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Tag Archives: mental game
Requiem For A Calico
My 20-year-old cat died yesterday. She’d been with us since she was a kitten, moved with us many times, lived with us on the road for a few years, and saved our dog’s life when he was mourning the loss … Continue reading
Peter Alliss and The Dodgy Oyster
For those of you who missed the Peter Alliss interview on Feherty last night, try to catch it on a rerun. It’s worth your time. I also really enjoyed the visits Alliss payed to the ESPN booth during the Open Championship. … Continue reading
Posted in humor, reflections on golf
Tagged David Feherty, mental game, Open Championship, Peter Alliss
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Loving The Next Shot
Tiger Woods’ victory at the AT&T National has been sucking all the oxygen from the room of late, but there was another win last weekend that is worth noting. Peter Tomasulo beat David Lingmerth in a 4-hole playoff at the … Continue reading
Posted in daily golf issues, PGA Tour
Tagged AT&T National, Jess Walter, mental game, Peter Tomasulo, Tiger Woods
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Thank You, Mr. Harrington
Padraig Harrington was being interviewed after a nice 65 in the third round of the Traveler’s Championship last Saturday. He’d played a pretty smart round, as you might guess with a score of 65, but he’d gone for a sucker … Continue reading
Posted in daily golf issues
Tagged mental game, Padraig Harrington, Travelers Championship
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A Bear Of A Handicap
Marathon Man and I were standing on the tenth tee last Friday, talking about how our games had gone downhill. We had both been 6-7 handicaps a year or so ago, and were both now 9-10, with no explanation for … Continue reading
Sympathy For The Angel
As most everyone knows by now, Angel Cabrera made a 9 on the 17th at TPC Sawgrass and later withdrew from the Players Championship for “personal reasons.” There’s been a lot of speculation in the blogosphere that those personal reasons … Continue reading
Posted in PGA Tour, reflections on golf
Tagged Ángel Cabrera, mental game, Players Championship
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The More Things Change …..
A little over a year ago, I commented on the new fairway woods (metals, that is) Adams was advertising and how I never could trust a fairway wood. I have always been mystified by the people that filled their bag … Continue reading
Golf On the Couch
Back in the days of yore when I did a lot of psychotherapy I was sometimes surprised when a patient would suddenly latch on to something I did or said. It was often the umpteenth time I’d suggested the same … Continue reading
Posted in golfing memoir
Tagged golf swing mechanics, mental game, practice strategies
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Demon Possession On the Mayan Riviera
Apparently it’s not just us amateur golfers who have trouble with demon possession. In my Whac-A-Mole Golf post last week I mentioned those times when I know something is stupid but I just go ahead and do it anyway. The … Continue reading
One Hole At A Time
I was watching the WGC Accenture Match Play Championship this week and started thinking about the maladaptive way I approach “each hole is a new tournament” type play. I’m always fighting having too much interest in my total score. I … Continue reading
Posted in daily golf issues
Tagged mental game, practice strategies, putting technique, skins game, wolf game
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