The Golf Shrink

It’s not your typical golf book,but I am reading Psycho-Cybernetics right now (a classic mind management book) 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 of the
book MIND OVER GOLF” … Payne Stewart
wrote” With my old mind set 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

Psych-Cyb: ” 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.”

Good Thinking, Jay

Below are some great golf training aid equipment links for you to check out

golf putting mats and greens

golf driving range mats

commercial driving range mats

Many golfers often have lingering injury problems due to their swings and how poorly designed mats along with flawed swings contribute to these problems.

“Jay, I want to thank you for making these mats available. I am a foot/ankle surgeon that had developed both a sore left wrist and golfer’s elbow of my right arm that was potentially leading to serious impairment. Both of these injuries were a direct result of using a very poor quality and easily available mat for practicing during our snowy winter months. I easily hit 100 balls a day in my garage and won’t follow my own advice and rest. Thanks to your mat I can continue to practice. Within one week my wrist was well and my elbow was almost non-existent and improving daily. Besides the obvious health benefits I find that your mat truly functions as you advertised. It performs like a fairway in feel and lets you know if you hit it fat, again without my wrist and arm taking the abuse. An added benefit is that it wears like iron. I wore out my previous mats within weeks yet your mat shows no wear.

Thanks again,”

- Dr. Kurt Concilla
Foot & Ankle Surgeon

Mats like these are not only great golf training aids, but they take away the unnecessary stresses on parts of the body such as the arms and wrist. Without maintaining your health, successful practices can never be had.