What is your GOLF IQ?
Whenever I give a playing lesson, the thing that I’m looking out for most is how a player approaches each shot mentally, and one of the biggest components of this mental approach is “picking the right shot”. When I ask…
How To Measure Your Mental Game
One of the reasons that I find a lot of golfers don’t dedicate more time to the pursuit of a better mental game of golf is that it’s hard to measure your progress. You can’t see or touch the mental…
Why do you need a Mental Coach?
As you’ll know if you've followed my blog for any length of time, the physical game is only one piece of the “complete player” puzzle. To really separate yourself from the competition requires developing a winner’s mind-set and mental toughness.…
“Look And React” To Putt Better Under Pressure
Do you ever stand over a must-make 5 ft putt and get totally overwhelmed by the situation? Do you lose confidence and make a jerky, stab at the ball instead of your normal free-flowing stroke? Physically speaking, a 5 footer…
8 “Must Dos” To Prepare For A Big Tournament
If you’ve played at any level of competitive golf, you’ve experienced that feeling of nervousness getting stronger as a big tournament approaches. You’ve worked hard to get your game ready and you want to do well. Over the years, I’ve…
Who’s Your “Inner Caddy”?
I had a very interesting conversation with one my elite players last week. She’s one of the best amateur golfers in the UK and plays a lot of competitive golf. We were talking about the quality of her “self-talk” during…
Learning How To Handle Pressure
If you’ve read “The Talent Code” by Daniel Coyle, you’ll know that talent is not simply "God-given", it’s more likely the result of Effective Practice, and the environment that a student learns and develops a skill. I speak to many…
7 Ways To Improve Your Golf Focus
Like it or not, golf is a long game. There are very few sports that can take almost 5 hours to complete. Hence it's no surprise that a common question I get is: "how do I improve my focus for…
How Rory McIlroy Came From Six Shots Back With His Mental Game
Rory’s win at the Deutsche Bank last weekend was an education in the mental game of golf and it showed us exactly what mental skills are needed to win on the PGA Tour. The interview I’ve posted above gives us…
How To Visualize And Set Up To Hole More Putts
All of us are slightly different in the way we process information and use our brains but broadly speaking, we fall into one of 2 categories. Some of us are more analytical and logical (left brain dominant), and some of…