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Columns that unpack golf's mental game, personality types, and improvement struggles from a psychology angle.
- Personality & Types
What Makes Someone a Natural Fit for Golf? Every Personality's Strengths and Way to Enjoy the Game
The traits people cite for being 'cut out' for golf — persistence, composure, analysis — are none of them decisive. We map the strengths and the failure modes of the cautious, the optimist, the analyst and the feel player, and show how to think in terms of fit rather than aptitude.
- Practice & Improvement
Lost Your Motivation to Practice Golf? Why It Happens and How to Restart
Understand why your motivation to practice golf fades, and learn how to get back to the range without waiting for willpower. Practical systems for pushing through plateaus and making practice stick.
- On-Course Struggles
Can't Stop Hitting It Out of Bounds? The Psychology of the Spiral and On-Course First Aid
Why golfers rack up out-of-bounds (OB) shots one after another, and the emergency fixes you can apply mid-round. Learn the mindset and concrete actions that get your tee shots back on track.
- Beginners
What Should Beginners Practice at the Driving Range? The First 3 Steps
A three-step guide to what golf beginners should practice first at the driving range. From club choice to gradually lengthening your swing to common mistakes, learn how to build range sessions that lead to your course debut.
- Mental Game
Why Tee Shots Make You Nervous — and How to Handle It Before You Address the Ball
You tighten up the moment you step onto the tee, and your normal swing disappears. Here's why tee shots trigger nerves, plus concrete fixes — a locked-in pre-shot routine and smarter club selection — to shrink the effect of first-tee jitters.
- Columns
How to Enjoy Golf: 7 Ways to Measure a Great Day Beyond Your Score
For golfers whose scores have stalled and whose rounds have started to feel like a chore. This column offers seven non-score ways to measure a great day of golf, plus a healthier relationship with the numbers — so even a rough round can end well.
- Personality & Types
The Golfer Type Quiz: 4 Axes and 16 Types That Reveal Your Playing Style
The 4 axes and 16 golfer types behind the golfer type quiz, plus how to use your result: reading the axis bars, picking one thing to try next round, and saving it to revisit.
- Practice & Improvement
How to Escape a Golf Slump: From Isolating the Cause to Getting Your Game Back
Suddenly you can't find the middle of the clubface, and the harder you try to fix it, the deeper you sink. A concrete, step-by-step guide out of a golf slump: isolate the cause, narrow what you change, rebuild your baseline shot, and reassemble your practice.
- On-Course Struggles
How to Recover After a Blowup Hole in Golf: A Step-by-Step Reset
A step-by-step guide to recovering after a blowup hole. Learn how to limit the damage while the hole is unraveling, reset before the next tee, and stop one bad hole from wrecking the rest of your round.
- Beginners
Going to the Driving Range Alone for the First Time: Step-by-Step Guide and Etiquette
Everything you need for your first solo trip to the driving range: what to bring, how check-in and the hitting bays work, the essential etiquette, and how to deal with feeling self-conscious. Your solo debut, demystified.
