Respond don’t react: The Shot You Can Always Control You can’t control bad bounces or missed putts but you can control your response. Here’s how to turn reaction into resilience. Pressure, setbacks, and unforeseen outcomes are built into any round…
Many golfers who explore mental coaching for golf think that improving their Pre Shot Routine, Self Talk and Focus is all they need to do to make long lasting improvement to their mental game and get better at coping with…
The train of negative thoughts and unwanted emotions can arrive into the station of our mind and body at any time, but we don’t need to climb aboard. If you don't master your emotions for golf, there’ll be an interplay…
In episode 3 of Season 2 of the “Full Swing” on Netflix, Wyndham Clark talked about some of his strategies for managing emotions during the 2023 US Open (that he won). He spoke of creating an internal state which is…
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…
It was fantastic to see Tiger Woods making birdies again last weekend at the PNC Father Son Championship. Let’s hope it was a sign of things to come and he can make it back to his best again and compete…
We all experience negative thoughts and plenty of emotions on the golf course, but champions deal with them differently. They have a filter which helps them stay positive and not let emotions such as anger, frustration and disappointment turn into…
Are you aware of how you talk to yourself on the golf course and the effect it has on your play? Most of us aren’t. We just react our way around the course, talking to ourselves without ever thinking about…
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…
Successful people are more happy, right? But is it success that leads to happiness or could it be that happiness leads to success? Our modern culture tells us that by working harder, we’ll achieve more success and as a result,…