Social Approval in Golf
As a golfer, do you tend to play better when you’re playing alone or with good friends and not play as well when you’re playing with people you don’t know?
Dr. Patrick Cohn, golf psychology expert and author of the Golfer’s Mental Edge CD program, teaches amateur to tour professional golfers how to improve their mental game of golf using golf psychology strategies developed over the last 20 years of his career.
In this week’s golf psychology session, mental game of golf expert and author of The Mental Game of Golf, Dr. Cohn, answers a question from an amature golfer who struggles to play with golfers she doesn’t know.
Here is the question Vivian asked this week:
“Why do I play golf so badly with people I don’t know but play well when I’m alone or when I play with friends?”
When you play with friends they already respect you on and off the course. You’re more comfortable with them verses people you don’t know.
You may be concerned with how they evaluate you or your game…
Listen to the audio below to hear what Dr. Cohn tells Vivian about worrying about social approval in golf:
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