。
The second direction - to join the golf school team by virtue of golf skills to become a top school. MIGA students such as Wang Zhe, Shen Yufeng, Ye Lei, Pan Ziyi and Wu Jinyu are all successful cases.


第三种方向，可以如同我一样成为一名PGA职业教练。
In the third direction, You can become a PGA professional coach like me.





MY STORY
我的故事


我在苏格兰长大，二十岁时已是一名不错的业余球员，差点为2，平均成绩约为74杆。我在伦敦找到了一份职业高尔夫练习生的工作，由此遇到了适合我的环境和团队，既提升了高尔夫又开始了我的教练生涯。我的计划A是成为一名职业巡回赛球手，计划B是成为一名高尔夫教练。
Having grown up in Scotland I was a decent amateur at aged 20 had a handicap of 2, average score of around 74. I took a job in London as a trainee golf professional where I could have the correct environment and team to help develop my game whilst also developing my career as a golf coach. My plan A was to become a tour professional, my plan B was to be a golf coach.


在那里我很幸运地遇到了Paul Casey，当时他是英国业余冠军，在亚利桑那州立大学校队打高尔夫，也是美国首屈一指的球员。
One of the members at the golf club was Paul Casey. I was fortunate to play, practice and spend time around Paul. After meeting Paul I realized that I was so far away from my goal of becoming a tour professional. Paul was the English Amateur Champion and playing collegiate golf at ASU. He was the leading collegiate player in America at that time.





发现与Paul的差距，我开始努力锻炼体能，让自己更强壮，以便打出更远的距离。尽管我取得了进步，并在当地职业赛中表现不错──然而这是一场与时间的竞赛。我无法以足够快的速度达到想要的目标。我以正确的方式起步太晚！于是我决定专注于教学并尽力成为最好的教练。就这样我于2004年来到中国。
Paul’s distance was 50 yards further than me and his technique was much more advanced than mine. I then started to work on my fitness to get stronger to get more distance. I worked on my technique to get the ball closer to the hole. Although I had progress and played well in local professional tournaments - unfortunately it was a race against time. I couldn’t make the improvements fast enough to get to where I wanted to be. I started the correct approach too late in life. I then decided that I would focus on coaching and become the best coach I could be. Then I came to China in 2004.



鉴于我自己追求这一目标的经历以及我二十多年的高尔夫教学经验，我很高兴分享 “如何成为精英高尔夫球员”的具体细节。
Drawing on my own experiences in pursuing this goal and also my 20 + years of coaching golf I am excited to share in depth details and delve deeper into the “blue-print” on how to become an elite level golfer.




IS THIS "JOURNEY" REALLY FOR ME?
这个旅程真的是为我准备的吗？正如你现在意识到的，要想成为一名精英球员，需要花费大量的时间和财力，你需要努力，奉献，牺牲，付出汗水，甚至是眼泪和心酸，当然也有快乐时光！

As you will have realised by now, to pursue the goal of becoming an elite level golfer will take a tremendous amount of time, physical and financial investment, hard work, commitment, sacrifices, sweat, tears, heartaches but also joys and happy moments!

如果您选择高尔夫竞技之路，那么不仅需要在高尔夫球场上取得好成绩，也不能放弃学业。
If you choose to pursue your dream of playing college golf, then not only do you need to have good grades on the golf course – you will need good grades at school.


因此，开启这个旅程前你需要问自己以下问题：
Before you start on this journey, you need to ask yourself the following questions:
Q1
我真的渴望追求这个目标吗？
Do I really have the desire to pursue this goal?
Q2

我愿意为实现这一目标做出很多牺牲吗？
Am I willing to make many sacrifices to pursue this goal?
Q3
我的时间和精力投入与我的野心相符吗？
Does my time and energy investment meet my ambitions?
如果你可以对上述三个问题的回答为“是”，那么你应该去追逐这个目标！
If you can answer YES to the 3 above questions, then you should persue this goal!


但是，如果对这三个问题的回答为“不是”，则应将高尔夫视为一种爱好。
However, if you cant answer YES to these 3 questions then you should view golf as a hobby.



ABOUT YOU
关于你

✦你需要自律，并愿意做出牺牲。

You will need to be self-disciplined and be willing to make sacrifices.

✦你需要完全致力于你的目标，并且有很强的应变能力来应对过程中起伏不定的状态。

You will need to be fully committed to your goal and have strong resilience to deal with the ups and downs whilst perusing your goal.

