{"id":2087,"date":"2016-03-03T15:48:07","date_gmt":"2016-03-03T19:18:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/positivementalimagery.com\/blog\/?p=2087"},"modified":"2016-03-03T15:48:07","modified_gmt":"2016-03-03T19:18:07","slug":"how-do-i-get-my-golf-game-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/positivementalimagery.com\/blog\/how-do-i-get-my-golf-game-back\/","title":{"rendered":"How do I get my golf game back?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What do the pros do when they shoot a round in the 80\u2019s in a tournament? This means of course, that they have &#8220;shot themselves in the foot&#8221; and are out of the tournament.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Embrace a positive attitude<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Pros understand what an unpredictable game golf is. The attitude for dealing with this kind of failure is different for each player. Here are some of the ways pros think about mentally recovering from uncharacteristically high rounds.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cIt happens. I laugh at myself.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cI just forget about it and go out and play the next round.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cIf it happens on Friday and I miss the cut, I can get away from the golf course.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cI remember the good holes that kept the score from being even higher.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The mental game of golf is about developing your positive mindset before you get to the golf course. If you don\u2019t have a positive attitude, your emotions will take over and you will press to make up for your mistakes. It will then be harder to become mentally and physically balanced.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Visualize your game for success<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>What did Phil Mickelson do when he couldn\u2019t find his swing prior to the Masters?<\/p>\n<p>Phil Mickelson loves to play in the Masters Tournament. <em>\u201cI feel like Augusta National and the Masters gives every kid who dreams of playing, who dreams of playing professionally, who dreams of winning major championships, something to strive for,\u201d<\/em> Phil said. <em>\u201cAnd when we arrive at Augusta, it exceeds our dreams, which is hard to do. I love this place,\u201d<\/em> he said. <em>\u201cI love coming here.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>In April 2003 he was upset with the way he was hitting the ball, <em>\u201cHe stood on the range and just couldn\u2019t stop overhooking a 4-iron,\u201d<\/em> Mackay his caddie said, <em>\u201cHe had no command at all.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Michelson left the practice range and went back to his rental home. There he sat down, closed his eyes and visualized the shots he wanted to make in his upcoming rounds at August National. He shot 73-70-72-68, just two strokes out of the playoff.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Assume an attitude of acceptance<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Decide that you don\u2019t have to hit every shot perfectly to score low.<\/li>\n<li>Accept that you will make mistakes and forgive yourself.<\/li>\n<li>Stay in the present to \u201clet go\u201d of missed hits.<\/li>\n<li>Focus only on the positive thoughts and images of what you want.<\/li>\n<li>Stay patient until things turn around.<\/li>\n<li>Know you can persevere by using your best mental tools.<\/li>\n<li>Know that failure is life\u2019s greatest teacher.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em><strong>Play \u201cIn the Zone\u201d With Joan<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em><strong>Entrain Your Heart &amp; Brain for Peak Performances<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>To help you visualize the game that you desire, eight self-hypnosis mental golf CDs are available at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pmi4.com\/cart\">www.pmi4.com\/cart <\/a>\u00a0 Listening to the CDs in the privacy of your own home you will be guided into a state of relaxation and imagery to program a positive mental game into your subconscious mind.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What do the pros do when they shoot a round in the 80\u2019s in a tournament? This means of course, that they have &#8220;shot themselves in the foot&#8221; and are out of the tournament. Embrace a positive attitude Pros understand &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/positivementalimagery.com\/blog\/how-do-i-get-my-golf-game-back\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"pjgm-metanav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2087","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-minute-mental-tips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivementalimagery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2087","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivementalimagery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivementalimagery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivementalimagery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivementalimagery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2087"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/positivementalimagery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2087\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2089,"href":"https:\/\/positivementalimagery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2087\/revisions\/2089"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivementalimagery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2087"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivementalimagery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2087"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivementalimagery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2087"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}