Golf Temperament Tendencies – Think in terms of playing with positive energy throughout the round. David’s competitive and determined nature significantly impacts his golf temperament. He looks forward to competing against the course, other players and his own expectations. This competitive style works in his favor except when he tries too hard and creates excessive mental and physical tension that hurts his performance. David might set goals such as getting his scoring average to a certain level, qualifying for a particular tournament or achieving some other milestone for his game. These types of goals reinforce his feeling that golf is an ongoing competitive challenge. David might do well to focus on just one or two goals at a time and develop specific action steps for accomplishing them. The more specific the action steps, the more consistent he will be in implementing them. With David’s strong competitive temperament, he is quite results oriented and might be rather quick to anger when he doesn’t produce up to his expectations. When anger gets the best of him, it adversely affects his concentration, physical abilities and course management judgment. At his best, David takes the more productive path in dealing with frustration by giving himself a “get with the program” mental pep talk to clear his mind and turn anger back into positive mental energy. (Related strategies are on pages 14).
		Make notes on key points that have a positive or negative impact on your game.