This is the question I get asked the most when I am coaching or giving seminars. The answer lies within how confident you feel about yourself as you step up to that first tee.

In my coaching I have more time to help golfers achieve a long term approach to being confident on the golf course; training your mind to be consistently positive takes as much practise as a good golf swing.

  Here are a few quick tips, however, to help you make a more positive and confident start to your game.

1. Your sub-conscious believes everything you tell it; positive or negative, so get into the habit of thinking only positive thoughts from the moment you wake up. Make a list of all the good things you enjoy about golf; the social side, playing well, the exercise and concentrate on only positive thoughts.
2. Give yourself plenty of time to get ready and leave well ahead of your tee time so you arrive relaxed and NOT stressed before you even start. Make a CD compilation of all those tracks that put you in a positive mood and play them on the way.
3. Warm up when you get there, but do not try to prove to yourself that you are playing well, if you end up having a bad practise session you will take that negativity onto the course with you.
4. The most important thing to remember is – ‘the you you see, is the you you’ll be’ – so see yourself as a WINNER. Although this will not guarantee you a win, as other factors come into play, it will help. I can guarantee though, if you do decide that you are going to play badly – YOU WILL!

Finally, remember everyone is feeling exactly the same as you and by getting down on yourself you will not improve the outcome; if anything you will create the opposite. It is up to you to CHOOSE to go out on that first tee feeling positive and above all else to HAVE FUN!

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