subject: Golf Psychology Tips For Mental Golf Toughness [print this page] Here is the Golf psychology of melting away pressure. The dying minutes of every golf competition carries intense pressure.
And it's your job to handle it.
The secret?
Don't try to blugeon your nerves out of existence. They're a natural part of golf.
Instead, melt them away. Like butter.
In the 2006 Senior Players Championship, Bobby Wadkins snagged his first major golf title with a 12-foot putt on the 72nd hole.
Wadkins had made five straight birdies to take the lead, but a horrendous bunker shot meant he had to sink the putt to win the tournament.
And Wadkins was feeling the pressure.
'Anyone who says they aren't feeling the pressure at that stage of the game is telling a lie,' said Wadkins.'The tournament should have been over and I was giving it away.'
Wadkins admitted what every good golfer knows.
No matter how much mental toughness training you do, sport has pressure moments.
The key to managing these moments is making friends with them instead of dreading them.
The easiest way to make friends with pressure is to accept your nerves, which is another way of saying you accept yourself.
You say to yourself, 'It's quite natural to feel a bit of anxiety right now.
Of course I'm a little stressed.'
Then, you turn your focus towards key elements of your next shot - whether it's connecting to your swing rhythm or reading a green.
What's next is the focus, not your anxiety.
By making friends with pressure and refusing to fight it, you melt it away - and bring yourself back to your great performance.
It is easy to lose focus when the pressure is on at the golf course. Remember that using the right golf psychology can drastically improve your golf game and help you win under pressure. Make pressure your best friend and show your friends a new side to the game of golf.
