Better Golf, Better Life™
An essential new golf book:
A different approach to playing better golf, which can also improve your life.
by Richard Goldberg MD
Your golf game will improve when you
start to play golf to become a better person, not just a better golfer.
…you’re falling short of your golf potential?
…that playing better golf remains just beyond your grasp?
…that you’re stuck despite new clubs, more lessons, more rounds?
…that you should be getting better at this game, but it isn’t happening?
Do you feel…
You can learn to unlock the transformative power of golf
A book for golfers and for those living with and trying to understand golfers.
Will awaken golfers to an understanding of how the everyday challenges of golf contain overlooked possibilities for self-development.
Shows you how knowledge you can gain on the golf course can and should be brought into your everyday life.
Lessons from this book are intended to complement and enhance the value of technical golf instruction.
Better Golf, Better Life™
This is also a book about and for the spirit which will help golfers connect with something beautiful and powerful that is at the heart of this remarkable game.
Contents
In 146 pages, 34 brief essays have applications for every age and every level of golfer. You truly don’t even have to play golf to benefit from the lessons in this book.
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1. The Fundamental Importance of Self-awareness
2. Breaking the Chain of Excuses 3. Stop Over-reacting 4. Slow Down 5. It’s Time to Own Your Swing -
6. Battling Input Overload
7. Your Round Begins When You Wake Up
8. Before You Tee Off
9. Thoughts On Pre-Shot Routine
10. First Tee Jitters
11. Breathing Your Golf Swing
12. The Brain Does Not Hear No
13. Learn To Meditate: Will This Be the Year?
14. Basics of Mindfulness Meditation for Golfers
15. Managing Yourself Between Shots
16. Putting: Two Technical Foundations
17. Still Looking for the Right Putter? -
18. Fore Your Health
19. Golf Is About Doing the Right Thing
20. I Just Don’t Want to Be Here Anymore
21. Wherever The Ball Is You’ve Got That Shot
22. Letter From an Aging Golfer
23. How We See Things: It’s Always About Ourselves
24. Do We Have to Play Cypress Point to Be Happy?
25. Make Yourself into a Believer -
26. There’s Something Greater Going On
27. Don’t Make Golf a Battle with Problems
28. Getting Off the Bogey Train
29. What Is the Zone and How Do You Find It?
30. We Can’t Control Our Way to Better Golf
31. Beginners Golf Mind
32. Posture Matters
33. Some Zen Principles for Golf
34. Asking the Right Questions
About Dr Rich Golf
Richard J. Goldberg. M.D. is Professor (Emeritus) of Psychiatry & Human Behavior at the Warren Alpert School of Medicine of Brown University. Dr. Goldberg is the Founder of Dr. Rich Golf, a bespoke golf mental coaching program.
Dr. Rich Golf was forged from a lifetime of golf, personal inquiry, and professional work. Throughout my 45-year career in psychiatry, I learned how people can change and grow. During 25 years of competing in marathons and triathlons, I gained a personal understanding of how to mobilize performance psychology. For the past 50 years, I’ve thoughtfully engaged with meditation, mindfulness, and the study of Eastern philosophies, all of which provide invaluable skills that can help golfers of every level.
BETTER GOLF BETTER LIFE™
Uncover the better golfer that is already inside you
You know that 90% of golf is in your head.
BETTER GOLF BETTER LIFE™ will open this world of the mind for you
in new in unexpected ways.
Now is your time - with this book - to start your own journey to becoming
a better golfer and better person.
It is my sincere hope that you engage with the essential issues in this book. As you invite new insights into your personal life, your golf game will also improve. It has been a labor of love and it brings me great pleasure to share it with all of you.
As one reader said:
“Hey, I like to play golf, but I never realized how golf can help me become a better person and how learning about myself actually improved my golf game.”