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The Golfing Bodymind — Introduction · Sandy Dunlop's guide to why your mental game breaks down
We live in an era where you can measure almost anything in golf. Trackman, force plates, 3D imagery, Gears, Whoop straps... there are numbers all over the place. But as Einstein told us, not everythin...
Golf anxiety pressure is not a flaw in your character. It is your nervous system doing exactly what it was designed to do... responding to perceived threat. The golf course, with its social exposure, ...
When golf and anxiety collide, the damage isn't just in your head. It's in your grip, your posture, your shoulders, and the rushed tempo that ruins an otherwise solid swing. Most golfers assume their ...
Did the Stoics help Rory McIlroy win the 2025 Masters? I believe they genuinely might have. At the press conference after the Rome Ryder Cup, Rory told us he read the Stoics. Not self-help books, not ...
When people ask me about Rory McIlroy's Masters mental game, they usually want to know about the shots, the putts, the moments of brilliance on camera. But I believe the greatest achievement in last y...
The golf putting yips are not a character flaw, a sign of weakness, or evidence that you've somehow forgotten how to putt. They are a nervous system event — a deeply patterned protective response wher...
Choking in golf is the sudden, involuntary collapse of skilled performance under pressure. It is not a character flaw. It is not weakness. It is a predictable neurological event where the prefrontal c...
The yips are not a technique failure. They are a nervous system event — a freeze response triggered by the autonomic nervous system when the brain perceives a threat that doesn't actually exist. If yo...
Golf first tee nerves are not a character flaw, a sign of weakness, or evidence that you lack competitive fibre. They are a precise, predictable activation of your autonomic nervous system (ANS) — spe...
What we're focusing on here is not just "warming up," doing a few stretches and hitting a few shots — but recognising that there is work to be done on the ideal state of mind you bring to the competit...
A golf flow state is what happens when mind and body are so fully integrated that you perform with an ease and efficiency you barely thought possible. It's not about being Rory McIlroy or Scottie Sche...
Every golfer who overthinks knows the frustration: you sense something is wrong in your swing, you try to fix it, and things get worse. The path to an effortless golf swing is not what you expect — it...
Understanding the difference between being in the golf zone and experiencing choking is essential for any golfer aiming for peak performance. The golf zone, often synonymous with flow or peak performa...
To stop overthinking your golf swing, shift your focus from conscious control to developing integrated, habitual movement patterns. Adopt a systems thinking approach that incorporates techniqu...