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Download Your Mental Game Scorecard And Find Out Your Mental Game Handicap

Download your mental game scorecard and find out your mental game handicap

  • October 9, 2014
  • David MacKenzie
  • Post-round Analysis
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Post-round review questions In golf, we need to celebrate success but use failure to get better. After a round, the big questions we need to ask ourselves are: “What did I do well and what do I attribute to that…

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Putting Tips And Practice Drills From Billy Horschel

Putting tips and practice drills from Billy Horschel

  • October 1, 2014
  • David MacKenzie
  • Putting
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I was watching Golf Channel's Morning Drive today and Billy Horschel was on sharing some of his winning putting strategies and drills, which he attributes to helping him win the Tour Championship and Fed Ex Cup. In his last 2…

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How Would You Handle The First Tee Of The Ryder Cup?

How would you handle the first tee of The Ryder Cup?

  • September 25, 2014
  • David MacKenzie
  • Performance Anxiety Management
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The first tee at The Ryder Cup is probably the most feared and pressured golf shot that Tour players are likely to be faced with. The jitters are so severe, that even the most experienced of players can struggle just…

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A Confidence Building Trick From Rory McIlroy

A Confidence Building Trick From Rory McIlroy

  • September 15, 2014
  • David MacKenzie
  • Putting
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Rory McIlroy Putting Drill Here's a Rory McIlroy putting drill which will build your confidence on the greens. Don't worry if you can't make 55 putts in a row like Rory did here during practice yesterday, but the concept is…

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How Billy Horschel Turned Pressure Into Pleasure

How Billy Horschel Turned Pressure Into Pleasure

  • September 15, 2014
  • David MacKenzie
  • PGA Tour
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What an amazing display of handling pressure Billy Horschel showed us yesterday to win both the Tour Championship and Fed Ex Cup. He always looked in control of his swing and he made the game look easy despite the obvious…

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Swing Coaching Vs Mental Coaching

Swing Coaching vs Mental Coaching

  • September 8, 2014
  • David MacKenzie
  • Swing Thoughts
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Having worked in golf coaching for over 15 years, there’s no doubt that we’ve seen a big shift towards swing analysis and swing mechanics over recent years. 3D video analysis and launch monitors mean we can find out everything about…

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The Most Important Mental Skill For Golfers

The Most Important Mental Skill For Golfers

  • August 28, 2014
  • David MacKenzie
  • Course Strategy
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Through my experience of coaching players of all levels from junior to Tour player, there’s one mental skill that seems to elude the average player, yet the elite player utilizes it to the max to go low. When I give…

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7 Tips To Crush Nerves And Play Your Best Golf Under Pressure

7 Tips to crush nerves and play your best golf under pressure

  • July 30, 2014
  • David MacKenzie
  • Building Confidence
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Whatever your level of play, you have to perform when the pressure’s on to make it count. Here are seven of my top mental game tips to help your keep nerves under control and use the pressure to take your…

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The Mental Game Triggers That Helped Rory Win The Open

The Mental Game Triggers That Helped Rory Win The Open

  • July 22, 2014
  • David MacKenzie
  • Focus and Concentration
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Throughout all 18 holes of Rory’s victorious final round of The Open Championship, there were 2 “Trigger words” he used repeatedly to make sure his focus was on the things that were going to enable him to finish the job…

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Alignment: The Most Important Part Of Your Set Up Before Every Golf Shot

Alignment: The most important part of your set up before every golf shot

  • July 15, 2014
  • David MacKenzie
  • Fundamentals
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It’s hard to say that any of the fundamentals are more important than another, as all should be continually perfected, but if there’s one that causes more missed shots, then alignment in golf clearly stands out. Once you’ve learned the…

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