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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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?…
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…
When Rory first came on the professional scene about 7 years ago, he was what I refer to as “skinny-fat”. That is, he was small in his physical stature, but rather soft as well. But since working on his fitness…
From my experience working with elite players, I can put the reasons for not being able to break-through from good to elite into 4 "deal breakers of success" in golf. Here they are... Not having a plan/goals for your success…