Why are you so score focused?
In an ideal world, you wouldn’t know what your score was during a round until after the last putt was rolled in on the 18th green. I’m sure you’d agree with me on that. Most golfers would play much better…
How To Turn On Your Athletic Mind For A Better Golf Swing
Despite what some people say about golf, it is an athletic sport. However, many golfers still play it like it isn’t and this holds them back. In this article, I’m going to show you how you can change your mindset…
The Power of Mental Rehearsal For Golf
“I think that mental rehearsal is every bit as important as physical rehearsal.” - Phil Mickelson A question for you: What do you intend to happen in your next round? Do you have positive intentions in mind, or are you…
How To Review Your Rounds To Build Confidence and Lower Scores
The simple post-round review process Whenever I ask a golfer how they played (not including students of mine), unless they played exceptionally well, the typical response would be a negative one, something like: “not great”, “my driving was awful” or “I…
Mental Toughness Skills Of The US Open Champion
Whether it’s Brian, Justin, Tommy, Patrick or Rickie (or any of those names we see up there on the leader-board) who will lift the US Open trophy this evening, all these guys have one particular skill in abundance. Mental Toughness…
How To Become Fearless Over Short Putts
This week I had a conversation with a student who is a scratch golfer and a great player from tee to green. But recently, he’s lost a lot of confidence over short putts, meaning he's missing some good birdie opportunities…
The REAL Difference Between Practice and Play
Here’s something I hear all the time: “I’m playing great in practice rounds, sometimes shooting under par, but in tournaments I can’t find anywhere near the same game and often shoot in the 80s, why is this?” To figure out…
5 Simple Keys To A Great Golf Swing
On the golf course, it’s all about doing the things you can to access the best swing you own, not trying to improve your swing mechanics. We often search for the technical causes of bad shots, but what we really…
Putting Alignment Techniques
The importance of process and practice Whatever your level of play, you'll need to work on your "process" if you are going to take your putting to the next level. The stroke is only part of well executed putt. In…
How sensory golf can make you a better player or coach
In my previous lesson, I talked about NLP and how you can anchor (and trigger) your best performances by using one of your senses, and this follows on nicely from that. Earlier this week, I had a very interesting conversation…