Golf Psychology Made Simple
Golf psychology may appear at times to be complicated and puts people in mind of people in white coats ready to take you away!
This is far from the truth and in many cases it just takes people to take another more simplistic view of what they consider to be a problem and that includes some of the worlds best golfers.
With this in mind below are a few quotations form the worlds best golfers that bring this way of thinking into focus:
“Don’t talk the bad shots home with you” – Tony Lema
“The impulse to steer,born of anxiety,is accountable for most really bad shots” – Bobby Jones
“Looking up is the biggest alibi for bad shots because by the time you look up you’ve already made the mistake” – Harvey Penick
“If you have to remind yourself to concentrate you have no chance to concentrate” – Bobby Nichols
“Golf is like a clock start at 6 o’clock,hit it to 12 o’clock and make sure you’re in the same time zone” – Chi Chi Rodriguez
“Golf is a game where blind devotion will get you nothing but an ulcer” – Tommy Bolt
“A lot of guys who have never choked have never been in the position to do so” – Tom Watson
“The secret of low scores is the ability to turn three shots into two” – Bobby Jones
“Golf is like a chain,you always have to work on the weakest link” – George Archer
“Practice puts brains in your muscles” – Sam Snead
“Golf is like solitaire,when you cheat you only cheat yourself” – Tony Lema