Sweden’s Madelene Sagstrom is a fine example of a player with great self confidence and conviction. — AFP
AT the best of times amateur golfers find this a tough sport psychologically. A lot of it has to do with those negative thoughts – the ones that have us stiffen up over a shot and hit the ball to the exact place that we don’t want it to go.
With this, most club players want to shave a stroke or two, or more, off their scorecard. And many succeed by just toughening themselves up mentally.
