Taking Your Pre-Round Warm-Up to the Golf Course In this week’s golf psychology session, mental game of golf expert and author of The Mental Game of Golf, Dr. Cohn, responds to a question from Zack who had this to say about his game: “I get nervous and can’t take preround practice to the first tee. I have trouble swinging freely … Golf Psychology Article>>
Performing Your Best Against Strong Competition How do you perform when you are playing strong competition? Do you feel nervous and fearful when playing against very good golfers or are you able to maintain your confidence and play your best golf? In our Golf Mental Game Survey, a golfer sent us the following question: “How can I stop feeling intimidated … Golf Psychology Article>>
How to Show up to Each Round Focused and Confident Can a golfer be mentally tough? Many people believe mental toughness is reserved for physically combative sports such as, hockey, football, boxing, etc. Golf, by all measures, is a mentally demanding sport. In football, fields are the same size. In hockey, weather is controlled and consistent. But golfers play under … 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>>
How Expectations Hurt Play When you enter a golf tournament, do you EXPECT to win, place in the Top-10 or shoot your best score? After all, if you are going to win, don’t you need to expect to win? Expectations are a hard thing. If you go into a tournament expecting to lose, you probably will lose. Although the opposite … Golf Psychology Article>>
Overcoming Adversity on the Greens When mental toughness is talked about in sports, many people conjure up images of athletes competing, physically worn out and mentally exhausted, and still pushing onward. Some of these “mentally tough” images include… The marathon runner, who can barely stay upright and stumbles across the finish line… The basketball player, who returns late in the … Golf Psychology Article>>