Golf psychology

July 25th, 2026

Advice from top teachers: Stewing in negative thoughts after a bad round won’t help you play better

article, golf psychology, Lynn Marriott, mental game, Pia Nilsson

July 21st, 2026

Ryan Fox and Cameron Young turned to breathwork for handling pressure Sunday, but what exactly does that mean?

How well did Ryan Fox and Cameron Young breathe? It’s a genuine factor behind their Sunday performance at Royal Birkdale, and there’s real science behind why breathwork helps under pressure.

July 17th, 2026

“We’re all going to die” is the swing thought you didn’t know you needed

Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy both brushed off questions about their legacies this week. It turns out that mindset, known as “temporal distancing,” might be exactly what helps them play their best golf under pressure.

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3M Open - 2026

Pos	Player	Tot	Thru	Rnd
1	Jackson Koivun	-20	F	3
T2	Emiliano Grillo	-17	F	3
T2	Ben Kohles	-17	F	3
T4	Michael Brennan	-16	F	3
T4	Chandler Phillips	-16	F	3
T6	Denny McCarthy	-15	F	3
T6	Billy Horschel	-15	F	3
T6	Michael Kim	-15	F	3
T9	Davis Thompson	-14	F	3
T9	Seamus Power	-14	F	3
T9	Scottie Scheffler	-14	F	3
T9	Brian Harman	-14	F	3
T13	Hideki Matsuyama	-13	F	3
T13	Lee Hodges	-13	F	3
T15	Davis Chatfield	-12	F	3
T15	Kevin Yu	-12	F	3
T15	Zac Blair	-12	F	3
T15	Troy Merritt	-12	F	3
T19	Chandler Blanchet	-11	F	3
T19	Gary Woodland	-11	F	3
T21	Chris Kirk	-10	F	3
T21	Hank Lebioda	-10	F	3
T21	Casey Jarvis	-10	F	3
T21	Kurt Kitayama	-10	F	3
T21	Zecheng Dou	-10	F	3
T21	Kevin Roy	-10	F	3
T21	Austin Smotherman	-10	F	3
T28	Mark Hubbard	-9	F	3
T28	Ricky Castillo	-9	F	3
T28	John VanDerLaan	-9	F	3
T28	Patrick Fishburn	-9	F	3
T28	Kristoffer Ventura	-9	F	3
T28	Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen	-9	F	3
T28	Beau Hossler	-9	F	3
T28	Keith Mitchell	-9	F	3
T28	Tom Kim	-9	F	3
T28	Vince Whaley	-9	F	3
T28	Kevin Streelman	-9	F	3
T28	Christiaan Bezuidenhout	-9	F	3
T28	Jesper Svensson	-9	F	3
T41	Zach Bauchou	-8	F	3
T41	Corey Conners	-8	F	3
T41	Neal Shipley	-8	F	3
T41	Joel Dahmen	-8	F	3
T45	Jordan Smith	-7	F	3
T45	Jimmy Stanger	-7	F	3
T45	Jake Knapp	-7	F	3
T45	Mackenzie Hughes	-7	F	3
T49	Trace Crowe	-6	F	3
T49	Camilo Villegas	-6	F	3
T49	John Parry	-6	F	3
T49	Austin Eckroat	-6	F	3
T49	Lucas Glover	-6	F	3
T54	Max Greyserman	-5	F	3
T54	Matti Schmid	-5	F	3
T54	A.J. Ewart	-5	F	3
T54	Pontus Nyholm	-5	F	3
T54	Haotong Li	-5	F	3
T59	Lanto Griffin	-4	F	3
T59	Jeffrey Kang	-4	F	3
T59	Maverick McNealy	-4	F	3
T59	Muzzy Donohue	-4	F	3
T63	Rico Hoey	-3	F	3
T63	Will Gordon	-3	F	3
T63	Fabián Gómez	-3	F	3
T63	Sam Stevens	-3	F	3
CUT	Ben Silverman	-2	F	2
CUT	Brian Campbell	-2	F	2
CUT	Adam Schenk	-2	F	2
CUT	Max McGreevy	-2	F	2
CUT	Gordon Sargent	-2	F	2
CUT	Luke Clanton	-2	F	2
CUT	Keita Nakajima	-2	F	2
CUT	Preston Stout	-2	F	2
CUT	Rasmus Højgaard	-2	F	2
CUT	Harry Higgs	-2	F	2
CUT	Tyler Duncan	-2	F	2
CUT	Mac Meissner	-2	F	2
CUT	Ryan Brehm	-2	F	2
CUT	William Mouw	-2	F	2
CUT	Stephan Jaeger	-2	F	2
CUT	Adrien Dumont de Chassart	-2	F	2
CUT	Marcelo Rozo	-2	F	2
CUT	Hayden Springer	-2	F	2
CUT	Doug Ghim	-1	F	2
CUT	Taylor Moore	-1	F	2
CUT	Sungjae Im	-1	F	2
CUT	Steven Fisk	-1	F	2
CUT	Matthieu Pavon	-1	F	2
CUT	Luke List	-1	F	2
CUT	Ben James	-1	F	2
CUT	Ryder Cowan	-1	F	2
CUT	Adam Svensson	E	F	2
CUT	Takumi Kanaya	E	F	2
CUT	Aldrich Potgieter	E	F	2
CUT	Charley Hoffman	E	F	2
CUT	Johnny Keefer	E	F	2
CUT	Griffin Wood	E	F	2
CUT	Sihan Sandhu	E	F	2
CUT	Dylan Wu	E	F	2
CUT	Erik van Rooyen	E	F	2
CUT	Joe Highsmith	E	F	2
CUT	Adam Hadwin	E	F	2
CUT	Chad Ramey	E	F	2
CUT	Cameron Champ	+1	F	2
CUT	Brice Garnett	+1	F	2
CUT	Nick Dunlap	+1	F	2
CUT	Tony Finau	+1	F	2
CUT	Ben Martin	+1	F	2
CUT	Justin Lower	+1	F	2
CUT	David Lipsky	+1	F	2
CUT	Jackson Suber	+1	F	2
CUT	Christo Lamprecht	+1	F	2
CUT	Sudarshan Yellamaraju	+1	F	2
CUT	Garrick Higgo	+1	F	2
CUT	Andrew Putnam	+1	F	2
CUT	Tom Hoge	+2	F	2
CUT	Stefano Mazzoli	+2	F	2
CUT	Paul Peterson	+2	F	2
CUT	Thorbjørn Olesen	+2	F	2
CUT	Davis Riley	+2	F	2
CUT	Taylor Pendrith	+2	F	2
CUT	Karl Vilips	+2	F	2
CUT	Cam Davis	+2	F	2
CUT	Nick Hardy	+2	F	2
CUT	Jeremy Paul	+3	F	2
CUT	David Skinns	+3	F	2
CUT	Rafael Campos	+3	F	2
CUT	Danny Walker	+3	F	2
CUT	Alejandro Tosti	+3	F	2
CUT	Max Homa	+4	F	2
CUT	Patrick Rodgers	+4	F	2
CUT	Brannon Fahrny	+4	F	2
CUT	Matt Kuchar	+5	F	2
CUT	Cooper Schultz	+5	F	2
CUT	Pi Coody	+6	F	2
CUT	Thomas Campbell	+6	F	2
CUT	Jeevan Sihota	+6	F	2
CUT	Peter Malnati	+7	F	2
CUT	Aaron Wise	+7	F	2
CUT	Kensei Hirata	+8	F	2
CUT	Brandt Snedeker	+8	F	2
CUT	Nicholas Lindheim	+10	F	2
WD	Patton Kizzire	-	-

