Golf isn’t just a battle with your swing, it’s a battle with your emotions. A Golf Digest 50 Best Teacher breaks down seven emotional states that can derail your round, from embarrassment to boredom, and how to beat each one before it beats you.
After a bad tournament round, one writer wrestles with whether to dissect what went wrong, until performance coaches Pia Nilsson and Lynn Marriott gave her permission to simply let it go.
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.
A sports psychologist explains why a post-shot routine is just as important as your pre-shot routine, and how building one can help you move on from bad shots faster.
Though amateurs play for much lower stakes than Henderson faces, the feelings of pressure and stress you experience on the golf course are still real. And Henderson’s strategy of shifting perspective can work for you, too.
It’s an interesting take from Bernhard Langer, especially considering he was a player who battled the mentally scarring yips at the height of his career. But he’s right.
Australian Golf Digest
