THE ACADEMY
MIND
GAMES
Workshops help golfers
improve mental prowess
T
he game of golf is 90 percent men-
tal and 10 percent physical stated
the legend himself, Jack Nicklaus.
So can you actually improve your
mental fitness as it applies to golf? The an-
swer is an unequivocal "yes," especially if
you sign up for a mental golf workshop at
The Academy at Indian Wells Golf Resort.
Sessions may be booked at an individual
level, or at a group level that can be organ-
ized into a seminar taking place in a class-
room setting, says The Academy's PGA Lead
Instructor Bobby Farnham.
"The mental golf workshop begins with
students taking an online test before actually
showing up for an in-person session," Farn-
ham said. "At this point the coach and stu-
dent go through the DISC profile, which is
essentially a golf personality report that
touches on all things taking place before,
during and after a round. It shows the golfer
and the coach things that both work for and
against the player and how to improve on
all of these areas."
Farnham adds that half of the report is a
workbook that begins at the in-person ses-
sion and continues to develop over time.
This leads to a systematic approach for how
to improve on tendencies that need im-
provement and to understand the strengths
that student has in place.
Farnham agrees with Nicklaus on the role
of the mental game in golf, saying that while
golf is a sport that requires a great deal of
physical skill, it is also a sport that requires
players to analyze, observe, make adjust-
ments, assess risk and control emotions.
"The main difference in golf verses other
sports is we are rarely in a reactive space,
which gives us much more time to think and
dwell in our heads," he said. "It is easy to
get lost in negative thoughts or emotions,
making it difficult to execute at a high level.
By putting time and work into your mental
game you learn these things that help free
you up to play your best."
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> CLICK HERE to contact PGA
Lead Instructor Bobby Farnham
of The Golf Academy at IWGR
for mental game workshops.
Further opportunities for game
improvement include Trackman
Bays, Player Development
Programs, Lesson Packages,
Junior Programs, Corporate
Instruction, Academy
Memberships and more.
Mental workshops help golfers get better at making adjustments,
assessing risks and controlling their emotions on the course.
