Alexander Dobreff - One-Armed Golfer

Xander Dobreff posted on September 13, 2011

Golf is my passion. My dad starting me playing golf when I was 3 years old. Ever since I can remember I have wanted to be a tour player. I have been a student of the game my whole life. On July 2, 2009, I was in a horrific car accident where a piece of my car ripped through my left arm at the elbow. Doctors were able to save my arm and reattach it with 3 titanium plates and 17 screws. I don’t really remember the accident but I do know that when I awoke in the hospital my first question was could I could still play golf. They told me I would never play again.... They were wrong — Golf has helped me recover my life... and thanks to the support from my family, friends, Prilosec and the folks at The Shivas Irons Society I will soon be in Las Cruces, New Mexico, competing in the One-Armed Golf Association Championship. This journal is intended as a record of my adventure.

—Xander Dobreff

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The Black Hole of Practice

LJB posted on March 22, 2011

It’s spring, which means it’s time to dust off the clubs and practice. Most people, when they work on their games, get sucked into what I call the “black hole” of practice. The black hole arises when you continuously hit 7-irons to the same target over and over, “working” on something. It feels good, but from an improvement and performance standpoint the brain is not learning nearly as much as it could. Avoiding the black hole means structuring your practice a little differently, challenging the brain to make deeper and faster connections, thus improving faster and performing better.

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The In-Between Times

Frank Bedell posted on February 07, 2011

It's always nice to see the lessons of Shivas being appropriately applied to our professional and personal lives outside the realm of golf. This interesting article by a long-time Shivas Irons Society member is a perfect example. (SC)

I know from experience that it's frequently difficult, and sometimes virtually impossible, to appreciate and savor the "in-between times," particularly when you are stressed from facing multiple deadlines in a contentious piece of litigation or you are in the middle of a large, difficult task. But if you can take a moment and think back to other similar experiences in your own life, I imagine you'll be able to recall other times when you were "in between," and that will assist you with the task at hand. And for those of us who have children, let me suggest that the "in-between times" are often the best times.

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Rubenstein: Using golf in a time of need

Lorne Rubenstein posted on January 03, 2011

“Ye can do it with a stick if ye concentrate.” — Shivas Irons

On December 30th SIS president Steve Cohen joined a group of about ninety golf aficionados, including a number of other SIS members, who turned out to celebrate the spirit and joy of golf in a manner that Shivas would undoubtably approve.

The occasion was the annual two-club tourney at Quail Lodge founded several years ago by SIS Charter Member Frank Pokigo and now co-organized by Frank and Scottish expatriate Colin Campbell.

Among the participants was award winning golf writer Lorne Rubenstein… Lorne is a fan of Golf in the Kingdom and long time supporter of the Shivas Irons Society and we are delighted to share his reflections on this event and his appreciation for "its emphasis on a collective achievement: individuals joining to help somebody in need."

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GESTALT GOLF by Pam Portugal Walatka

Pam Portugal Walatka posted on November 08, 2010

Sometimes the wave of energy will tumble you and make you look like a fool. This is the time to exercise your sense of humor, without which we are all doomed. If you were someone else watching your goof-up, would you not have to stifle a giggle? On the great ocean of energy forces, we are all just bobbing up and down. Sometimes I am above you and sometimes I am below. Nobody gets to be up all the time.

True gravity is real. You can learn to feel it and you can learn to let it take you for a ride.

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