According to Al: “The creation or manifesting of a certain golf shot is an evolution that involves different thoughts and energies in order to obtain the desired outcome while on the golf course or practice range.  A certain amount of determination, belief and visions are needed for any player in order to create that which each player desires when they play.”

Al further explains his Alcero Method: Each golfer’s desire to improve for each shot or an aspect of their game must be accompanied by an emotional resonance stating that they truly believe and know their desired change will arrive”.

With Al’s expert teaching background and inner awareness knowledge, Al guides each student down a path to then “feel, know and become” that change they desire!

Al Owens’ Pioneer Approach that is Changing The Game!

Most students who come to Al have tried many avenues for improvement, but continue to fall short.  Al’s Alcero Method empowers each of his students to create exceptional  golf skills and then pair that with his mental awareness programs to finally find the game they have sought for so long.

In order to expand his teaching perspectives and bring forth more inner development techniques that he had gathered in those previous 10 years of research he knew he needed to create a simple “Method” that would empower any golfer to learn the game more easily and enjoy it much more!

Through his over twenty years of teaching background Al witnessed an unfulfilled need for a “novel empowerment-technique” in golf instruction.  Al witnessed a gap where students took lessons to some degree, but still did not know the Keys To Creating the game they truly wanted to see when they played!

Al’s Expert Background

Because of this gap Al was inspired to reach out to many psychological and inspirational/inner development experts (such as Dr. Rick Jensen and Dr. Deepak Chopra) to find the secrets of success that all golfers truly desire and become the “expert in his field” of inner golf awareness.

Thus Al began creating his own holistic approach to golf instruction incorporating  a mix of mind/body salutory methods and philosophies to teach golf.

With his extensive research from these two highly acclaimed professionals in their fields and hundreds of hours of books, lectures and seminars attending on personal advancement of each human, Al enabled himself to see the key differences where golf instruction has failed golfers of any level of raising their games to their true highest potential.

Al realized that he was the “Pioneer” in his approach who could enable his students to tap into the great “inner detached perspective” that the sages have been speaking of for thousands of years.

Al’s special method allows his students to reach tremendous new heights in their golf game bringing higher excitement for golf, with dramatically improved scoring!!

Thus, in 2007 the creator of A Center for Golf and Personal Advancement, Al Owens  designed this  program using swing mechanics and fundamentals of a swing while matching with a mental approach and inner awareness  that would empower  any golfer  to create their best possible golf game.

Al’s purpose here was to  teach each golfer how to deliberately create the shots they want and how to resonate and believe in each intended shot they face.

Al Owens – creator of The Alcero Method

Creating the golf game you want to see is not only about practicing a swing fundamental or mechanic, and Al Owens’ special golf coaching shows each player the many different aspects that are involved in creating an great golf game.

These aspects are shown to you in Al’s Alcero Method of golf instruction.

The Alcero Method encompasses a vast array of ideas that not only include proper swing mechanics and technique but also include your mental approach and inner knowledge of how the creative energies of golf work to flow together in creating the swing you desire to have.

Al’s Alcero Method encourages you to have a “vision” of the swing you wish to create or shot you wish to see and then through Al’s 20 years of golf instruction background he helps you to build your swing with sound fundamentals of posture, grip, alignment and balance.

From this foundation the platform is begun to build the type of golf game you have dreamed of having.  As Al will show you, your dreams and visions of what you wish to create in your golf game for yourself are the launching pad of your golf potential.

As Al expands on each golfers base of swing fundamentals he then introduces them to the creative energies that form the golf game all players see.

These creative energies come from one source only and that source is “YOU”.

As you will quickly learn with Al, “You are the creator of your game, never the victim!”

Al Owens Golf is dedicated to enlighten golfers of all types that the creative forces of anyones golf game involve a larger array of items than they may have previously been aware of or taken for granted.  These forces blended together help you to see that you are consciously creating the golf game you see each day you practice or play on your home course.

By understanding that your inner approach to the fundamentals of the golf swing you wish to improve on,  to the type of shots and scores you wish to create, you will see that your attitudes or emotions, beliefs and feelings about every aspect of your golf game have a direct and immediate impact on the results you see in your golf game!

