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The Authentic Swing

The Authentic Swing by Steven Pressfield is a valuable and enjoyable little book. Whether you harbour ambitions to become the next JK Rowling, or the next Rory McIlroy, there is gold hidden in these pages. I first came across it while researching a piece of work I was...

The Legend of Bagger Vance

The Bhagavad Gita is one of the foundational texts of the Hindu faith.It begins with the prelude to a great battle. Arjuna, a decorated warrior, has a crisis of confidence. He turns to Krishna, his charioteer, for advice and support. The conversation that follows is a...

Learning From Poor Golf

The best thing for being sad,” replied Merlin, beginning to puff and blow, “is to learn something. That’s the only thing that never fails. You may grow old and trembling in your anatomies, you may lie awake at night listening to the disorder of your...

Balancing Performance and Enjoyment in Golf

I recently offered a survey to all of my newsletter subscribers.  I was looking to get some feedback from golfers for the new book I’m writing. (If you would like to have a look at the survey, you can find it here) There were a number of interesting points which...

What Does Golf Mean to You?

A couple of weeks ago my electric toothbrush stopped working. It had been on its last legs for a few months so I wasn’t totally surprised when it finally expired. The following morning, I wandered down to the local shopping centre to buy a new one. A well-known chain...

Thinking Correctly Under Pressure

T-CUP – Thinking Correctly Under Pressure, is an acronym brought to prominence by England rugby coach Sir Clive Woodward during the successful 2003 World Cup campaign. Coaches and psychologists in all sports including golf, have spent thousands of hours trying to...