✦无论有多困难都需要保持耐心，并不断努力寻找解决方案，以应对你在这段旅程中遇到的挑战。

You will need to be diligent, patient however hard working and continually preserve to find solutions to the challenges you will encounter on the journey.

✦你需要虚心受教，与你的教练配合，学习新技能去改变旧习惯。

You will need to be coachable, co-operative with your coaches and willing to learn new skills and willing to change old habits.

✦你需要独立，并努力为自己负责。

You will need to be self-sufficient, take responsibility for yourself and your actions and work extremely hard.

✦你需要足够的抗压能力且足够自信。

You will need to have a thick skin and a strong self-belief.  

ABOUT YOUR ENVIRONMENT
关于你的环境

我移居伦敦

其中一个重要收获

便

是

意识到了竞争

环境的重要性。在伦敦，

我遇见了

许多比我

优秀

的

球员

，

激发

我有动力变得更

优秀。

One of the things I learned from moving to London was the importance of environment. In London I found a great environment with many golfers who were better than me, that made me motivated to get better. We were able to train together, play together and that competitive environment was great.


由于这些原因，许多青少年球员已经移居海外。
Many junior golfers have moved overseas for these reasons.


从我学生的经历看，这并非就是最好的计划。海内外文化差异较大，给正在成长的青少年球员带来了挑战。
From my students experiences though this is not always the best plan. Culturally there are many differences than here in China and that brings challenges to the developing junior golfer.


去海外，仅适合独立能力强且格外自律的孩子；缺乏独立与自律的孩子去海外可能反而不利其成长。有些孩子甚至需要花费好几年的时间才能适应新的陌生环境。
To survive overseas the child will need to be fully self-sufficient and independent. In China there is more support towards the student from parents, coaches, teachers and customer service staff. Overseas it’s the cultural norm that students take full responsibility for themselves and are fully self-disciplined. For children who have been so well looked after and supported to then be put into that new and unfamiliar environment is very difficult to adjust. It may take years for the child to adapt and that would hinder their development.



而在国内，家长，教练，老师和客户服务人员会为学生提供更多的支持。MIGA培养的明星学员王哲和潘子忆的成功案例表明，完全可以在国内实现这个目标。
Just this developed their game year, there has been two “home-grown” players who have from within China such as MIGA star students Wang Zhe and Pan Zi Yi who will play college golf this year.  They have shown that its completely possible to achieve this goal from within China.











关于你的训练计划当代系统的青少年高尔夫发展方向主要体现在三个方面:

The modern and systematic approach to junior golf development lies in 3 main areas:





高尔夫之所以如此艰难，因为它是一项受诸多因素影响的运动。
What makes golf so difficult is that it is a game of many influencing factors.  It is a “holistic” game consisting of the major following influences:


身体素质
PHYSICAL


去年，Bryson De Chambeau 提醒了我们距离的重要性。凭藉体能和进阶技术训练相互结合，Bryson De Chambeau 的开球距离增加并接近了350码！这也使他赢得了美国公开赛。
Last year we were reminded of the importance of distance by the Bryson De Chambeau effect.  Thru a combination of physical and advanced technical training Bryson was able to increase his driving distance to drive the ball over 350 yards!  That led to him being able to win the US Open.







可见球打得越远，越靠近果岭球员的优势越明显。可以用较短距离的球杆攻上果岭。留下离球洞更近的距离。从而增加抓鸟机会，取得更好的成绩。
The further you can hit the ball gives the golfer a massive advantage as they are closer to the green and using a shorter distance club to approach the green.  This makes it much easier to get closer to the hole and therefore they can make more birdies and achieve lower scores.


对于处在生长阶段的青少年球员来说，训练他们的身体素质需要时间。MIGA 学生 Eddie Zhang 自 2016 年以来在 MIGA 训练他的体能，现在他的1号木可以超过 300 码了。青少年高尔夫球手必须遵循一个系统的过程，例如先提升基本的动作技巧，身体素质，然后才是力量和速度训练。
For the developing golfer developing their physical element takes time.  MIGA student Eddie Zhang has developed his fitness at MIGA since 2016 and is now able to hit the driver over 300 yards.  There is a systematic process that the junior golfer must follow such as developing fundamental movement skills first, physical literacy, then Strength and Speed training.








技术
TECHNICAL


技术的重要性不言而喻，成为精英球员需要时间来学习许多不同的击球方式。随着青少年球员的成长和身体的变化，挥杆会受到影响，所产生的挑战和困难会影响短期的表现。因此更需要每周有固定的时间接受教练指导，学习新技能，巩固之前所学。
We all know the importance of technique and the aspiring elite golfer needs to learn many different shots and this takes time.  As the junior golfer is growing and physically changing, naturally their swing will be affected, and this will bring challenges and difficulties towards short term performance.  They need to have regular time each week with their coaches in order to not only learn new skills but to maintain the ones they have previously learned.


学习这些技术需要时间、专注、耐心、自我约束和努力。学习新技能往往不会感到很舒服，而且会很陌生。应乐于接受指导，努力学习。
Learning these techniques requires time, focus, patience, discipline and hard work.  Of course learning new skills won't be comfortable and will be unfamiliar.  The junior golfer needs to be coachable and open to learning.



心理素质
MENTAL


我们都知道心理素质在所有精英运动中的重要性。
We all know that the importance of the mental game in any elite sport.


Lee Westwood，强调应以稳定的心态专注于过程，而不是结果。这是一个很好的建议，是得分的关键。
Recently there was an interview with Lee Westwood who shared his perspective.  Lee said that he focuses on the process, not the outcome.  This is great advice for the developing junior golfer as its so easy to focus on the outcome (score) and then loose focus on the process which is what makes the score.






我不太在乎结果，但我仍然关心我的表现。这又促使我一如既往地去努力。我和我的一位心理学家合作了几年，我们只关注过程，而不关注结果以及我们无法控制的事情。我唯一能控制的就是整个过程，我确保自己充分投入，乐在其中！



参加常规赛能促使你学习置于压力之下，如何处理自己的各种情绪，灵活运用教练的建议。
Playing regular tournaments will force you to learn as you put yourself into stresfull situations you will then be able to recognise the emotions that you face and then be able to apply your coach’s advice.


与比赛成绩相比，在比赛中学习和积累经验更为重要，球员需要保持这种成长型思维。
We must recognise the importance of learning and accumulating experiences rather than just being disappointed with the score or a poor shot.  The golfer is developing, and they need to keep that growth mindset.



练习
PRACTICE


众所周知，高尔夫需要我们投入大量的时间去练习，尤其是当我们有着很高的目标和期望。
We all know that Golf demands a huge amount of our time especially if we have high goals and expectations.  There are so many parts of the game which need to be practiced regularly.


Malcolm Gladwell指出要成为各个领域的专家，需要经过10,000小时的“正确”训练才能达到很高的水平。花在“错误方式”上的时间不算！
You will have heard of the 10,000 hours concept which was outlined by Malcolm Gladwell and states that to become an expert in any field, you will need to carry out 10,000 hours of “correct” training in order to achieve a high level of performance.  Hours spent on the “incorrect way” don’t count!






除了花费足够多的时间，据我的个人经验，找到一个好的竞争环境加强练习也非常重要。与年龄相仿的球员一起，哪怕水平相似，或有差距，一起训练，比赛，不仅乐在其中，而且对提高技能非常有帮助。
From my personal experience of developing my golf, finding a competitive environment is very important.  Being around other golfers who are of similar age, similar if not better level and training and competing together is not only enjoyable but highly beneficial in advancing your skills.




ABOUT YOUR TEAM
关于你的团队

你需要有一个支持你的专业团队，为你提供正确的建议。

You will need to have a team of experts who support you and provide you with the correct advice on how to develop your game, your academics and shape your character in preparation for college life.



With the modern golfer, they are undertaking a holistic training regimen.  They are working with not just one coach – a team of coaches such as Fitness, Mental, Tactical and Practice.  They are not just working on their swing technique – they are working on each of the six areas mentioned above as they know that each area is of equal importance to their success.

因此你需要找一个适合你的教练团队，你喜欢并尊重他们。有责任心和爱心的团队能帮助你变得更好。

You will need to find a coach who is suitable for you, someone you like and respect.  A coach who is responsible and caring, a coach who is open to working with others and a coach who helps you to get better. There is no coach that knows the answers to every question, most important is a coach who seeks the answers and cares about you.



You will need to have extremely supportive parents who are able to provide the wide range of resources and investment to allow you to pursue this goal.  Parents are the most important part of your support system, not only do they need to be the parent, they also need to help you manage yourself and co-ordinate your activities and act as a sounding board each step of the way. Parents will need to be very patient and encouraging to deal with the ups and downs.




你将在旅程中面临哪些挑战？首先是如何平衡学校文化课和高尔夫学习的时间。
For junior golfers based in China the main challenge is how to balance school and golf. The demands of homework will restrict the amount of time that you can allocate to practice. Furthermore, the golf courses are mostly located far away from the city therefore takes children a long time to get to the golf course or practice range therefore practice time is reduced.