Many golf instructors use only a part or parts of the creative process, but Al Owens Golf will show you that there are 4 dynamic understandings to manifesting the golf game you desire.  Alcero Method’s creator Al Owens takes these secrets and explains to you how each of them work in tandem with the other to assist you in finding the golf game you have always wanted!

The pathway on your journey to playing better is not as difficult as you have been led to believe.  As you will see Al is dedicated to helping you to get on that path and understand just how your golf game has been created to this point.

Next through enlightening each student to understanding how their previous approach and swing fundamentals formed their  current game, Al Owens’ Center for Golf and Personal Advancement shows you the path to find the game you want to have.

Whether it be 3D computer assessment, video swing analysis, Al’s Personal Golf Seminars or learning through some of Al’s published  books or blogs, Al Owens is dedicated to each student to helping them find improvement in their game.

Al understands how to build on each golfers own inner knowledge and continue improving and understand that their visions of what they desire, feelings of what they want, beliefs of what they can achieve and emotions of how they play have a vital role in all of their  golfing creations!

Kinetic Performance Center is run by it’s President Rick Silva.  Silva,  a veteran PGA member created his company after having been immersed in various aspects of the golf instruction, fitness, and tour player coaching for the past 10 years.  He then set out to create a  team  to change the common perceptions and misconceptions of golf game improvement and overall lifestyle enhancement.

KPC’s teaching platform begins with the simple concept that everyone can improve their golf game, regardless of experience, skill, athletic ability, and time restraints.  Nobody is “too old,” or “too out of shape,” or “too uncoordinated” to get better.  Everyone just needs to work on the correct elements of the game for their particular case.

Silva knew that the  difficulty in the world of golf instruction has been identifying those correct elements.  KPC’s new concepts and strategies in this identification process truly set them apart in the industry.  They run a client through a battery of tests prior to ever offering advice or help with their game.  During this process they have to enlist the expertise of golf instructors, fitness professionals, medical professionals, nutritionists, custom equipment specialists, and motor learning experts in order to truly diagnose and determine the plan of action for every client.

The end result is that they know precisely what to correct in a player’s game, exactly how to correct it, and specifically what results we are going to see.

Al Owens previously taught golf  with Rick Silva while working together  for Resort Golf located in Arizona.  Their 10 year friendship and respect for each other now allows these two experts to come together again to bring enhanced golf instruction to the greater Chicago golf community.

In regards to his recent pairing with Rick again Al stated:  “I am extremely excited to be working with Rick once again.  Rick is a golf visionary and always has been.  Working  with his team of experts and improving players golf games in such dramatic ways is an extraordinary opportunity for myself.”

KPC believes that everyone wants to play better golf, however, because of inefficient technique, physical limitations, or poor strategy, most golfers do not achieve their full potential on the golf course.  Having studied the biomechanics of the best players in the world, their experts know that there is no perfect golf swing, rather a most efficient way for each player.  Analyzed in its complexity and delivered simplistically, the mysteries of the golf swing are revealed here at KPC.

Just as you wouldn’t expect a doctor to recommend surgery without an examination, KPC doesn’t guess at what is wrong with your golf game.  With the most advanced analysis technology available, they take the time to thoroughly investigate all aspects of your game in order to create a detailed and personalized action plan to help you attain your goals and acheive long term success.

If you are one of the many golfers who see that change is needed, congratulations.  You have taken the first step to finding that change.  You may be thinking, “this is pretty obvious” to know that change is needed.

Where golfers find bumps in their path going forward with this desired change is part of their ego-mind which desires to know how this change is going to take place.  As you can see, this can become an anxiety filled situation if you seem to be overwhelmed with how the change may take place or manifest for you.

The good news in this situation is that you do not need all the answers at this point.  You just simply need belief.

Belief is a huge word in golf, and any part of your life for that matter.  Without belief in something that you wish to obtain or receive in your life, you simply will not find what you desire or want.

You have heard the phrase “seeing is believing” I”m sure.  This statement is a reflection of you seeing something in your golf game appear continually that you want or wish to see, through basically random events or “default” as I describe it to my students.

This is a dis-empowering stance to take with your golf game.  To rely on events you see when you play to occur “out of the blue” is like saying on any given hole you will just tee it up, swing and follow the ball, hoping to get it into the hole with few strokes taken.

Golfers who actually use their creative power are the ones that create lower scores when they play.  They utilize the universal laws to assist them in the creations they see when they play.  Remember, as a golfer, you are the creator of your reality never the victim!

