“I am about 5 inches from being an outstanding golfer. That’s the distance my left ear is from my right.”
“I always like to see a person stand up to a golf ball as though he were perfectly at home in its presence.”
“Success in golf depends less on strength of body than upon strength of mind”
“The mind is your greatest weapon. Its the greatest club in your bag. It’s also your Achilles’ heel.”
“My ability to concentrate and work toward that goal has been my greatest asset.”
It would be impossible for me to articulate the importance of the mental aspect of golf better than the above icons of the game. The mental component of golf is quickly acknowledged, but the vast majority of golfers spend very little time working to improve it. It is well known that the highest level competitors use mental coaches so why shouldn't the rest of us?
For the last ten years I have worked as a clinical psychologist with the military. While much of that time has been helping service members deal with problems, quite a bit of that time has been focused on performance improvement. The same type of performance improvement that we all look for on the golf course. Mental improvement is achievable by golfers at any level.
There are two ways to benefit from a session with me as your golf mental coach. The first is addressing specific problems you might face on the golf course. Whether it is first-tee jitters, recovering from a bad shot or hole, or keeping your focus through an entire round. The second benefit comes from learning to sustain concentration and focus throughout a round so that you play your best possible golf.
As a life-long golfer myself who has gone through the ups and downs of surprisingly good and impressively bad rounds, I know that these techniques have made a difference for me. I would love to show you the exciting things the mind can do to improve your performance and enjoyment of this game.