I can't tell you how strange it is that I feel like I grasp the mental game of golf pretty well...so far. I feel confident playing the game and I feel like golf is a game that is very tough on the mind. I find this strange in many ways because I feel like when I was younger that I couldn't mentally master sports. I think I lacked the mental ability to be really good at sports. I think a lot of that came from my father, who bless his heart means well, because he would be much more concerned about punishing you for a mistake than learning from a mistake. As a result I feared not making a mistake when I played. I tried too hard to be perfect. So far in golf I have been mentally sharp. By that I mean I was able to relax after I completely messed up a drive at the driving range. I regrouped, relaxed and unleashed a 200 yard drive. I remember the few shots that I hit really well much more than the shots that I didn't hit well. My confidence level for golf is really, strangely, high.
I think taking Sports Psychology with Dr. Burton helped me.
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