Golf Psychology of Champions

The Golf Psychology of Champions: How To Stay On Top After A Great Performance


Today's golf psychology tip comes from a question I got last week:

"Lisa regarding a tournament I have this weekend, I am feeling awfully nervous.
Last year during the same tournament, I came in 6th place. I was amongst some pretty advanced athletes. So now I am feeling like I should do about the same or better this time. The pressure is really getting to me.

What if I don't do well? What if I come in last? Will the same people I met up with last time expect me to better? Since I have already proven myself, do I have to prove it again? I don't know how to shake this feeling. My stomach hurts."
--Alison

Alison's question is a great one.
"Now that I've proven myself once, how do I stay on top?"

Problem is, it's the wrong question.

The question that leads to greatness and consistency is, "What do I care about improving in my performance that, if I accomplish it, will keep me on top?"

Alison is anxious because she is 100% focused on:

1. Winning
2. What people think
3. Her ranking

But she can't control any of these things.

And she knows it.

So she's gone into panic mode.

The way out is for Alison to find a goal for her tournament she GENUINELY cares about that is under her control.

What in your golf game do you want to learn? Improve? Fix?
Jim Furyk, 2003 US Open Champion in golf, took awhile to answer this question for himself. For years Furyk used to slice the ball.

His Dad wanted Furyk to improve his alignment by first laying his club down parallel to his target.

This would help Furyk keep his shoulders parallel and aligned to the target.

But Furyk was lazy and stubborn and refused. He just kept hitting the ball, trying to get a good outcome.

Finally Furyk got fed up with being inconsistent.

He started carrying rulers around in his bag, putting them down parallel to his target line every time. That made Furyk practice his alignment on every swing. Now he's a consistent ball striker. And his confidence is consistent too.
Here at the Courage to Win we call that a Right Focus.

A terrific Right Focus will help you be mentally tough so you can move away from your pressure and win, time after time.

Remember it's easy to transform your results if you're willing to learn the proper golf psychology for winning under pressure.

In fact most golfers are crippling their mental toughness without even knowing it.

Here's why: because the golf psychology they are using is incomplete...and if you don't know about the missing pieces hoarded by superstars, you will not win under pressure no matter how hard you try.

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My name is Lisa Lane Brown and discovering these missing pieces made me a three time World Champion in my sport.

For over 14 years I've worked with thousands of Olympic, professional, elite and amateur athletes to help them win under pressure, including providing FREE online golf psychology tips and strategies.

Check them out and let me know what you think.

Your friend,
Lisa B.

How To Stop Over-Analyzing and Over-Thinking: A Better Golf Psychology
By Lisa L Brown

Golfers who struggle the most with their golf psychology tend to over-think and over-analyze. Analytical golfers are unusually smart, especially when it comes to solving problems. Unfortunately, this quality can get you into trouble in golf.

Here's the problem with being a superstar problem-solver. You fall in love with your own brain.

You try to use your head (intellect) to solve every problem, including the ones in golf. You get so good at using your intellect you can't remember how to trust your body or your heart anymore.

There's an old adage. "When the only tool you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail." If the only tool for peak performance you have is your intellect, you'll use it to solve every problem out there.

This is bad.

It's bad because you second-guess your body. You override your sixth sense in golf.

Instead of cultivating your Great Jock Mind, you snuff it out. It lays dormant inside you. It might surface every now and again by accident.

When it does, it's glorious. You're glorious. But then you chase it away by over-analysing.

Here's what golf pro John Daly said about over-thinking: "The average golfer steps up to the ball and starts thinking a mile a minute. 'What's my target line, how's my grip, where are my elbows, take it back low and slow, remember to pivot, cock my wrists, bring my shoulder down...By the time I'm ready to start my swing, I've stopped thinking...what I try to do is go blank. Not consciously think about ANYTHING."

John admits it took him a long, long time to learn how to stop over-thinking everything. You can do it in as little as week simply by refusing to engage your analytical mind and trusting your body instead.

Instead of over-analyzing, you play with confidence and relaxation. You gain a winning golf psychology consistently and effortlessly.

Most golfers are crippling their golf psychology -- and their mental toughness -- without even knowing it.

Here's why: because the golf psychology they are using is incomplete...and if you don't know about the missing pieces hoarded by superstar athletes, you will not win under pressure no matter how hard you try.

My name is Lisa Lane Brown and discovering these missing pieces made me a three time World Champion in my sport. For over 14 years I've worked with thousands of amateur and elite athletes to help them win under pressure.

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