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Barry Plummer

Are You Killing Your Creativity By Being Too Technical On The Golf Course? Here's Why 'Messing Around Matters'

John Howells and Barry Plummer hitting chip shots from different positions off the green .

I am sometimes guilty of taking the game of golf a little bit too seriously, and I certainly get into my own head when trying to execute very tricky shots - like the one hop and stop chip shot to a back flag or an ambitious short-sided flop over the greenside bunker.

With increased pressure in my golf grip and a woefully tentative swing, the end result is rarely the exquisite shot I had envisioned in my mind.

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