Tag: Golf Mindset
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🔥 The First Bounce: Lessons from a Towel Drill
A few years ago, I was working with a Japanese LPGA player in Taiwan. Talented. Focused. Relentless on the range. But inside 60 yards, something wasn’t landing right. Her pitch shots looked good — clean contact, nice flight, soft landings — but she wasn’t scoring. So I laid a towel out 40 yards away. Folded.…
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Don’t Risk Your Good Name
After one moment on the golf course, a father shares a quiet but firm lesson about responsibility, reputation, and the strength of protecting your name.
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Find Your Birdie Formula: Stop Copying, Start Scoring
As a coach, one of the first things I always do with a player — whether amateur or professional — is a scorecard analysis. Numbers don’t lie, but our perceptions about our game often do. Many golfers think their strengths are the things they like to do, and their weaknesses are the things they avoid.…
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🏌️♂️The First Bounce: How a Simple Towel Drill Changed a Tour Player’s Short Game
When I was in Taiwan, I had the opportunity to work with two Japanese LPGA players who were facing challenges on tour. One of them, in particular, stood out—not because of her long game, which was solid, but because of her struggles around the green. As we reviewed her scorecard and broke down the round,…
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🔥 Sometimes Be Stubborn (Golf Mental Game)
🔥 Sometimes Be StubbornWhy sticking to your guns after a bad shot might be the smartest move you make. Golf is a game of adjustments — but ironically, one of the worst things you can do is adjust too quickly. We’ve all been there. You hit one bad shot — maybe a pull hook into…
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The Power of Small Things – mindful golf lessons
Sometimes the biggest golf lessons in mindfulness don’t come with fireworks. They show up in quiet stillness, ordinary moments — like burnt toast, a missed putt, or something your kid says that makes you stop and think. For me, it happened on a quiet Tuesday morning. No phone buzzing, no rush. Just coffee, birds outside,…