If you are going to become a good competitive player and achieve your goals, you are going to feel nerves in golf at various stages of a round. Fact is, it's perfectly normal. What's important is that you have a…
Whether it's after a bad shot or a bad round, sometimes (in the words of Ted Lasso), it's best to "be a Goldfish" and have a 10 second memory. But this is easier said than done and requires the use…
Controlling Emotions in Golf with Self Awareness or “Mindfulness” "Being your best means creating a space between stimulus and response, and in that space you have the freedom and power to choose a response that is in alignment with your…
“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…