Stop Thinking Start Playing.

Quite how many books have been dedicated to the mental side of the game is anyone’s guess – safe to say it runs into the thousands. You might have one on your desk or bedside table; perhaps there’s even one in the smallest room in the house. And we’ve all watched videos and pored over articles in a bid to find the secret to having a stronger mental game.

Often we’re encouraged to find a preferred state, do a ‘thing’, or adopt a process, whereby what you do is supposed to allow you to take control and master what is seen as a critical element of golf. It might be a finely honed pre-shot routine; a positive affirmation to tell yourself before or after each shot; a dot on your glove to look at in order to get in ‘the zone’; a certain number of seconds or steps to allow yourself to be angry after hitting a poor shot… or simply an urging to ‘think positively!’

If whatever you do is working