About TeeGolfer
TeeGolfer.com is committed to providing Key Mental Golf Tips, Equipment Reviews, Fitness ideas and secrets to help you improve your game, whether you have a handicap of 1 or 30! (or higher!). This blog site is dedicated to women golfers, although the information contained here is really for all golfers: male, female, juniors, amateurs…young and old!
Tee specializes in using cutting edge video production to help golfers discover golf tips and instruction to play better golf and enjoy life more!
Tee is a former professional golfer who has seen all sides of life as a golfer. She was an outstanding junior golfer in the late 70’s and 80’s winning back to back Washington State titles, Pacific Northwest Golf Assoc. (PNGA) titles among other various appearances on the national seen, from Junior World to the Junior PGA Championships. She also was awarded the prestigious Mengert Inspiration Award in 1980 for her positive attitude in both wining and losing, being a successful player and a good role model, encouraging others to do their best, working hard to achieve her goals all the while showing growth and maturity.
Her amateur career was highlighted by numerous USGA events across the country, including three U.S. Women’s Opens. USGA events were her favorites as she excelled in the U.S. Women’s Amateur Public Links, U.S. Women’s Amateur, and the U.S. Girls’ Junior.
Tee attended the University of New Mexico and had a stellar career as a Lady Lobo golfer. Her four years as a collegiate golfer were highlighted by being a nationally ranked team, finishing 11th her freshman year at the NCAA’s, winning her conference title her freshman year, being named All-Conference all four years, and being named All-American her junior year. She competed with the best women golfers from around the world with excellence.
Excerpt from the TeeGolfer Blog:
So what are the mental keys to the game of golf? What is the best equipment? Can you incorporate fitness techniques? Are there steps to conquer the mental and physical side of a golfers’ pursuit to perfection on the links? Are there golf secrets that are out there waiting to be discovered?
The mental side of the game of golf,for one, comes with its own twists and kinks. Everything from the first tee jitters to missing three foot putts can be blamed on the mental tangled mess in our mind.
I should know. The mental keys to a solid game of golf went missing half way through my most successful year as a golfer.
Let me share just a bit to begin this “Tee Golfer” pursuit to see you find THE Mental KEYS to succeed with your golf game.
I spent my junior years of golf swinging and winning like there was no tournament, no course I could not conquer. Oh the bliss of first love. I discovered the game at 9 and by the time I was 10, I was snagged by the golf hook. That’s hook, line and sinker!
Growing up with four brothers made me quite adept at learning any sport I wanted to try.
Golf became my passion. I found out that imitation was the best way to learn. I found a few short women on the LPGA tour and studied their swings. My goodness, we are talking from Sandra Palmer to Jo Anne Washam, to a little lady named Nancy Lopez. If you never heard of these golfers, that’s ok. Hang with me here.
While a guy name Freddie Couples was winning the boys side of a state tournament, I was conquering my first 12-14 year old Washington State Title. From 14 to 17, I fought my way through the wonderful butterflies that come from playing competitive junior golf. The butterflies flied in formation. I was on top of the world at every tournament won, from the local area to state to top finishes in the region of the Pacific Northwest.
From there I went on to college with a full ride golf scholarship to the University of New Mexico where I continued to find delight at every step on the lush green fairways of the college touring schedule. I became known as “Tee” from Albuquerque (UNM). From frequent top ten finishes to being named All-American my junior year in college, I had no concept of too many mental struggles. I could not understand how someone could three putt from 15 feet. I could not fathom a constant snap hook or slice. Life was green, first love still was sweet, and my dream of being a pro golfer was on target.
Then something sad happened half way through my senior year. I came home from Christmas that year with one of the lowest scoring averages in the top women golf collegiate teams in the nation. It looked like I was on track for another All-American selection. I went back to my snowy home in Washington State to the sudden devastating loss of my dad to cancer halfway through that Christmas break. My little green sunny world turned upside down.
