Relationship Between Bad Shots And Anger On The Golf Course (Video) - by Peter Finch
Relationship Between Bad Shots And Anger On The Golf Course (Video) - by Peter Finch

Every golfer knows that there is a relationship between having a bad feeling, between having negative outlooks on life and on golf, and bad shots. However you can go into it a little bit deeper and not just use anecdotal evidence. For example, you’ve been on a golf course I’m sure, anyone watching this, having hit a bad shot and by the time you reach where the ball has finished you’re still absolutely fuming with yourself about that shot you played. Now when you go play that shot, your judgement will be clouded, everyone kind of knows it, everyone knows it’s not ideal but it’s a very, very hard thing to deal with.

Getting angry also does a lot of different things to the body. For example if you get angry your adrenaline will increase, you go into a fight or flight mode where you’re either going to feel like you need to attack more the golf course, or you’re going to shrink away and become a little bit more timid, so that’s the first thing it’s going to do to the body. The second thing is going to put the mind into a mode where it feels it needs to be more aggressive. Now when your mind is an mode that needs to be aggressive, that means you’re not thinking clearly. You could get to the next shot, and the pin could be tucked away behind the bunker and you can be that frustrated, and I know a lot of people watching this and thinking, “yes, exactly this is what happens to me all the time,” approaching the next shot, attacking that tight pin because the brains is in a mode where it feels that it needs to, all of the sudden it’s got into the front bunker and it’s very hard up and down. Now rather than letting that go all of a sudden you’re angry about that shot, you’re angry about the shot before, so now when you reach the bunker you’re going to be even more frustrated. The next shot that you hit is also a pole one, you either leave it in the bunker or you hit it over the back of the green. Now all of the sudden that anger is mounting; you’ve hit three bad shots in a row and you are absolutely fuming. The chances of you getting up and down from that point are very, very slim, and the chances are you’re going to walk off that green exceptionally angry about the world. This will not only spoil your golf, it would spoil your enjoyment of this game as well. It has long lasting implications. If you can’t control your anger, it will affect your golf shots. If you can’t control your anger it will affect how you enjoy the game of golf in its entirety, and I have seen a lot of players walk away. So by using these mental tips, by allowing yourself to leave bad shots in the past, you will be out to play better golf and hopefully enjoy the game for what it is; very hard and frustrating. 2016-08-31

Every golfer knows that there is a relationship between having a bad feeling, between having negative outlooks on life and on golf, and bad shots. However you can go into it a little bit deeper and not just use anecdotal evidence. For example, you’ve been on a golf course I’m sure, anyone watching this, having hit a bad shot and by the time you reach where the ball has finished you’re still absolutely fuming with yourself about that shot you played. Now when you go play that shot, your judgement will be clouded, everyone kind of knows it, everyone knows it’s not ideal but it’s a very, very hard thing to deal with.

Getting angry also does a lot of different things to the body. For example if you get angry your adrenaline will increase, you go into a fight or flight mode where you’re either going to feel like you need to attack more the golf course, or you’re going to shrink away and become a little bit more timid, so that’s the first thing it’s going to do to the body. The second thing is going to put the mind into a mode where it feels it needs to be more aggressive. Now when your mind is an mode that needs to be aggressive, that means you’re not thinking clearly. You could get to the next shot, and the pin could be tucked away behind the bunker and you can be that frustrated, and I know a lot of people watching this and thinking, “yes, exactly this is what happens to me all the time,” approaching the next shot, attacking that tight pin because the brains is in a mode where it feels that it needs to, all of the sudden it’s got into the front bunker and it’s very hard up and down.

Now rather than letting that go all of a sudden you’re angry about that shot, you’re angry about the shot before, so now when you reach the bunker you’re going to be even more frustrated. The next shot that you hit is also a pole one, you either leave it in the bunker or you hit it over the back of the green. Now all of the sudden that anger is mounting; you’ve hit three bad shots in a row and you are absolutely fuming. The chances of you getting up and down from that point are very, very slim, and the chances are you’re going to walk off that green exceptionally angry about the world. This will not only spoil your golf, it would spoil your enjoyment of this game as well.

It has long lasting implications. If you can’t control your anger, it will affect your golf shots. If you can’t control your anger it will affect how you enjoy the game of golf in its entirety, and I have seen a lot of players walk away. So by using these mental tips, by allowing yourself to leave bad shots in the past, you will be out to play better golf and hopefully enjoy the game for what it is; very hard and frustrating.