Thinking about your putting stroke while attempting to make a 4-foot par putt is like brushing your teeth while eating Oreos. On the course,DO NOT THINK ABOUT YOUR PUTTING STROKE…unless you want to 3-putt often. Focus your attention on a helpful attribute such as the target, sensing the putt’s distance, or seeing the ball go in the hole. […]
“When the winds of change blow, some people build walls and others build windmills.”-Eastern Philosophy Proverb …and golfers hit low punch shots. Change is hard. Whether we accept it or not, the world around us has changed. Resisting these changes only adds to our own suffering. However, changing the height of our golf shot shouldn’t be […]
To improve distance control and prevent 3-putts, do the following “Ladder Putting Drill”: Putt 10 balls from the same location. Make each putt stop 1-foot SHORTER than the previous putt. Repeat, making each putt 1- foot LONGER than the previous putt. When completed, there should be 10 balls equally spaced 1-foot from each other in […]
Recently proclaimed by one of my students who was struggling with his driver, “I can’t stop trying tokill the ball!“ The prescription: Vitamin “R” = Relax Slacken the tension, borne of your efforts. (Patañjali’s Yoga Sūtra, 2:47)Swing within yourself. Focus on balance, continuously light grip pressure, and tempo. This is the cure for symptoms of chaotic tee shots. […]
As we know in golf, no two shots are ever alike. “A person cannot step into the same river twice,” proclaims the Greek philosopher Heraclitus. Uneven lies on the fairway, deep grass, wet fairways, stiff necks, cold hands, mood swings, slow greens, unlucky bounces, fatigue, the variables are endless. The one predictable element that golf […]
“A person cannot step into the same river twice.” -Heraclitus Dodie Mazzuca is the author of “Golf Sūtras,” “Daily Golf Tap-Ins,” and founder of Golf PROformance. She teaches golf lessons, golf schools, and performance coaching for competitive players in Santa Cruz, CA and Reno, NV.
What mental habit would you like to change on the golf course? Put 5 tees in your left pocket. Every time you notice yourself stuck in the old habit, without judgment, move a tee to your right pocket. See how many tees you can keep in your left pocket by the end of the round. (Simply […]
Dodie Mazzuca is the author of “Golf Sūtras,” “Daily Golf Tap-Ins,” and founder of Golf PROformance. She teaches golf lessons, golf schools, and performance coaching for competitive players in Santa Cruz, CA and Reno, NV.