The players score and performance goes up and down and that is normal and for many different reasons.  First of all the child is going thru massive physical and emotional changes as they go thru puberty and mature.  The physical changes such as growth spurts will create imbalances and cause problems in the players technique.  When the form is good its easy, its when the form isn’t good that we all need to have a calm and reassuring approach.  Naturally children may start to doubt themselves, can I really achieve this goal? This is where parents and coaches need to have the correct perspective and be a positive assurance that the players form will return.  It is during our toughest times that we learn the most.


保持长远的眼光——父母是“管理球员”和协调训练团队的关键人物，因而必须有长远的眼光。你12或14岁时的成绩不是最重要的。最重要的是16-17岁的成绩，因为那时会面临大学教练招募校队成员。
重点应通过每一场比赛或每一次经历去了解并分析自己强项和弱项，学会不断调整，朝着最终的目标努力。成功的球员大多采用这种“持续改进”的“成长心态”。
Keeping a Long Term Perspective – As Parents are the key person in “managing the player” and co-ordinating between the team members, its essential that they adopt a long term perspective.  The score that you have when you are 12 or 14 isnt the most important.  What is most important is the score you have when you are 16/17 as that is when college coaches are recruiting players.  What’s important for players who are developing on this journey is to look at every tournament or every experience as a chance to learn about themselves and the game of golf.  A chance to see what their strengths and weaknesses are and keep learning, keep working hard towards the eventual goal.  Players who succeed in golf and life adopt this “continually improvement” with a “growth mindset”.









SHOULD I GO TO PLAY COLLEGE GOLF OR GO   STRAIGHT TO THE PRO TOUR?

显然，适合每个人的道路都不一样。

Obviously, everyone’s most suitable road is going to be different.  


我的两位得意门生李昊桐和石昱婷就是在国内成功地走上了职业道路，直接晋级为世界最大巡回赛的球员。但这绝不是一件容易的事情。
Li Hao Tong and Shi Yu Ting are players who have developed their game over the years at MIGA and within China, then progressed to the worlds tours.








不少优秀的球员，例如Paul Casey则是通过进入大学高尔夫校队，得到了提升和锻炼。就我个人而言，我重视大学教育，我相信接受良好的教育对于日常生活和高尔夫运动均大有裨益。将令你获得更好的判断力和决策能力，帮助你在高尔夫道路上不断进步。

Then there are the many leading players such as Paul Casey who have first gone to play college golf and not only develop their game but get an education. Personally, I value education as I believe that having a good education is of great value to your general life and also of great benefit to your golf. With great education you will gain greater perspective and decision making which will help you to play better golf.


我的学生叶雷就是一个很好的例子，她同时获得了一流的教育和一流高尔夫技能。目前她是斯坦福大学高尔夫校队的成员，也是NCAA Division 1排名靠前的球员之一。我相信她的未来会在LPGA。
My former student Ye Lei is a great example of a player who has first class education and also first-class golf skills.  Ye Lei is on the golf team at Stanford and is one of the top ranked players on the NCAA Division 1.  I am confident that her future will be on the LPGA.








If your goal is to become a collegiate player then you would have more time and a great environment and team to develop your golf. You would also have a plan B to fall back on should you not reach your goal or after you retire from golf then you have other career options.


如考虑加入名校大学高尔夫校队--男性平均成绩需达到75杆，女性则为76杆。球场距离为：男性7,046码，女性6,172码。
To be considered for a collegiate golf team - You will need an score average of 75 makes and 76 for females. Course distance of 7,046 yards for men and 6,172 yards for females.


要想达到PGA)/ LPGA排名前100位，男性平均成绩需达到71.5杆，女性则为72杆。球场距离为：男性7259码，女性6531码。
To be ranked 100 th on the PGA / LPGA, you will need a score average of 71.5 for men and 72 for females. Course distance of 7259 Men and 6531 for females.


要想跻身世界前10名-你在PGA巡回赛中的平均成绩必须达到70杆，而LPGA则需要达到69.9杆！
To be top 10 in the world - you will need a score average of 70 for the PGA tour and 69.9 for LPGA.





希望本文对你的未来有所帮助！
I hope that this article is helpful in deciding your future!


上述分数数据由My Game Forge这款领先的高尔夫统计分析程序的创造者Mark Sweeney提供。您可以访问他的网站了解更多信息：
The score data mentioned above was kindly provided hy Mark Sweeney, creator of My Game Forge which is the leading golf statistical analysis program.  You can find more by visiting his web site:


www.mygameforge.com









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