From this premise it is important for you to see and realize that the first step in creating what you desire to see when you play is believing you can achieve these changes that you wish to see.  Many golfers believe that if they change a swing technique or strategy when they play a certain hole then they will see a better outcome.

The problem here is they never “believed” the change or better shot or outcome on that hole “would” occur.  Hopefully you can identify that if you do not believe in something then  you will not see it appear before you!

The reality you create when you play is based on the beliefs you have for yourself, since you are creating this game for yourself  (or reality).  The belief you hold is the magnet that attracts the outcome that you desire.  Without this magnet, your outcome cannot be seen when you play.

Thus the magnet of this situation that attracts the desired outcome you wish to see before your eyes……is your belief!  First you must believe that you can change  the situation or reality you see when you practice or play.  From this point, you need to allow the change to unfold  in front of you.  Golfers struggle with this scenario also,  because they have limited “vision” of how the outcome will occur.

The truth of the matter is that your desired outcome that you wish to see can occur in many different ways.  Just because I visualized my tee shot in the fairway and it ended up in the rough does not mean I will bogey they hole.  If I firmly believe I will par the hole or better, then the magnetic forces of reality can attract a very large variety of scenarios for this to occur.  Golfers struggle with this because they want the perfect hole sequence of shots to appear before them.

To look at this from an easier perspective, realize that you are an infinite creator of shots, realities when you play.  Your reality you will see when playing golf is reflected to you by your beliefs.

So if you wish to change your game,  first start with your beliefs.  Starts small if you have to on the course, but recognize that to see what you desire, you must believe it possible first , to attract it to you like a magnet.  Begin to believe differently and you will see change!

The Hawthorns Academy is headed by its PGA Director of Golf Instruction Al Owens.

The award, voted on by the greater Indianapolis northern market, is another in a list of awards received through the direction of 20 year PGA member Al Owens.

The Hawthorns Academy is host to individual lessons, where any golfer can receive one-on-one instruction to improve their play. The individualized golf training also addresses the mental game and swing development designed through the direction of author and golf inner development coach, Al Owens.

Also  provided at The Hawthorns Golf and Country Club is there Junior Golf Academy, aimed at early encouragement and skill development for younger players.

All aspects of the instruction are under the direction of Al Owens, with a team of professionals committed to the development of golfers in the northern Indianapolis area.  Jeff Buttitta is the Executive Director of Golf at The Hawthorns Country club who brought Al Owens on board in April of this year with the club to create a greater enhanced and detailed  golf instruction program at the The Hawthorns Country Club  for the 2011 season.  Individual lessons are available to members and non-members of the country club.

Those that have excelled the most were ones who “took responsibility” for their current swing while at the same time desiring a new swing. These students committed to a series of lessons (usually 4-8) and asked “what am I doing wrong and what can you help me to improve on to do better or right”?

I began with a detailed video analysis of each players swings and looked at the overall swing and as with most lessons, I will “identify” one or two major areas in the swing that are causing a “chain reaction” of things to occur in a poor direction.

As I tell all students, when your body has better mechanics and better angles in their body (spine angle at address, body tilt at address and rotational axis) then the swing they will begin to see will fall into a better “sequencing of positions” as they progress.

Players with poor postures, body angles and flexibility have the most difficult times at finding improvement in their golf swings.  However, as I “identify” these points that need attention, the learning curve becomes much easier for all students.

There is no doubt golfers who have the time to commit to working at their swing changes have a better chance of finding a faster increase of improvement.  However all that time does not have to be at the golf course as my students know.  I give almost all students drills, feelings and positions to work on with their swings while at home or in their office.

The pay off for these dedicated students this year that I have seen is a dropping of their handicaps of 2-5 strokes (a few instances of 7-9) and comments such as ” you have improved my game so much I am shocked to see where I am today compared to three months ago”.

With all of my students I not only explain that these positions and fundamentals in their swings are important, but also their mind set when they play.   What are they expecting to create with each shot?  What are their thoughts before, during and after each swing?  Are they visualizing the exact outcome they desire to see?

All of the above questions  I asked at first were generally answered by a blank look on each players face.  But as our lessons progressed and my suggestions to them become greater as to how much they have to do with each shot in regards to the creation of shots they would see when they played, they began to “take responsibility” for their game!