United Kingdom 2026 Leaderboard

PlayersTeams

Pos	Player	Tot	Rnd
1	Lucas Herbert	-20	4
2	Bryson DeChambeau	-17	4
3	Tyrrell Hatton	-15	4
4	Cameron Smith	-14	4
T5	Harold Varner III	-13	4
T5	Abraham Ancer	-13	4
7	Byeong Hun An	-11	4
T8	Marc Leishman	-9	4
T8	Caleb Surratt	-9	4
T8	Charles Howell III	-9	4
T11	Peter Uihlein	-8	4
T11	Scott Vincent	-8	4
T11	Adrian Meronk	-8	4
T14	Dean Burmester	-7	4
T14	Laurie Canter	-7	4
T14	Ian Poulter	-7	4
T17	Anthony Kim	-6	4
T17	Carlos Ortiz	-6	4
T19	Björn Hellgren	-5	4
T19	Thomas Pieters	-5	4
T21	David Puig	-4	4
T21	Anirban Lahiri	-4	4
T21	Charl Schwartzel	-4	4
T21	Branden Grace	-4	4
T25	Lee Westwood	-3	4
T25	Josele Ballester	-3	4
T25	Tom McKibbin	-3	4
T25	Joaquin Niemann	-3	4
T29	Luis Masaveu	-2	4
T29	Richard T. Lee	-2	4
T29	Jon Rahm	-2	4
T29	Paul Casey	-2	4
33	Matthew Wolff	-1	4
T34	Martin Vorster	E	4
T34	Victor Perez	E	4
T36	Dustin Johnson	+1	4
T36	Cameron Tringale	+1	4
T38	Thomas Detry	+2	4
T38	Richard Bland	+2	4
T38	Travis Smyth	+2	4
T41	Ben Campbell	+3	4
T41	Danny Lee	+3	4
T41	Sam Horsfield	+3	4
T41	Martin Kaymer	+3	4
T41	Minkyu Kim	+3	4
T41	Talor Gooch	+3	4
T41	Bubba Watson	+3	4
T41	Younghan Song	+3	4
T41	Graeme McDowell	+3	4
T41	Yosuke Asaji	+3	4
T41	Sebastian Muñoz	+3	4
T52	Sergio Garcia	+4	4
T52	Miguel Tabuena	+4	4
T54	Do-Yeob Mun	+5	4
T54	Michael La Sasso	+5	4
T54	Brendan Steele	+5	4
57	Jason Kokrak	+9	4

Pos	Team	Tot	Thru	Rnd
1	RIPPER GC	-41	18	4
2	CRUSHERS GC	-32	18	4
3	LEGION XIII	-29	18	4
4	TORQUE GC	-19	18	4
5	SOUTHERN GUARDS GC	-15	18	4
6	MAJESTICKS GC	-14	18	4
7	4ACES GC	-8	18	4
8	FIREBALLS GC	-5	18	4
T9	RANGEGOATS GC	-3	18	4
T9	CLEEKS GOLF CLUB	-3	18	4
11	KOREAN GOLF CLUB	E	18	4
12	OKGC	+2	18	4
13	HYFLYERS GC	+3	18	4

Golf psychology

Advice from top teachers: Stewing in negative thoughts after a bad round won’t help you play better

Ryan Fox and Cameron Young turned to breathwork for handling pressure Sunday, but what exactly does that mean?

“We’re all going to die” is the swing thought you didn’t know you needed

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