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Why The Ryder Cup Is The Ultimate Pressure Cooker In Golf

Why The Ryder Cup is the Ultimate Pressure Cooker in Golf

  • September 29, 2010
  • David MacKenzie
  • PGA Tour
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As professional golfers, we are all faced with pressure situations from time to time but, believe me, the pressure facing the first shot in a Ryder Cup is as intense as it gets. ~ Colin Montgomerie The Ryder Cup is…

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Put Pressure on Yourself when you Practice and you’ll Make it Easier on the Golf Course

  • September 7, 2010
  • David MacKenzie
  • Putting
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When most of us practice, it usually involves beating a bucket of balls on the driving range or trying to hole chips and putts. If we hit a bad shot or miss, we quickly reach for another ball. But on…

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Golf Is An Easy Game When You’re Jack Nicklaus

  • August 21, 2010
  • David MacKenzie
  • PGA Tour
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Even at age 70, Jack shows us again he still has it by making a 100ft putt look easy. Watch how he just steps up and hits it. Supreme confidence that will never leave him!

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Did Golf Go Crazy Or Was The Finale To The PGA Championship A Lesson To All Golfers?

  • August 16, 2010
  • David MacKenzie
  • PGA Tour
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In what was one of the most memorable and entertaining majors of all time, the 2010 PGA Championship has left most spectators feeling a little sick. Without taking anything away from Martin Kaymer's unflappable performance, whether Dustin Johnson's penalty on…

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Can It Get Any Worse For Tiger Woods?

Can it Get Any Worse for Tiger Woods?

  • August 11, 2010
  • David MacKenzie
  • PGA Tour
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After The Bridgestone Invitational last weekend, (finishing 78th out of 80) Tiger's game is at its lowest point since his amateur days. He has never found himself without a win at this stage of a season, and heading into this…

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Fred Couples Shares Some Of His Secrets Of Success In Golf

Fred Couples Shares some of his Secrets of Success in Golf

  • July 27, 2010
  • David MacKenzie
  • PGA Tour
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"Everybody teaches a system. I just try to shoot where I'm aiming. I play by sight and feel not by technical thoughts." ~ Fred Couples. Freddie has always had the demeanor of someone un-fazed by life at the top of…

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How A Little “Red Dot” Helped Oosthuizen Win The Open

How a little “Red Dot” helped Oosthuizen win The Open

  • July 20, 2010
  • David MacKenzie
  • Pre Shot Routine
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Louis Oosthuizen's win at The Open championship was one of the most amazing displays of mental toughness we have seen in sports. To keep control of his emotions on a course where big numbers can easily occur, with the world's…

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The Sports Psychology Behind The Red Dot Trigger

The Sports Psychology Behind The Red Dot Trigger

  • July 12, 2010
  • David MacKenzie
  • Building Confidence
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After Louis Oosthuizen's victory in The Open in 2010, and the discovery of the "Red Dot" concentration trigger that helped him win, it's got golfers wanting to learn more about NLP for golf. NLP or "Neuro Linguistic Programming", is a…

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Lose Your Ego And Gain A Better Golf Game

Lose Your Ego and Gain a Better Golf Game

  • June 1, 2010
  • David MacKenzie
  • Mindset
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On the golf course, the average golfer is very quick to attach their self-worth to the quality of their scores, which inevitably leads to under-performance and frustrating play. This is called playing "ego golf" and is one of the major…

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Don’t Make A Good Score Your Goal

Don’t Make a Good Score Your Goal

  • May 14, 2010
  • David MacKenzie
  • Mindset
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Having high expectations in golf or trying to beat your best score every time you play will only have a negative effect on your game. Trying too hard and forcing yourself to hit the golf shots needed to score well,…

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