Golf psychology articles to improve your mental game for tournament golfers, golf instructors, and parents. Learn mental strategies to improve performance.
Focus Your Mind After a Bad Shot Do you ever get trapped inside your head during a round of golf? In other words, have you ever become so preoccupied by your thoughts that you couldn’t focus on your game? The most unproductive place to be during a competitive round of golf is stuck in your mind ruminating or obsessing about … Golf Psychology Article>>
Visualization Helps Increase Confidence Can you remember a time when you hoped to shoot your lowest score, but you were over-excited or nervous and couldn’t focus? Have you ever stood over an important putt that you over-analyzed? Second-guessing your decisions interferes with getting into a rhythm and freely swinging your golf club. When you question your decisions, you are indecisive … Golf Psychology Article>>
Take Charge of Your Mental Game in Golf What three mental components contribute most to playing your best golf? Quite simply, the three most impactful to peak play are focus, focus and focus! Bad shots, meltdowns, slumps and underperformance are caused by a lack of focus or a misplaced focus. If you cannot stay on task and regroup, you will … Golf Psychology Article>>
Tips for Long-Term Improvement in Golf Why do some golfers easily give up on trying to improve their game? The answer can be summed up in two words.. instant gratification. Instant gratification is the enemy of improvement. Instant gratification screams “I want it, and I want it NOW!” Golfers have a problem when they fail to see quick progress. That’s … Golf Psychology Article>>
Change Your Reactions to Bad Shots “How can I control my emotions after a bad shot?” “How can I manage my emotions so my emotions don’t take over and ruin my game?” Those are common questions that many golfers ask on our Mental Game of Golf Survey. Some golfers seem to take on a different persona when they hit a … Golf Psychology Article>>
Mental Toughness Training for Golf How would you describe yourself as a golfer? Do you see yourself as a mentally tough golfer? Or do you see yourself as mentally weak? If you are not sure, rate your level of mental toughness on a scale from 1 to 10… Would you rate yourself on the high end of the scale (7 … Golf Psychology Article>>