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Refocusing on the Golf Course

Dear Golfer,

The time: 1972.
The place: The British Open.
The combatants: Lee Trevino vs. Jack Nicklaus.

Nicklaus--at the top of his game--was charging.

On the 17th Trevino hits a series of bad shots. Although he maintains his one-shot lead, he loses his focus.

What's more, his troubles are being shown on TV sets all over the world. Everyone sees what's happening.

"Trevino's blown," somebody in the crowd yells.

Trevino's caddy turns to hurry to the 18th tee, but Lee grabs him:

"No, not yet," he says. "Let's wait for Tony (Jacklin) before we walk back there." (Jacklin was Trevino's playing partner that day.)

In a calculated move, Trevino waits for Jacklin to hole out. He has one goal in mind: recapturing his mental focus.

Then Trevino walks to the 18th with Jacklin.

When he gets there, he doesn't linger:

He grabs the driver, tees it up, takes one look, and hits it, blasting a long drive down the middle of the fairway.

"At long last," Henry Longhurst intones on the BBC, "we've seen the shot that won the Open."

Trevino closes out Nicklaus with a par, out-dueling him for the claret cup.

Mental Toughness Exercise: Refocusing Your Mental Game

When you are underperforming or upset with your mental game on the golf course, your #1 job is to get back in control of your mental game.

It's very tempting to become sidetracked by your frustration and start worrying about how you FEEL instead of the game itself.

To get back in control, you can use Trevino's strategy. Take a mental "time out" and use it to bring your focus into the Now. The present moment is all that matters.

The easiest way to do this is to acknowledge your negativity. Accept it without resistance. It is a natural consequence of not performing the way you want.

Once you've taken a few moments to do that, shift your mind to the future. If you're still angry, use your anger to help yourself focus on the next shot. Say to yourself, "I'm better than this," and get your focus absorbed in your upcoming shot. What do you need to pay attention to in order to hit it well?

If you are thinking to yourself "I really, really need to get the mental part of my game handled..."

Then YOU'RE RIGHT.

You certainly do need to get it handled.

You need to learn how to become mentally tough on the golf course RIGHT NOW.

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I'll talk to you again soon.

Your friend,
Lisa B.
Author, Breakthrough Golf

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Hi Lisa,

How are you? Doing great here. I ordered Breakthrough Golf last week.
I read through it and picked out what I thought would be best for my game.

I realized my problem was definitely mental. I practiced the mental approaches on the range and the putting green and I noticed a difference almost immediately.

I have since played 2 rounds and the first one I shot an 83 on a pretty easy course from the white tees. The second I shot an 81 on a tougher course that was over 6900 yards from the championship tees.

Yes I played from the championship tees.

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Houston, Tx