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- Walter Iooss Jr.
- Believe you can win. I still remember my first major, the 1985 city championship in Charlottesville, Va. Back then I didn't play a lot of golf, but I wanted to see how good the players in my town were.
- Don't be seduced by results. How can Trevor Immelman get to the 18th green of the final round of the 2008 Masters and not know where he stands? It's called staying in the present, and it's a philosophy I teach all the players I work with.
- Sulking won't get you anything. The worst thing you can do for your prospects of winning is to get down when things don't go well. If you start feeling sorry for yourself or thinking the golf gods are conspiring against you, you're not focused on the next shot.
- Beat them with patience. Every time you have the urge to make an aggressive play, go with the more conservative one. You'll always be OK. In a tournament, the rough is thicker, the pins are tougher, and the greens are faster.
Aug 17, 2024 · Tiger Woods’ emphasis on strategy and mental preparation is not new, but this clip offers a concise and powerful reminder of how these elements have played a pivotal role in his success.
Apr 19, 2016 · The purpose of this study was to examine whether one's profile of motivation was associated with competition anxiety through mental toughness among 173 competitive golfers (164 men, 9 women). Latent profile analysis identified three distinct motivation profiles (high, moderate, and low motivation).
- Jordan Schaefer, Stewart A. Vella, Mark S. Allen, Christopher A. Magee
- 2016
Jan 15, 2021 · A new HBO documentary zeroes in on the immense psychological toll it took for the legendary golfer to go from prodigy to phenom. By Hannah Giorgis. January 15, 2021. David Strick / Redux.
Apr 12, 2021 · The present study examined relationships between golfers’ self-perceived emotions (e.g., irritability, nervousness, tension), task-oriented coping, perceived control, and performance during a golf competition.
- Erik Lundkvist, Henrik Gustafsson, Gunilla Björklund, Paul Davis, Andreas Ivarsson
- 10.1177/00315125211005938
- 2021
- 2021/08
Sep 21, 2023 · Most of us mere mortals can’t afford such a luxury as a dedicated golfing mind-doctor, but there are some key psychological pointers that can help the average amateur to stay mentally tough on the golf course.
Sep 1, 2009 · This five-part paper will: 1) outline the current state of formal mental skills education among golf coaches; 2) introduce selected theories that underpin mental skills interventions; 3) address the role of golf coaches in delivering these interventions; 4) suggest some frameworks which might help to increase the effectiveness of these ...
