Friday, December 03, 2004
A snowball’s chance - As in life, emotions in golf have a tendency to snowball. They can spiral in a
The success of your golf game might not be in the piles of balls you can hit, but rather how well you can learn to manage and direct your emotions. Emotion—feel—is an important component of human functioning, and emotions affect all aspects of life, including sports and particularly golf. In fact, emotional beliefs drive the mental game. Thoughts are structures that contain emotion, which affect where thinking or visualizing can take you. You can learn to guide your own emotions on the course—and in life.