“I just tell myself positive affirmations on certain tee shots or when I’m feeling nervous and it calms me down.” - PGA Tour winner Max Homa Most players think that confidence comes solely from past success, but they’re wrong. A…
Better focus in golf is all about having a clear process to follow and then learning how to control your attention. We can’t simply can't fully apply ourselves to continued improvement without being able to do this, and here's how…
The journey to your goal is going to be full of challenges and failures along the way. In a game as difficult as golf, there will always be more failures than successes. Your approach to these challenges and failures is…
“It’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.” - Greek philosopher Epictetus Golf mirrors life in so many ways, which is why the game is so great and there’s so much to it. One…
On the golf course and in tournaments: Every shot counts and has a consequence Every shot is a unique challenge There are several minutes between shots for possible “thinking” time Your heart rate is higher Although most golfers know this…
“I used to write down that I want to win five times, I want to win a major, I want to win The Race to Dubai, I want to win the FedEx Cup…but I can’t control it. There’s so many…
The short game is the area of the game that requires the most use of fine motor skills, which is why some players can struggle. Because precision is required (touch, contact, face control, etc.), a player's mental state is a…
As you set your goals for the new year, I'd like you to think less about what you want to achieve and more about the person/player that you want to become. I’m not saying that you shouldn’t set outcome goals.…
It was fantastic to see Tiger Woods making birdies again last weekend at the PNC Father Son Championship. Let’s hope it was a sign of things to come and he can make it back to his best again and compete…
When I give a playing lesson to a new student and ask them where their focus of attention was before and during a shot, I rarely find that it was on the same things. Apparently, golfers are very good at…