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golf SMARTER

If You Enjoyed Golf More, You'd Play Better Not the Other Way Around

golf SMARTER

Josh Karp

Golf, Sports, Society & Culture

4.3 • 577 Ratings

🗓️ 3 July 2018

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

644: Dr. Joseph Parent, best-selling author of the most popular book on golf’s mental game “Zen Golf: Mastering The Mental Game” makes his twelfth appearance on Golf Smarter. (Check out his other incredibly helpful interviews on episodes #1,70, 77, 221, 222, 300, 331, 332, 382, 383, 521). He’s been the mental coach for numerous PGA and LPGA Tour players including Vijay Singh and Cristie Kerr in addition to countless up and coming golfers. If he can help the best players in the world on their mental approach to better golf, imagine what he can do for you. And this episode doesn’t disappoint. We talk about how reacting to your shot has an impact on your next one, the pre-shot and post-shot routines, putting, and his exclusive PARR approach to golf “Preparation. Action. Response to Results”. These are my favorite types of interviews because they can have an immediate impact on your next round, whether you’re practicing a lot or only hit balls when you play. He also introduces us to a fun new mental game golf product called Shoe Tips  This episode of Golf Smarter is brought to you by Peter Millar Golf. Head over to PeterMillar.com/GOLFSMARTER to check out some of my Peter Millar favorites. Use this link and you'll receive complimentary shipping and a free hat valued at $30! Peter Millar is a premium American lifestyle brand featuring a wide range of casual sportswear, tailored menswear, and luxury performance golf apparel.For exclusive content and first access check out Corrected Mistakes on Substack: https://substack.com/@correctedmistake  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Golf Smarter number 64 is brought to you by Peter Millar Golf.

0:05.6

Stay tuned to hear how you can get complimentary shipping and a free golf cap at petermalar.com

0:11.4

slash golf smarter.

0:13.3

That's M-I-L-L-L-A-R, PeterMillar.com slash golf smarter.

0:19.6

Good golf starts with, if you enjoy it more you'd play better not the

0:24.4

other way around with dr joseph parent this is golf smarter sharing stories tips and insights from

0:31.9

great golf minds to help you lower your score and raise your golf IQ. Here's your host, Fred Green.

0:40.2

Welcome back to the Golf Smarter Podcast, Dr. Joe.

0:44.0

Hello, Fred.

0:44.9

It's great to be back.

0:46.4

And back you are.

0:48.0

I was going through our database of episodes,

0:52.0

and of course, the most influential show that I've ever done, influential

0:57.7

in my mind because of how much it helped me, was episode number one back in 2005, and you

1:05.6

were episode number one. And it was because I had read Zen golf and was so taken by it that I thought,

1:14.5

this is where I want to start golf smarter, is by talking about mastering the mental game,

1:20.2

Zen golf, still probably the most popular mental game book in the world, correct?

1:28.3

It seems that way, and I'm very delighted about that.

1:32.4

It's, I never, I'm never complacent about it.

1:38.9

I'm always pleasantly surprised that it is still selling,

1:43.7

and it's exciting because it came out

1:47.3

18, no, 16 years ago. Wow. And so there are, I have junior students who were born after the book

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