"The Mental Game of Golf"

The article talks about how having a strong mental game is crucial to being able to score in golf. Trine Jorgensen, the author, says this about mental game:"A beginner full of positive thoughts of winning will have as much chance as a pro who is totally convinced of defeat." The article goes on to say that having a positive outlook will produce a positive results and thinking negatively will produce negative results. Jorgensen does say that it is easy to change and become more confident. He says that you have to keep a positive attitude to the game.

I completely agree with everything Trine says in his article. Because from my own personal experiences that when one starts to doubt and talk down to themselves the only thing they accomplish out of it is killing any hope in recoiling from the mistake and getting back strokes somewhere else on the course. Also one might let that one mistake burn into their brain and they will continue to build upon the one mistake causing a snowball effect, easily turning a round of 81 into a 95. But if one has a mental game they could easily come back and say, "That shot is over with, now what do I need to do?" This is why mental game is a deadly weapon that every golfer should carry in his or her golf bag.

Jorgensen, Trine. "The Mental Game of Golf." PRLog Free Press Release. N.p., 08 Jan 2008. Web. 25 Mar 2010.

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