I used to get so emotional when golfing that it would ALWAYS stop me playing at my best.
Sometimes I’d get so worked up before golf that I would start poorly and my day was done before getting to the back nine.
Other days I’d start well, only to get more and more hyped and eventually fall into a heap – most times it was a few holes that would be my undoing.
And there were plenty of times I managed to keep my shit together until the last hole or two…
… only to hit a ball out-of-bounds, into the water or throw in a four putt (you get the idea) that would ruin all the good stuff.
And this happened so often that I truly thought there was something wrong with me.
Golf was anything but fun. The wasted effort. The lost potential. It was no wonder that I would get emotional.
Everything changed for me when I realised there was a simple solution to all this tomfoolery…
Instead of flipping my lid and acting like a basket case (getting upset, mad, throwing clubs and feeling frustrated), I discovered a formula that worked super-well for me.
It was like a secret sauce for bypassing all the horrible feelings and playing my best golf. Even when,
I was really nervous
My heart felt like it was going to pop out of my chest
My hands were shaking
I felt like golf was a foreign sport and I had no clue whatsoever
I wanted to play well
Want to know what the secret sauce is?
It’s actually a simple two-step process that I use over and over and over again. No matter the situation.
I ask myself these two questions.
1. Where do I want the ball to go?
2. What club do I need to use to get the ball to that target?
And that’s pretty much it. There’s some nuance at play because your PESKY mind will want to play tricks on you…
… like suggesting you hit the “ego” club instead of the RIGHT club that you know you should be hitting.
Hint: like the easy 7 iron layup on the par 5 instead of trying to whack the 3 wood from the iffy lie.
Anyhoo.
These two questions are mighty powerful and stopped me from getting all emotional and worrying about;
The score
My handicap
My playing partners
What I thought my playing partners were thinking of me
What I thought about myself
Why I wasn’t playing better
Why I felt like breaking clubs and quitting
Either you have the courage and discipline to follow these steps. Or you don’t.
And let me tell you, golf lessons, new clubs or a rigorous fitness regime are unlikely to help if you haven’t got a simple formula like the above.
And there’s actually a third step in all of this…
A step that could be the most powerful one because it can truly set you free and allow you to discover the very best version of your golf game over the distance.
It’s also something that’s neglected by the mainstream teaching industry. It’s also something I haven’t seen one TikToker or YouTuber even come close to getting right (because they are obsessed with the usual swing BS).
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