Commit to the Shot

[Shadow]

I have heard this idiom used many times in the last while and from a "mental" game point of view, I am not sure what this actually means.

At what point does one "commit" to the shot? Under what circumstances is one not "committed?"

Before I swing the club, I plan my shot. For example: There is out of bounds along the left side so I have decided that I am going to hit a low fade, into a light left to right wind, aimed at the left bunker and let it drift back to the centre of the farway. Am I now committed?

As I take my grip, I open the club face a little and then pick a spot along a line to the left bunker, at which to aim the club face, and then take my stance. Am I now committed?

I now enter the transition period betwen being on MANUAL/conscious and being on AUTOMATIC/sub-conscious, and swing the club. Is this being committed?

If I am thinking about how I am swinging the golf club when I play the shot, is being committed possible?

The whole expression seems meaningless to me, however, I am obviously missing its essence. I watched a lady pro give another lady a lesson the day and just before the golfer took the club back, the pro said, "Commit to the shot." So what was this lady supposed to think at that second?

Sounds like another Bob Rotella term?

[Nocturnal]

I've always thought that committed as over-used by TV commentators means believing you're going to pull off the shot. In your mind you see the line, you know in your heart that your ball will follow that line. You're committed to making that shot happen. I think it's an incorrect usage of the word, but that's what comes to my mind when I hear the term.

[Grass Roots Tour]

I've always thought that committed as over-used by TV commentators means believing you're going to pull off the shot. In your mind you see the line, you know in your heart that your ball will follow that line. You're committed to making that shot happen. I think it's an incorrect usage of the word, but that's what comes to my mind when I hear the term.
Thats what I get out of it too.

Unless someone is refering to being "committed" for even playing this game?

Most institutions really don't want me, I love this game. He he he he Wheeeeee :rofl: