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Enlightened Golf

A most amazing golf shot heard, and seen, round the world

June 20, 2022 by Stephen Altschuler Leave a Comment

I don’t know about you but the last time I was in a fairway bunker with 160 yards to the green (at Pacific Dunes), I was thinking more about just getting out than reaching the green. But when England’s Matt Fitzpatrick found himself in this situation on the last hole of the 2022 U.S. Open […]

Filed Under: Enlightened Golf, Famous Golfers, Golf, golf and the mind, The Majors, The PGA, U.S.Open

What we can learn from…

February 20, 2022 by Stephen Altschuler Leave a Comment

Sahith Theegala had a great amateur career, won twice on the Korn Ferry Tour, but has never won on the PGA Tour, though he’s been in contention a couple times in this his rookie season. He drives to each tournament. His parents are immigrants from India. Sahith was born in Orange County, California. On Sunday […]

Filed Under: backswing, Confidence in golf, Course management, Downswing, Enlightened Golf, Famous Golfers, Fundamentals, Golf, golf and the mind, Golf Improvement, Golf professional, inspiration in golf, mental game, Mindful golf, Owning your swing, pace, Putting, short game, Suggestions for golf, The drive Tagged With: Bernhard Langer, Patrick Cantley, Sahith Theegala

Troubleshooting

October 12, 2021 by Stephen Altschuler 2 Comments

We’ve watched Phil get out of trouble time after time. We’ve watched Tiger get out of trouble often. And before these two magicians, we watched Arnold get himself out of trouble. But few of us have the skills of these experts, and practically all of us, handicappers and pros, get into trouble a number of […]

Filed Under: Confidence in golf, Downswing, Enlightened Golf, Fundamentals, Golf, Owning your swing, pace, Phil Mickelson, short game, Slowing down, Swing tips, The Downswing, The drive, Tiger Woods Tagged With: Arnold Palmer, Bryson DeChambeau, Jack Young

What we can learn from Patrick Cantley

September 6, 2021 by Stephen Altschuler 2 Comments

Patrick “Iceman” Cantley may well be our modern Ben Hogan, who was also known as the “Iceman.” In the last two tournaments of 2021, Cantley took down two of the best in today’s game, Bryson DeChambeau and Jon Rahm. Like David defeating Goliath, like the tortoise besting the hare, like the Trojan Horse deceiving and […]

Filed Under: Confidence in golf, Enlightened Golf, Famous Golfers, Fundamentals, Golf, golf values, inspiration in golf, Meditation and Golf, mental game, Mindful golf, Owning your swing, short game, Swing tips, The drive

The Element of Distraction and How to Overcome It

August 20, 2021 by Stephen Altschuler Leave a Comment

I had had a good practice session at the range the day before my round, and had high expectations for a major scoring accomplishment. But right from my first wayward tee shot, I could tell something was amiss, and, sure enough, I shot a rather miserable 47 front nine, pocked by bogeys and doubles and […]

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College Golf: Where are the Black and Brown Golfers?

June 2, 2021 by Stephen Altschuler 2 Comments

Please go to golf360.substack.com for the contents of this post. In fact, all my subsequent posts will be available via this new url. The archive at mindfulgolfer.com will remain intact for the time being. Thank you. Stephen

Filed Under: Enlightened Golf, Famous Golfers, Golf, Golf Improvement, Golf professional, golf values, Mindful golf Tagged With: Blacks in golf, George Floyd, Golf Channel, NCAA Division One college golf, racism, slavery, Tiger Woods

Notes, Questions, and My Two Cents

May 31, 2021 by Stephen Altschuler 2 Comments

Long hitting Jason Kokrak won his second tournament of the year at Ben Hogan’s old haunt Sunday, beating Jordan Spieth and his cheering minions by two shots.  I think if Kokrak can figure out how to control the spin of his wedges, he may be close to unbeatable. Faldo thinks he should get new wedges […]

Filed Under: Enlightened Golf, Famous Golfers, Golf, Golf courses, Golf professional, golf values, Phil Mickelson, Suggestions for golf, The PGA, Tiger Woods, U.S.Open, Women's golf Tagged With: Cameron Champ, Harold Varner III, Jason Kokrak, Jordan Spieth, Joseph Bramlett, Matthew Wolff

Learning from Fabulous Phil Mickelson

May 26, 2021 by Stephen Altschuler 6 Comments

The Mindful Golfer book, hardback, kindle, and audible editions, are now available. Please click on this photo to order your copy online!

Taking over five hours, with time between shots and holes, golf requires mental focus, perhaps more than any other sport. From three-foot putts to irons over water to drives down tight fairways, you need to stay focused to insure all your relevant body parts are in sync with your brain’s neurons; for anything out of […]

Filed Under: Confidence in golf, Enlightened Golf, Famous Golfers, golf and the mind, inspiration in golf, Meditation and Golf, mental game, Mindful golf, pace, Patience, Putting, U.S.Open Tagged With: Brooks Koepka, mental game, Old Tom Morris, Phil Mickelson

Swing Speed: The Good, the Bad, and the Hyperbole

April 5, 2021 by Stephen Altschuler 4 Comments

From the talking heads on TV to the touring pros themselves, swing speed is all the rage. Bryson DeChambeau is the current focus of the discussion, although he’s just doing his thing in order to win more tournaments. I don’t think too many others will take the time to put on 40 pounds of muscle […]

Filed Under: Confidence in golf, Enlightened Golf, Famous Golfers, Fundamentals, golf and the mind, golf consciousness, Golf professional, inspiration in golf, Masters, mental game, Mindful golf, pace, The Majors, The Masters, Tiger Woods, Women's golf Tagged With: Bryson DeChambeau, Jordan Spieth, Judy Rankin, Lydia Ko, Patty Tavatanakit, Rory McIlroy

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