This is a huge statement!  Most golfers play by “default”, meaning they let the swing happen and just take what they see.  I find that interesting, because they do not operate in the rest of their lives that way.  They are deliberately trying to create a new job, better work place, new car or home or happier home environment.   Most golfers do not see the same “power” they have in those areas they also have with their golf game.

I encourage each of you to take golf lessons, own the learning process of a better swing and game, hold the vision of where you wish to go and proceed to see where the pay off for your dedication will lead you.  It is never too late to improve, and you are a VERY POWERFUL CREATOR!

This September the weather should be the best of the season to enjoy your golf and I wanted to extend an invitation to the Women of the Fishers, IN area to improve their golf games.

This new golf instruction program is designed to be in a relaxed atmosphere and allow you to learn a lot with your friends or playing partners.

To allow this to occur, I am offering a One Day Golf School for 2-4 Women which covers all parts of your game and I’ll also take you to the course to expand further on your golf game.

This school is designed to be flexible for your friends or foursome to find a day that allows all of you to take this special school at your convenience.

The School will involve the following:

1. Full swing basics and assessment.  Iron play basics and essentials.
2. Woods and hybrid basics to allow you to hit it further.
3. Good pitching characteristics and techniques.
4. Proper chipping techniques and methods
5. Putting basics including set-up, green reading, different distance putts.
6. Bunker play and strategies to conquer the sand.
7. On Course Instruction including hole strategy, playing from your strengths, pre-shot routines and much more!

I invite you to find your group you wish to partake in this special and contact me to be part of this exciting golf instruction program.  Rather than set certain dates for this, I offer the groups a chance to find a day that works for all members to be part of this program.

The One Day Women’s Golf School runs from 9am – 4:30pm(one hour break for lunch at noon not included in the price).

Cost of this special program for 6 ½ hours of golf instruction is $225 per player.

Feel free to contact me aowens@hawthornscountryclub.com to set up your day of instruction with your playing partners or friends as soon as you can

One of the keys to his success was a pencil he carried with him from a visit earlier in his career to Augusta National Golf Club, host of The Masters.  Scott attended the course as a spectator for a day and felt “Inspired” to return to the sacred grounds of Augusta again, but next time as a player.

He took with him a souvenir pencil which he has carried with him throughout his short stint on tour.  The pencil served as his reminder of his inspiration to return to the course again as a player.  As a side note for you, only previous year winners on tour or former Masters Champions or special invitees  may attend the tournament each April.

The Inspiration of his pencil serves to show that universal energies of deliberate intent are always working in your favor allowing you to attract desired outcomes you have in your golf game and of course your life.

Scott also utilized the art of visualization to create his desired result.  As he eluded to in his post round press conference he stated about his final putt to win:

“I just closed my eyes right before when I was reading the putt and just took a deep breath and visualized the ball going in the hole,” he said. “After the ball went in I don’t really know what happened. It was all a blur.”

As Scott describes here, he purposefully uses his power of visualization to assist the ball to go in to the cup for him.  This simple idea is the key to creating any desire you have while you play, along with belief in the possible outcome.

CBS sports commentator and former six time major championship winner Nick Faldo can be heard constantly referring to this idea.  Nick loves to always suggest that the key to a good shot is your ability to visualize the outcome of your intention before you attempt it.

Nick’s comments come after his many years on tour where he learned that not only were proper swing mechanics needed, but also what is needed are the inner tools that great champions know about, but seldom reveal.

Scott’s new win is a great learning tool for any golfer to see just how powerful a creator you actually are, and with proper positive visions, thoughts and beliefs, the outcomes you desire to see are just as probable.

These students who work towards these fundamental improvements are trying to reach their next level in golf, whether that be breaking 100, 90, 80 or 70.  Playing plateaus are different for each player, although all players desire to reach their next level of golf with lower scoring.

As I have mentioned to some students just recently, that their diligent work ethic at improving their swing positions and movements to and thru the golf ball when they swing now must be accompanied by a proper creative mind set to bring about change in their scores.

I suggest to all students who reach this stage of better swing mechanics that in order to find better results outside in their world of golf (what they are seeing when they play), they now must go inside and “Awaken Their Inner Golfer” to create the new game they desire.

Awakening to your inner self is a new challenge for all golfers because they have always looked to the outside for assistance with their golf game with better technology in clubs, lessons, flexibility or more play.

