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Meditation and Golf

The Practice of No Practice

January 8, 2023 by Stephen Altschuler Leave a Comment

My current post, The Practice of No Practice, applying the Taoist practice of wei wu wei to golf can be found at golf360.substack.com.  Thank you for your attention. Hey, y’all, I’ve been busy writing another book. I just launched it on Amazon and I encourage you to purchase it. It has a number of elements […]

Filed Under: backswing, Balance, Downswing, Famous Golfers, Golf, golf and the mind, Meditation and Golf, mental game, Owning your swing, pace, Practice

Deconstructing Putting

July 10, 2022 by Stephen Altschuler Leave a Comment

This post can be found at golf360.substack.com. Enjoy!

Filed Under: backswing, British Open, Famous Golfers, Fundamentals, Golf, golf and the mind, Golf courses, links golf, Meditation and Golf, mental game, Patience, Putting, short game, slow play, St. Andrews, Swing tips, The Majors, Tiger Woods, Women's golf

The One Critical Swing Thought for Success

June 4, 2022 by Stephen Altschuler Leave a Comment

This particular post is available at golf360.substack for a fee of $5/mo. or $50/year via substack. Just follow the prompts to subscribe. Other posts are periodically offered for free and are posted here or at 360golf.substack.com. They are free subscriptions. Thank you.

Filed Under: Golf, Golf Improvement, Meditation and Golf

A Game for all Seasons…almost

November 6, 2021 by Stephen Altschuler Leave a Comment

Now I’m not suggesting you play golf as I did at 17 in Philly with temperatures hovering at 32 degrees, the ground frozen solid with patches of snow and ice on and around the creeks and ponds, and me wearing three sweatshirts, wool cap pulled down over my ears, and longjohns with heavy pants, with […]

Filed Under: backswing, Downswing, Fundamentals, Golf, Golf courses, GPS, inspiration in golf, Meditation and Golf, mental game, Putting, St. Andrews, The drive

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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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

What We Can Learn from Matt Jones

March 22, 2021 by Stephen Altschuler Leave a Comment

When I was a youngster, my childhood hero was Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier, as the song went. Read his bio four times, had a coonskin hat, watched Fess Parker and the Disney flick, the works. After many adventures, Davy made his way to the Alamo and fought to his death among all […]

Filed Under: backswing, Confidence in golf, Famous Golfers, Fundamentals, golf and the mind, golf consciousness, Golf courses, Golf professional, Meditation and Golf, mental game, Mindful golf, Owning your swing, slow play Tagged With: Amazon, Davy Crockett, JT, Kevin Na, Kickstarter, Matt Jones, Old Tom Morris, Sergio, the Alamo, Young Tom Morris

The Lesson

March 18, 2021 by Stephen Altschuler 2 Comments

Well, I finally did it, thanks to a gift from my golf bud, Steve P. I took the plunge and saw the very able pro at Tri Mountain in Ridgefield WA, Michael Parker. Essentially, he diagnosed this old fart with a kind of old-fart kind of a swing. This was a bit of a rude […]

Filed Under: backswing, Balance, Confidence in golf, Downswing, Enlightened Golf, Famous Golfers, Fundamentals, golf and the mind, golf consciousness, Golf Improvement, Golf professional, Meditation and Golf, mental game, Mindful golf, Patience, Practice, Swing tips, The drive, Tiger Woods Tagged With: Bryson DeChambeau, Justin Thomas, Lee Westwood, Mo Norman

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