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Columns that unpack golf's mental game, personality types, and improvement struggles from a psychology angle.
- On-Course Struggles
Scared of Water Carries? Why You Tense Up Over Water and How to Change Your Target
Why the sight of water makes golfers tense up over a carry shot — and the mindset shifts and targeting tactics you can use on the spot. Practical strategies to try on your next round if water makes you shrink over the ball.
- Beginners
What to Bring for a Round of Golf: The Complete Packing Checklist
A checklist-style guide to everything you need for a round of golf, organized into essentials, nice-to-haves, and seasonal extras — so you can arrive on game day with zero packing anxiety.
- Mental Game
How to Stop Getting Frustrated at Golf: Managing Expectations So Anger Doesn't Linger
How to stop frustration from wrecking your golf, explained through the mechanics of anger and expectation management. Concrete mid-round actions for golfers who get angry at their mistakes and spiral.
- On-Course Struggles
Why Do Bunkers Scare You? The Psychology of Freezing in the Sand and How to Get Over It
A breakdown of the psychology behind bunker fear in golf, with mindset shifts and concrete fixes for both mid-round moments and practice. For anyone who freezes up the moment they step into the sand.
- Beginners
The Beginner Golfer Shopping List: What You Need First and What Can Wait
A beginner golfer shopping list organized into three stages: before your first range session, before your course debut, and things that can wait. Learn the priorities before buying everything at once, and how to avoid wasted purchases.
- Mental Game
Why Do You Carry One Bad Shot Into the Next? The Skill of Breaking the Chain
Dwelling on mistakes in golf isn't a personality flaw — it's a mechanical problem of where your attention goes and how you think. Learn how one miss snowballs into the next, and get a concrete mid-round reset procedure.
- On-Course Struggles
Struggling with Short Putts? Why They Miss and How to Fix It
Missing putts from around three feet is usually caused less by technique than by the psychology of a 'gimme you're supposed to make.' We break down why short putts miss, what to do mid-round, and the drills that cure the problem.
- Beginners
Can You Still Improve at Golf in Your 60s? Practice and Mindset That Fit Your Age
Yes, you can still improve at golf in your 60s. How to lower your scores while accepting changes in distance, how to build practice that doesn't strain your body, and the first steps for those just starting out.
- Mental Game
Why Do You Fall Apart When It Counts? Separating the Range From the Course
For golfers who strike it well in practice but crumble on the course. Sort what changed into setting, technical conditions and decisions, pin down where you actually fall apart with a one-shot worksheet, and see where a quiz ends and a lesson begins.
- Personality & Types
Attack or Play Safe? How to Decide in Golf — and How Personality Skews the Call
For golfers torn between attacking and playing safe who regret it either way. Three situation-based decision criteria, the personality habits that push you toward over-attacking or over-protecting, and a quick self-check routine you can use mid-round.
