Golf and how you “feel.”

Golf is very much a game of feel. Feel with your hands, shoulders, legs, hips. The whole body is involved. So is the mind, maybe even more so. When I say the mind is involved, I mean how your mind feels. I know from experience if I am in an irritated, anxious, low mood I will probably not post a very good score. What I have started to learn, however, is that in order to improve as a golfer, you need to get used to playing regardless of your mind frame. Don’t bail on your round if you are hung over, or upset about the girl that never texted you back. Maybe you slept horribly the night before. Doesn’t matter, get out there and get used to playing (and scoring) when you don’t feel good. This builds mental toughness. The days when you feel great and refreshed will be an absolute breeze and you will fire lower scores than usual. It’s important for me to know that I can play a round of golf at 6:15 am when its 90 degrees and I’m hungover, upset about something etc..And I can still scrape around a 76. These are the building blocks for mental toughness and playing with your C game and putting up a respectable showing.