Review
Jay Morelli Director of The Golf School, Mount Snow, Vermont This book is a must for all golfers who feel like they get in their own way. “The Doc” tells it like it is and provides great insight on how to maximize your potential as a golfer. — Review
What’s Your Golf Personality? According to Dr. Alan Shapiro, the personality traits that cause problems in your everyday life can also wreak havoc on your golf game. If you’re a worrier, chances are you’re also anxious at the tee. If you’re a control freak, you probably overanalyze your swing and tend to freeze up over the ball. If you have a short fuse, there is a good chance you’re a club thrower. Using his experience as a psychologist a [Read More...]
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July 23rd, 2010 at 4:34 pm
There are six hazards according the author. He provides a test for us at the beginning of the book. Then you can specify your own mental hazard–it’s according to your own nature/character.
The author introduces a fictional person for each hazard. This is an awkward part of this book. Psychologists are not always a great story writers. It’s a hazard in this book:-)
But the explanation of the mental hazards and how to overcome them are clear. I like autor’s honest confession about his anger, disappointment etc.
July 23rd, 2010 at 6:55 pm
This is the 3rd book on Mental Golf that I have read, and by far the best. The author provides a great test (similar to Myers-Briggs) that helps to focus on 6 areas that can be improved mentally. Each of these areas then has a chapter that has golf-related ideas (instead of some other books that provide overall life changing fixes…yuck) to get over the mental hurdles. For me, Hazard 5 (control freak) and 4 (trying to live up to other’s expectations) were right on the money as far as the test scores then the anecdotes. I now have alot of new, useful golf-related ideas to try. Thanks!