The Golf Shrink

I am reading Psycho-Cybernetics right now (classic if your feeling froggy) and there are some references to golf:

1) “Jack Nicklause, the late Payne Stewart, and many other top golfers have made very specific statements about their reliance on “the mental side of golf”. In foreword t the book MIND OVER GOLF”  … Payne Stewart wrote” With my old mind et I don’t think I would have been able to prevail in either of those major championships. But with my new mental approach, I was able to raise my game to the highest level when I had to” written by Dr. Richard Coop - we could recommend and point to amazon.

2) A boston psychologist now coaching pro golfers, profiled in Golf Magazine, says “By My calculations, the average golfer spends about 86% of their time doing nothing but wrestling with their thoughts and emotions, feeling one way or the another about what is taking place, feeling exhilaration or anger, struggling to keep focused, worrying about what’s happened or what is up ahead.” It only stand to reason that 86% of the success / failure determination is due to management of thoughts and emotions, not swing mechanics or putting prowess.”