As golfers, we’re always striving to perfect our game. It is a continual battle for improvement that seams never ending. Even the professional golfers are constantly working on their game. It shows you how difficult golf can be when you see even the pros struggling to maintain a constant playing level.
Why is it that less than 5% of all the golfers in the World can break 70? What do those golfers have that we don’t? According to golf manufacturers and their advertising claims, we need the same high-priced golf equipment that the pros use to play to their level.
That obviously is marketing hype, as you can now pick up the same driver that a PGA star used last year for under $200. So, many of us do have technologically advanced clubs and golf balls that the pros use; why are we still unable to break 70 or even 80?
There must be a reason why the average score has stayed nearly constant since the 1970’s. Billions have been spent on developing new technologically advanced golf clubs and balls. Then we have the advertisers that tell us that the only way to improve our game is to buy that $500 driver.
So we now have these clubs that are easier to use, are more forgiving, have higher launch angles, plus golf balls that combine optimum distance, spin and feel. Yet the vast majority of golfers are still struggling to break 90! It appears that the perfect golf game can not be bought; not even with the dozens of new golf training aids, modern instruction methods, or the many golf swing guides.
Something tells me that the top 5% of golfers know something that we don’t. It appears that that “thing” that they possess is mastery of the Mental Game of Golf. That’s the missing ingredient that can promote the quickest and most lasting change in any golfer’s game. This is the only area of golf that doesn’t cost a penny to use, so it is interesting that barely anyone uses it.
The mental golf game: Using your mind in a calculated, methodical and focused way is the surest method of improving your game and lowering your scores. Mastering the Inner Game of Golf can do wonders for your game. But you have to comprehend how to implement the methods.
After you do, you will have confidence in yourself and your game, be able to control your attention, cure your golf nerves and anxiety, have clear focus and mental toughness, and eliminate anger from your game – plus many more benefits.
Familiarity of the inner game of golf is what separates the top 5% of golfers from the rest of us weekend warriors. You can see it in action on the PGA Tour because all those guys have access to the same equipment, golf swing gurus, and putting gurus. The difference between them comes down to how well they master their mental game of golf during each tournament.
Visibly, at their intensity level and with all the pressure and media reporting, it is hard for them to maintain high levels of concentration and focus day after day, week after week. That’s why even the likes of Tiger Woods can not win every major in a year or even dominate the majority of events in a season, every season.
But for weekend golfers like us, understanding and using mental golf techniques can have an immediate and long lasting positive affect on our playing level. Believe me, it is the quickest way to lower your scores and take your game to a higher level. If you would like more information on how to begin, then read How to Learn the Mental Game of Golf. You’ll also find a couple of free reports, Mental Game Tips and Mental Game Self Assessment, that you can download to get you started.
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