The way you speak and your inner dialog will have a direct effect on your golf game. If you say, "I hope I'll make this putt" or "I hope my golf game improves" nothing is going to change. Change comes from doing. You got to get out there and practice.    You've heard it said, "How do you get to Carnegie Hall? The answer lies in practice, practice, and practice."

Jack Nicklaus said, "Confidence is the golfer's greatest weapon." Meg Mallon, Women's Open champion said: "It's confidence, confidence, confidence, confidence."

One can not succeed at being pretty good or the very best unless they practice. Lee Trevino said if you practice enough and get tremendous amount of confidence, and that's where confidence comes from.  

A good game comes from practice.  If you practice, you have confidence. You have confidence because you've practiced.  Not only will you withstand pressure situations; you'll have a greater perspective on the game.

"Golf is 90% Mental" - Jack Nicklaus
Some 20-years ago, an obscure doctoral study elaborated on the characteristics of good vs. champion golfers.

These are the 8 characteristics of champion golfers:
1. Focus and Concentration.
2. Abstract thinking.
3. Emotional Stability.
4. Dominance.
5. Tough-mindedness.
6. Confidence.
7. Self-sufficient.
8. Balanced state (not tense but not completely relaxed either).

Now, no one has a handle on all these characteristics, but we can work on many of them. For instance, no one can make you feel inferior with your consent; how you see yourself is the way you'll wind up.

The aim is self-development. Each time you challenge and gain traction you'll diminish the fear a little bit. You'll never eradicate the fear of losing. I think it's part of the way we're put together as humans; a healthy "pay attention counselor" signpost along the way. The point is, by challenging our fear we diminish it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than challenging it. The fearful get caught by lost opportunities as often as the bold gain new opportunities.

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"If a lot of people gripped a knife and fork the way they do a golf club, they’d starve to death." Slammin’ Sammy Snead.

 The Proper Golf Grip

 Inspect your grips so they are not too small or slippery which would make you hold on much too tight.  Make sure it’s not too worn.

There is no proper grip. The proper grip is the grip that works best for you. But there are certain basic styles and methods that fit well for many players and pros of which you should be aware.

Grips vary among players but the basics are to grip the club with the left hand and put your thumb along the shaft of the club. Visualizing an imaginary line between your thumb and index finger, it should be pointing toward your right eye. Wrap your right hand over your left hand with your left thumb inside your right palm. This is the basic grip.

Gripping a club too tight with the right hand often causes the ball to hook towards the left. But the opposite is true with a slice. Too weak a grip creates an open club face causing your ball to slice to the right. Practice at a golf driving range by making small adjustment to your grip. A small adjustment to your grip can make a big difference and is one of the most common ways to correct a slice.

Hand placement on the club guides the ball and the wrist movement in the swing is the power of the game.
Your hand should be place in equal formation with the bottom hand as the stronger hand. If you are right handed, the bottom hand is the strong  trailing hand. 

Again, if you grip the club too tight it will cause the ball to slice. A light grip makes for easier wrist and you will begin to the feel your arms and hands become more relaxed. By gripping more in the fingers than the palms of your hand you will notice more of an increase in your wrist movement and that can result in longer shots. One common mistake with golfers is that they place the club more in the lead hand palm than the do in the fingers. With such a technique the drive lacks power and the ball will slice.