Between the Ears: The Psychology of Golf

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Golf is played on the course, but much of the game happens between the ears. Between the Ears explores the psychology behind pressure, confidence, choking, the yips, concentration, decision-making, frustration, motivation, and the mysterious ability to stripe every shot on the range and lose your swing on the first tee. Drawing from sport psychology, cognitive science, neuroscience, and performance research, each episode explains what your mind is doing on the golf course and how to use it to play smarter, recover faster, and perform when it matters.

Episodes

  1. 6d ago

    When Four Feet Feels Like Forty: The Psychology of the Pressure Putt

    On the 18th hole at Wentworth, Manuel Elvira had a chance to complete the biggest victory of his career—but within minutes, the opportunity had disappeared. His final hole eventually came down to a short putt after several costly mistakes, demonstrating how dramatically the psychological meaning of a golf shot can change under pressure. Why can a putt a professional has made thousands of times suddenly become so difficult? The answer involves attention, automatic motor control, emotional regulation, and what happens when the brain begins thinking about consequences instead of simply performing the shot.

  2. Sep 20

    1. The Chip on Your Shoulder: When Rejection Makes You Play Better: J.J. Spaun

    J.J. Spaun arrived at Wentworth after being left off the U.S. Presidents Cup team and openly admitted he was carrying a “chip on my shoulder.” Then he birdied four of his final five holes, shot 67, and won the BMW PGA Championship by two. This episode examines why rejection sometimes produces extraordinary performance—and why the exact same emotion can destroy another golfer’s round

  3. Sep 20

    1. The Range Illusion: Why Your Swing Disappears When It Counts

    You stripe ten perfect 7-irons on the range, walk to the first tee, and suddenly the same swing seems to disappear. Why? The answer involves how we practice, how attention changes when consequences appear, and how pressure can interfere with movements that normally run automatically. This episode explains why a great range session may be a surprisingly poor test of whether your golf game is ready for the course and how to practice so that it transfers.

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Golf is played on the course, but much of the game happens between the ears. Between the Ears explores the psychology behind pressure, confidence, choking, the yips, concentration, decision-making, frustration, motivation, and the mysterious ability to stripe every shot on the range and lose your swing on the first tee. Drawing from sport psychology, cognitive science, neuroscience, and performance research, each episode explains what your mind is doing on the golf course and how to use it to play smarter, recover faster, and perform when it matters.

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