The old adage that golf is 90% mental is wrong. Thinking this way is like still playing with hickory shafts or a balata ball. The game evolves. So does our understanding of the mental game. It’s important, but it can’t possibly be the most important element in a physical game like golf. Psychology alone can’t turn a 20-handicap into a scratch player.
Golf isn’t 90% mental, but your worst golf is 90% mental.
That’s why this change in perspective is so important to player improvement. Too often golf psychology has been filled with empty platitudes that sound good in theory, but now you can use it specifically to raise the worst parts of your game.
Check out my article for Golf Magazine and let’s change how we view the importance of the mental game in golf. Please share it with your friends – I’d love to see this become one of the popular articles on Golf.com.
