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Golf and Your Mental Game: Golf Can Be Like Being Caught in a Traffic Jam!

Yes we have all been caught in a traffic jam. It can be a hopeless and frustrating situation as you can’t control the traffic flow. Again it is along the lines of react vs. respond. I realized this a few years ago returning home after a long week at work. How could I have chosenContinue reading “Golf and Your Mental Game: Golf Can Be Like Being Caught in a Traffic Jam!“

Golf and Your Mental Game: Reacting vs. Responding

In an earlier chapter we talked about the wounded hunter who gets grazed by an arrow and is dealing with his pain but adds on a string of self-criticisms that augments the hunter’s suffering. Perhaps the golfer and the wounded hunter might want to look at the story as the difference between reacting and responding.Continue reading “Golf and Your Mental Game: Reacting vs. Responding”

Golf and Your Mental Game: Observe

So you have a great shot on the 18th. On a par 4 your first shot is at the edge of the cart path. A great pitch over the creek three feet from the pin. Or perhaps your second shot hit the pin and dropped in for an eagle. Boy you are IN THE MOMENTContinue reading “Golf and Your Mental Game: Observe”

Golf and Your Mental Game: Take Time to Calm Down and Relax

If you have just made a bad shot resist the self-destructive abuse you may heap on yourself. Why not calm down and relax. Take a deep breath and keep doing so until you are under control. Don’t let your emotions take control of you. On many holes this year I was on the verge ofContinue reading “Golf and Your Mental Game: Take Time to Calm Down and Relax”

Golf And Your Mental Game: Stop!

Ok so you messed up on yet another shot and that is what we amateur golfers do otherwise we’d be on the LPGA or PGA Tour. You can fly off the handle and let forth a stream of foul language which has the effect of igniting a downward spiral of negativity. I say just acceptContinue reading “Golf And Your Mental Game: Stop!”

Golf and Your Mental Game: The Injured Hunter: Adding to Your Misery and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

There is the ancient tale of a hunter out with his tribe. An enemy tribe spots the hunter and his fellow hunters and zing he gets dinged by an enemy arrow. The injured hunter is in pain and he is trying to deal with that pain. But his mind wanders and he begins to chastiseContinue reading “Golf and Your Mental Game: The Injured Hunter: Adding to Your Misery and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder”

” My Life as a Golf Marshall”: Is It Really Possible to Improve Your Golf Game with Mindfulness?

This is a difficult question to answer. After much thought and personal experience with mindfulness on the golf course my answer is that it most likely will not improve the mechanics of the game but it most likely will increase the pleasure of your golfing experience. It might strike you as a revelation as itContinue reading “” My Life as a Golf Marshall”: Is It Really Possible to Improve Your Golf Game with Mindfulness?”

“My Life as a Golf Marshall” : Final Final Last Thoughts! Golf as Ballet

I just recalled a few wonderful experiences I had on the golf course that I think only a Marshall can relate to. It struck me early in the summer halfway into my shift. The golf course was crowded but everything was running absolutely perfectly. Everyone spaced out like a golf Marshall’s dream. No gaps. NoContinue reading ““My Life as a Golf Marshall” : Final Final Last Thoughts! Golf as Ballet”

“My Life as a Golf Marshall” : Time to Say Good-Bye

What a miserable last couple of days. Yesterday 4 hours of bone chilling weather at 5 degrees but add on the wind chill I was shivering after hour three and suffering a bad windburn. I mean it looked like I’d spent too long at the beach in Cancun! Then this morning I think that weatherContinue reading ““My Life as a Golf Marshall” : Time to Say Good-Bye”

“My Life As A Golf Marshall” : Some Final Reflections Before Closure of the Season

This Sunday I will have my last shift as a Marshall. The course will close at 4:45 and I will help round up the power carts, park them in a locked facility and then perhaps take a last look at the darkened golf course I have spent seven months of my life at and breatheContinue reading ““My Life As A Golf Marshall” : Some Final Reflections Before Closure of the Season”