The Mental Game of Golf

Do you struggle with the mental game of golf?

Don’t feel bad, there are millions of us amateur golfers that struggle with the Mental Game of Golf all the time.

It was once said by Bobby Jones “the toughest course around is the six inches between our ears.” What an unbelievably true statement!

We struggle with swing thoughts, mechanics, tempo, alignment. We are intimidated by hazards on either side of the hole. We think “I don’t want to go right there is out of bounds over there” or “don’t go left there is a water hazard there.” Inevitably when we think about the things that we don’t want to happen, we have opened the door and our Mental Game thoughts take over. The result is we are either OB or in the water hazard.

If we as amateur golfers want to improve our game we have to refocus our Mental Game of Golf to the things that we want to happen. We have to stop the negative thoughts from creeping into focus. We have to start focusing on the positive things in our game. When we address the ball, the only thing that should be going through our minds is hitting the target we have chosen.

Thinking back to when we have played well or about good shots we’ve made in the past helps to refocus our mental game to the positive.

Positive thinking helps to calm our nerves and steady our swing.

But what happens if nothing works? We’ve tried to be positive and not let negative thoughts in, but it’s hard to do when you’ve struggled with the Mental Game of Golf for a long time.

Well I have found some help for us on the Mental Game of Golf. It comes from a fellow golfer and mental game coach named Wade Pearse. He has written a book called “Every Golfer’s Guide to the Development and Mastery of Their Inner Game.” It’s full of strategies and drills to help improve our Mental Game of Golf. Also Wade has produced a series of personalized audio coaching sessions that work in conjunction with the book to form a complete mental game program.

If you are tired of being just a mediocre amateur golfer give this book a read, and listen to the audio sessions they will definitely help you with the Mental Game of Golf.