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TOUR EFFECTS OF COVID-19
IMPROVE YOUR GOLF PRACTICE TRAINING
USING P-M-I MISS IDENTIFIERS
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bad swing or bad technique. When you analyze and develop a plan to re-focus before we hit
your scorecard, you label every physical miss a golf shot. If a player has a lot of intellectual
with a “P.” An example of a physical miss could misses, we need to talk about shots and the
be a slice swing out of bounds, a fat shot from ability to pull shots off, how and why shots work
the middle of the fairway with an iron, or a chili- and learning more about the percentages of
dip on a chip shot. execution.
The second kind of miss is a mental miss (M). Normally, when we do an analysis for P-M-I
A mental miss is any time you just did not have Miss Identifiers, we find 10-15 misses per round
the proper focus on a shot. Examples of mental for most mid-handicappers. Once we have
misses include getting distracted by people identified these misses, we come up with a
talking or a golf cart moving close by. Even strategy to eliminate these misses from the
a course worker driving a mower across the scorecard, ultimately lowering the score of the
fairway 200 yards away that catches your eye, if player. w
you were distracted and you were not focused
on your shot and missed, is a mental miss. When
you analyze your scorecard, you label every Arlen Bento Jr. is an
mental miss with an “M,” award-winning golf
The third kind of miss is an intellectual miss coach and “Top 100”
(I). An intellectual miss happens when you try to world-recognized golf
hit a shot that is just not a good decision based instructor. He is the former
on your skill set, or a shot that has a very low head golf professional of
probability for success. Examples of intellectual the PGA Country Club in
misses including trying to hit a low-lofted club PGA Village, Florida, and
out of the rough, or trying to hit a delicate flop former director of golf/general manager of
shot off a hardpan lie. When you analyze your Eagle Marsh Golf Club in Jensen Beach, Florida.
scorecard, you label every intellectual miss with He operates his indoor golf center in Stuart,
the letter “I.” Florida, and his outdoor golf academy in Port
Breaking down your golf game with my P-M-I St. Lucie, Florida, where he specializes in player
Miss Identifiers is a very powerful tool to help with development and offers his highly successful
golf improvement. As players break down their “Bento Golf Method” to players that want to
golf rounds, we find tendencies based on my learn how to get better. For more information,
P-M-I Miss Identifier system. you can contact him via his website https://
If a player has a lot of physical misses, we arlenbentojrgolflessons.com.
need to take a look at instruction, working on
how to better hit the clubs that are causing the
misses. If a player has a lot of mental misses,
we need to take a look at a better pre-shot
routine, or recognizing when we lose our focus
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