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The 5 Moments Your Golf Brain Costs You Shots
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Most golfers think they lose shots because of their swing.
But if your swing was working on the range… chances are it’s not your swing costing you strokes on the course.
It’s what happens in a handful of very specific mental moments during the round.
In this episode, Kathy walks through 5 moments where golfers commonly lose control of their minds — and their scorecards:
⛳ The first tee
⛳ After the first mistake
⛳ Mid-round mental drift
⛳ When the score starts to matter
⛳ The final holes when golfers start protecting instead of playing
You’ll learn why these moments feel so hard, what your brain is actually doing, and why most golfers don’t have a process for handling them.
If you’ve ever thought:
“I know I can play better than this…”
This episode is for you.
Plus, Kathy shares details about her new program, The Master Your Golf Brain System— a complete mental game system designed to help golfers stop hoping their brain behaves on the course and finally build a process they can trust.
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