That was an intersting perspective Okeefe! It is true that we seem to discount the mental aspect when we play well yet see it as one of the main reasons for shooting poor scores!

Yet it might just be thye exact opposite. What we want to do is learn exactly how we entered the state that allowed us to feel effortless and "mindless" in a way. We got out of our own way and allowed our natural abilities to come forth.

Our mind certainly can bail us out of a poor round yet it is when we are playing our very best that we should pay particular attention to as much of our mental game as possible. We only need do this after the round when we review it. This way we can notice our self talk, the way we used our imagination and our overall internal feelings of playing great golf.

This way we develop the mental awareness of how to recreate our own unique optimal performance states.

Hmm, perhaps a bit heavy of a post...yet it's a topic near and dear to me...

cheers all

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