The Mental Side of your Golf Swing
High levels of arousal, which primarily result in performance anxiety, can prove to be a negative and evidently a destructive state if left neglected and uncontrolled.
Performance
Psychologically speaking, here’s the reason we’re drawn to this frustrating, exhilarating sport
In its simplest translation, the reinforcement pattern that blooms into addiction must entail high levels of reward and amusement without the predictability factors which can trigger boredom.
How to hit more fairways; 4 experts demonstrate their secrets to consisitency
Hitting more fairways is one of the first steps in executing a plan to lower your score. When you miss the fairway, that puts you in recovery mode, which means added strokes. Not to mention the frustration that comes with chipping out of the trees or losing a ball. We asked four expert coaches what […]
The Rules of Golf limit you to a maximum of 14 clubs. But why?
In the four centuries golf has been played, the limit on the number of clubs you can carry is relatively recent. Prior to 1938, golfers often carried two dozen or more.
Can your equipment do more to help your golf game?
Fairways spoke to Cameron Jacobs from TaylorMade’s Performance Lab to find out what custom fitting and new R&D can do for us today.
Beware the golf gods or carry on at your peril
Bragging, boasting and excessive celebration are all destined to anger the golf gods says David Goodman, leading to untold misery.
Unsolved mysteries. Is the course marshal a friend or foe?
Golf industry analyst David Goodman has the answer but he may find himself red-flagged next time he comes face to face with a live one.
The three bad ‘lies’ every golfer should know
Industry analyst David Goodman is back to knock a hole in some of the so-called realities that we take for granted about golf.
Welcome to the awesome world of golf
Fairways columnist David Goodman rediscovers something about the game of golf when he teaches his aging cousin to play.