Although the above four areas are part of the creative process in golf, to reach your next level you must always be able to find the “golfer within you” that realizes that golf is not a game of haphazard results that just happen.  Golf is a reflection of the energy and expectations one has toward their creation.

What does this mean?

This simply means that the  inner awareness that you begin to see as to how your game is created is the first step towards you next level in golf you wish to create.

As you evolve and learn to see that each shot is a reflection of the belief you had in the shot you were attempting, you begin to see how much of the creator you are from within, and not just from the new swing you have been working toward.

Creating the reality you see when you play starts with the visualization of the shot you wish to make before you attempt it.  This “inner vision” sets the stage for the scene you are about to see when you play.

You are the director of the play you are watching on the course and each scene (or shot) was created by you the player.  As you begin to realize this (and most golfers do not!) you start to take responsibility for your game and how you are creating it.

As you work more with this energy of your vision trying to create your game, you discover that your emotions towards the intended shot come into play. Also your beliefs in the shot you are attempting are part of your reality you see.

There is so much more to your golf game than just a better club or swing and this comes from the realization that the creation of your game comes from YOU.

I encourage you to look within more and awaken to the strong inner-golfer that sits within you waiting to be used in tandem with your ego/mind of golf. The inner golfer is the secret to reaching your next level of golf, Awaken to him/her now and begin to see how powerful a creator you really are.

TEE IT FORWARD encourages all golfers to play the course at a length that is aligned with their average driving distance.  Golfers can speed up play by utilizing tees that provide the greatest playability and enjoyment.

TEE IT FORWARD, the new national initiative supported by the PGA of America and the USGA, has been enthusiastically received by PGA professionals and the golfing community.  TEE IT FORWARD was launched during the week of the Senior PGA Championship and you will hear a lot more about it during the U.S. Open.

Some basic reminders:

• TEE IT FORWARD takes place July 5-17 at golf facilities nationwide.
• TEE IT FORWARD helps golfers play from tees best suited to their game.  That can mean more fun and maybe faster rounds.

As members of an official TEE IT FORWARD host facility, the most important thing you need to do is encourage golfers to play from tees best suited to their abilities.

This chart is a guideline to help golfers align their average driving distance with the course length best suited to their abilities.

Your golf game can easily get away from you especially when you are playing if you immediately lose the sense of the present moment by projecting your thoughts far into the distance of the rest of your day or golf round. Immediately you are less powerful than when you opened your eyes and got out of your bed that morning.  Do these words resonate with you?

You have been trained to always look to what is about to be created or to look back at what was created, both ways will rob you of your power.

There is massive power in the NOW, in this present moment. Your mind is finding that being in the now can be very painful, but you must  ask the question WHY? 

Many people operate their rounds of golf from the base of fear, fear of what may occur or what did occur.  If you did not contain fear then why would you propel your thoughts  to the next possible hole or to later in the afternoon ? What is it that you fear? Do you fear that your golf game will implode on a certain hole? Do you fear as many of you do that if you do not worry then there is something wrong with you?

Worry IS NOT a natural state of BEing for people no matter what you are told. The state of fear and worry cause many changes in the human body that work against you so it would make little sense for you to be continually in fear and anxiety on a daily basis.

The natural state for a human BEing is calm and tranquil and that CAN be achieved once you have rooted out the seeds of fear. How well planted and how deeply planted will affect how you are able to root them out.

Like the long yellow rooted plants that grow in the gardens sometimes when you uproot the seeds the roots will stay embedded and you will in effect just be pulling out some of it. BE VERY AWARE of this. Do not be complacent when it comes to fear. Once more,  I recommend that if you find it at all unpleasant or difficult to stay in the present moment with your golf game or swing you have seeds of fear that are growing unchecked.

The higher energies across the planet now will enable you to create and manifest at ever rapid rates. This may catch some of you by surprise and will result in your life changing dramatically before your eyes. Be aware of this and to go with the flow.  Your mind tends to continually jail itself, not daring to dream big as it does not want to travel too far from the confines of its jail cell. I encourage you  to DREAM BIG, it is very strongly that if you can dream it you can live it. Re -read these words and fully digest what I mean by them. If you can DREAM IT then you can LIVE IT. The only barrier to being able to do this is your mind.