How To Play Fearless Golf

Fear can be a great detriment not only to the mind, but also to how the body performs.
Fear can be a great detriment not only to the mind, but also to how the body performs.
There’s a lot of downtime in golf, which allows our minds to wander.
My stock answer is to say that golf is 100% mental when your physical is 100%.
The key to this shot is to choke down on the club far enough–all the way to the shaft–if necessary
Golf is a lot like life. Some days everything comes easily; other days nothing seems to go your way.
I can’t go at this shot right-handed because the cactus impedes my stance. But I can get the ball back in play by playing a left-handed shot.
One of the great things about the game of golf is that, on occasion, all of us, even the highest handicapper, will hit a shot like a pro. It might be a well-struck drive, hitting a par-5 in two or holing out a bunker shot.
A common saying in golf is that the game is 90% mental.
Arguably one of the best American-born players in his 20s on the PGA Tour, Augusta native Charles Howell III had a great year in 2007. His second win came at the famed Riviera CC—a victory that kick-started his best year as far as PGA Tour earnings are concerned, having amassed more than $2.8 million on the golf course. For ’08, Howell’s game looks even better, thanks to a newfound confidence in his swing, putting and, most of all, in his new golf clubs.
I call it The New Math, but you can think of it as a simple way to cut strokes from your scorecard quickly and easily._Ê As an instructor, I like to teach my students the basic premise that by adding to their technical repertoire and eliminating incorrect moves, they can effectively lower their handicaps. In other words, I believe that a good instructor subtracts as much, if not more, than they add. By eliminating inefficient and wasted motion and streamlining your technique, you’ll be making a giant first step toward improving your swing and your scores.