Location: Kitchener, ON
Bio: Author of How Great Golfers Think- Perfecting Your Mental Game. Have found very interesting research lately that points to how we can recapture our ability to learn like kids do. Currently working on a Mental Game Instruction Workbook
Website: http://www.howgreatgolfersthink.com/
Home Club: Elmira Golf Club
Handicap: 2
Camilo Villegas won the Honda Classic this past weekend by five shots - his first win since September, 2008. Being that it closely following a 62 in the Phoenix Open the week before his performance was no fluke. read more »
Is your knowledge of the mental-game based on Fact or Fiction?
Take this 10 question Quiz to find out! read more »
With the 2010 Nationwide Tour season beginning this week here’s a timely question for you. Have you ever considered the benefits of playing cross-handed? read more »
“Phil to Bones. Phil to Bones. What’s our position? Over.” “Bones to Phil. We’re 168 yards from the hole. There’s no wind but we need to clear those trees. Looks like a stock 8-iron. Over.” read more »
Ernie Els and Mike Weir teamed up in the Four Ball of the 2009 President’s Cup matches to win a point for the International side. In his post-round interview Ernie said, “I was just along for the ride. Mike made all the clutch putts and really won the match for us.” Weir, speaking read more »
Ernie Els and Mike Weir teamed up in the Friday Four Ball of the 2009 President’s Cup matches to win a point for the International side. In his post-round interview Ernie said, “I was just along for the ride. Mike made all the clutch putts and really won the match for us.” Weir, sp read more »
Put yourself in the position of having just lost the Tour Championship, and the Masters in the same year after holding leads on the last day. The two shot margin you blew on the 72nd hole of the 1996 PGA is also lurking in the back of your mind. Of course you’ve had a great 14-win career on th read more »
As a golfer, one of the toughest challenges you can ever take on is that of trying to capture a previous level of excellence. Whether it’s regaining your putting touch, reaching a previous handicap level or finding the winners circle again your objective cannot be reached unless you deal with read more »
“Phil to Bones. Phil to Bones. What’s our position? Over.” “Bones to Phil. We’re 168 yards from the hole. There’s no wind but we need to clear those trees. Looks like a stock 8-iron. Over.” Maybe Phil Mickelson and his caddie, Jim ‘Bones’ Mackay, read more »
Some people see Tom Watson’s performance in the 2009 British Open as a once in a lifetime event that isn’t likely to happen again any time soon. However, it’s just the tip of the iceberg. Other prominent chunks of ice gleaming in the sunlight are 53-year-old Greg Norman’s ne read more »
Could a couple of bottles of water make the difference between winning and losing? Padraig Harrington said it might have made the difference in his 2008 PGA win at Oakland Hills. He claimed that a slight case of dehydration during the second round affected his co-ordination so he took action that ni read more »
Kenny Perry had nine career wins under his belt by 2005 but going into May of 2008 he hadn’t won in 24 months. Then quite suddenly he won three tournaments. Good for him, but what caused his renewed success? Some would say that Perry simply recaptured his old magic but winners never really read more »
When Anthony Kim met Mark O’Meara for the first time he asked him for help. Not with his swing but with his attitude. O’Meara told Kim that poor practice habits and too much partying were preventing him from reaching his potential. O’Meara is no psychologist but the effect his adv read more »
Fifty-three-year-old Greg Norman, told the press that his success in the first three rounds of the 2008 British Open was due to maintaining a serene composure. ‘Go, Greg, go,’ his long-time fans cheered. His approach worked perfectly until he became uptight and lost the 54-hole lead, som read more »
Paul Goydos had a zone experience in the 2008 Tour Championship. How else do you explain the 169th ranked player leading the best pros in the world for four days? Sergio Garcia also found the zone. His driving accuracy was 80.5 percent, the best in the field that week despite his yearly average of 5 read more »
Ask Better Questions. Get Better Results The beauty of working on mental skills is that they are easier to develop than physical ones. Not all of us are 6’2”, 220 pounds, and blessed with lightning speed or unusual strength. But improving your mental skills often consists of little more read more »
Do you think it's possible to learn the secrets of the mental game from a book that's fun to read? According to the golf enthusiasts who've read How Great Golfers Think it is. In this lesson-story format, the main character, Kip, realizes he's never going to improve his play if he doesn't change his read more »
What's your favourite mental game issue?