| Don't try to tell a player that superstitions may | | | | encourage the best luck |
| make nonsense. Do you still feel funny to hear | | | | NO 3. Keep your guard up when playing on the |
| the variety of superstitions that players use? Do | | | | 13th hole |
| you know some players use one type of coin to | | | | Famous golfer Arnold Palmer's wife kisses each |
| mark your ball, and wear 'lucky shirt'? Some golf | | | | one of his Golf clubs fore he uses them in a |
| players have lucky charms. Some have | | | | game. Paul Azinger always marks his golf ball with |
| superstitious rituals that they practice, while some | | | | a US penny, which features the head of Abraham |
| believe that it is silly to maintain superstistions. | | | | Lincoln. He also makes certain to turn the penny |
| | | | | so Lincoln is looking at the hole. He thinks this |
| The fact that they are impossible to prove (or | | | | brings him good luck! |
| disprove) does little to dissuade golfers from | | | | |
| believing in superstitions! Phil Mickelson uses Titleist | | | | John Cook marks his golf ball only with US |
| with high numbers because it helps him to discern | | | | quarters (25 cent coins that feature different US |
| his egg from others. But sometimes, the lines | | | | States) that gives pictures of states in which he |
| between superstition and preference are not | | | | has not only played, but played well. Christina Kim |
| distinct. Many common superstitions in golf have | | | | doesn't step on the edge where the fairway |
| to do with the coins used to mark ball placements. | | | | meets the green, as she considers this to bring |
| Some US players refuse to use anything other | | | | bad luck to her golf game. |
| than nickels (five US cents), and others must use | | | | |
| coins that are heads-up. | | | | Doug Sanders denies playing golf with white golf |
| | | | | tees, as he regards them to be unlucky, While |
| Whether or not you have your own personal tast | | | | Tiger Woods wear red to the fortune. |
| of quirks or superstitions, It is easy to find a | | | | |
| golfer who will be at the ready to give you some | | | | Practice incurs perfect, no matter what kind of |
| superstitious tips. Most golfers agree on certain | | | | superstition convince you. Go ahead, no matter |
| beliefs and will pass along the same advice | | | | you wear some colored Underwear to luck, or |
| regarding issues such as: | | | | keep the golf ball from the only hole-in-one in a zip |
| NO 1. Never switch your golf ball midway through | | | | lock bag. for Happy Thoughts , go and go to |
| a game | | | | become one of golf as greatest! |
| NO 2. Always start golfing before noon to | | | | |