

I like to call this a Mental Game Scorecard. There are several key indicators to look out for. If it was a bad round, what was it in the process or your mood that could have caused it? Was it a lack of patience? Was it tension in your swing? Was it a failure to accept the bad shots? Was it that you set off to shoot a great score and had high expectations? By being aware of the things you are doing and feeling when you’re playing poorly can help you avoid them in future rounds. What we need to do is find patterns in our play – if it was a great round, what specifically in your mental process and your mood was contributing to that? Was it that you really stuck to your pre-shot routine? Was it that you had a swing cue that worked? Was it a particular thought in between shots? Was it an attitude that you had before the round? Was it focusing on your breathing? If you can identify it, let’s repeat it in the future! Let’s try to notice the things that might be causing these things. “What did I not do well and how do I improve that?”

We need to maintain these things during practice.

“What did I do well and what do I attribute to that success?” In golf, we need to celebrate success but use failure to get better.Īfter a round, the big questions we need to ask ourselves are:
