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Author: David MacKenzie

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Pre-shot Routine: Focus On Process NOT Results For Lower Scores

Pre-shot Routine: Focus On Process NOT Results for Lower Scores

  • January 2, 2013
  • David MacKenzie
  • Mental Game Tips
  • 2 Comments

Good golf is a series of individual shots, executed as best we can. Having expectations about what you should score for your round, thinking about the last shot, or ahead to "what if I birdie this hole" will only prevent…

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BUNKER PLAY: DRIVE IT OUT OF THE SAND!

BUNKER PLAY: DRIVE IT OUT OF THE SAND!

  • December 10, 2012
  • David MacKenzie
  • Golf Fitness
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When I was a child learning to play golf, my father and I used to spend a fair amount of our practice time together hitting out of bunkers. I never questioned his methods but in hindsight he was “saving” me…

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Entering The Zone And Staying In The NOW

Entering the Zone and Staying in the NOW

  • November 12, 2012
  • David MacKenzie
  • Performance Anxiety Management
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Learning techniques for staying present in golf will do wonders for your scores. Being able to improve your concentration and focus will no doubt help your golf, but it will also provide you with a personal development skill that will…

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How Often Do You Practice Golf’s “The Nine Shots”?

How Often Do You Practice Golf’s “The Nine Shots”?

  • November 11, 2012
  • David MacKenzie
  • Practice Drills
  • 5 Comments

If you want to maximize the quality of your practice time and improve as quickly as possible, you'll need to split your sessions into the 3 parts: Block Practice, Random Practice and Competitive Practice. Block practice is where you will…

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The Top Ten Mental Game Tips For Better Putting

The Top Ten Mental Game Tips For Better Putting

  • November 11, 2012
  • David MacKenzie
  • Putting
  • 8 Comments

1. Never take the second putt on the practice green. If you miss it, you get to experience the three putt, which you simply don't need in practice. 2. When you're practicing, try putting with your eyes closed And them…

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It Is Never Too Late – Fitness And The Senior Golfer

It Is Never Too Late – Fitness and the Senior Golfer

  • September 13, 2012
  • David MacKenzie
  • Golf Fitness
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Fitness for the senior golfer is a key part of game improvement. When Jim, a 62-year-old golfer, walked into my studio I saw a man who was depressed and desperate to play golf again. Ten years ago Jim’s physician recommended…

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How Did Tiger Hit That Memorial Flop Shot???

How Did Tiger Hit That Memorial Flop Shot???

  • June 4, 2012
  • David MacKenzie
  • PGA Tour
  • 2 Comments

When Jack Nicklaus describes a shot as "The most unbelievable, gutsy shot I've ever seen,", you know you're looking at something very, very special. I don't think there's anyone out there who has hit as many of those "gutsy shots",…

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One Of The Best Putting Drills For Increasing Feel

One of the Best Putting Drills For Increasing Feel

  • May 23, 2012
  • David MacKenzie
  • Putting
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Putting is a game of Visualization and Feel and hence it's very important you try and heighten those senses whenever you practice. For me putting is an almost pure mental game. Jordan Spieth, one of the best putters on Tour…

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Martin Kaymer’s Water-skimming Hole In One At Masters 2012 Practice Round – Video

Martin Kaymer’s water-skimming hole in one at Masters 2012 practice round – video

  • April 3, 2012
  • David MacKenzie
  • Mental Game Tips
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What a start to the Masters for Martin Kaymer! Video courtesy of Golf Monthly Photo courtesy of Keith Allison

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Increase Your Confidence By Playing The Positive Points Game

Increase Your Confidence by Playing the Positive Points Game

  • April 3, 2012
  • David MacKenzie
  • Mindset
  • 9 Comments

The game was invented by the late Ted Ball and is called "Cuts and Scrapes". Try it and it will definitely help your mental game and lower your scores. The game is designed to credit anything positive about your shots…

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