(PART I)

Let’s assume that you work with a great deal of physical effort on both your full swing as well as your short game. You take lessons on a regular basis, pay attention and retain information. You would assume that you should be able to go out and perform your golf skills without a problem and create a score. No Problem! Correct? NO! Why?

It becomes more and more clear to me as the years go by teaching as well as playing this game just how many of us bypass:

1.  Mental skill understanding
2.  Mental skill training, and
3.  Mental skill application/retainment.

I often recommend to my students mental skill training with a sports psychologist, as most of the tour players do. The perception is that you need to go to a psychologist for help is often held in the negative realm.
Au Contraire’! Many of the finest athletes in the world (involved in various fields of sports) have enlisted psychological help to evaluate their performance. Many psychologists have cleverly changed their professional titles to include titles such as peak performance/sports performance consultants.

I feel privileged to be included in this aspect of development. I am a Golf Professional actively involved in trying to help each and every player I work with to enhance their golf performance to the highest possible level. In this day and age without venture into psychological performance, your golf development is far from complete.