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Author: David MacKenzie

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Why Is A Pre-shot Routine So Important?

Why Is A Pre-shot Routine So Important?

  • April 29, 2016
  • David MacKenzie
  • Shot Routine
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The pre shot routine for golf is arguably as important as the swing itself. Where you put your focus before and during a shot will have a huge impact on your swing or stroke and the end result. If you don’t…

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How Good Can You Become This Season?

How Good Can You Become This Season?

  • April 19, 2016
  • David MacKenzie
  • Practice Drills
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Your success this season is completely within your control. Instead of letting another golf season pass without seeing a change in your scoring average, let’s make this one different... Over the next couple of weeks, I’m going to be posting…

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From Angry Golfer To Zen Golfer

From Angry Golfer To Zen Golfer

  • April 7, 2016
  • David MacKenzie
  • Post shot routine
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At this week’s Masters Tournament, the quality of a player’s thinking and their emotional control is going to be paramount in their success. With The Masters being one of the biggest tournaments in golf, and for most players the most…

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Your Pre-round Confidence Boosting Warm-up

Your Pre-round Confidence Boosting Warm-up

  • March 15, 2016
  • David MacKenzie
  • Pre round Warm up
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What are your goals for a round of golf? What do you expect to get out of it? Your answer to these questions will say a lot about how successful you will be. Your attitude and expectations before a round…

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Overcoming Fear In Golf

Overcoming Fear In Golf

  • March 9, 2016
  • David MacKenzie
  • Performance Anxiety Management
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If you’ve had butterflies before your first tee shot, you’ve felt it. If you’ve had trouble sleeping before an important round, you’ve felt it. If you’ve ever started panicking during your warm-up because you think you’ve lost your swing, you’ve…

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Bubba’s New Mental Attitude For Success

Bubba’s New Mental Attitude For Success

  • February 22, 2016
  • David MacKenzie
  • Mental Game Tips, PGA Tour
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What a finish it was in yesterday’s Northern Trust Open at Riviera. Congrats to Bubba Watson for putting in a stellar final round performance to take the title for the 2nd year running. During the last hour of a Sunday…

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How To Improve Your Golf Game In Just 2 Minutes Per Day

How To Improve Your Golf Game in Just 2 Minutes Per Day

  • February 5, 2016
  • David MacKenzie
  • Mental Game Tips
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In golf at any level, there are many ways that you can squeeze extra shots out of your round, that have nothing to do with how technically sound your swing is. In fact, teaching those things is how I make…

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How To Play Zen Golf

How to play Zen Golf

  • February 1, 2016
  • David MacKenzie
  • Focus and Concentration
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How good would it be if you could play golf without self-judgement and with a clearer, more relaxed yet focused mind? You could call this playing "Zen Golf". What I love about all the mental game techniques I use in…

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Cures For The Chipping Yips

Cures For The Chipping Yips

  • January 25, 2016
  • David MacKenzie
  • Yips
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Do have the chipping yips? Do you play in fear of the chipping yips causing you embarrassment and ruining your scorecard? Do you focus on it for most of the round and let it affect your enjoyment of the game?…

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Brandt Snedeker’s Killer Pre-Putt Routine

Brandt Snedeker’s Killer Pre-Putt Routine

  • January 17, 2016
  • David MacKenzie
  • Putting
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As mental game coach, where a player's focus is before, during and after a putt is very important to me. I've analyzed the pre-putt routine of hundreds of Tour players and there's a direct correlation with the steps they go…

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