Four members only, Golf Smarter Number 342, published on July 17, 2012.

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The regular golfer, they don't have the time to practice. Professional golfer, that's his whole life.

Practicing, getting in shape, being disciplined, and things like that.

But you always have time to work on your mental game, whether you're at work or whether you're

commuting. If you start understanding your emotions, what affects your mental game. Like when you're

driving, if it's traffic, if you're getting angry, that's a great opportunity to work on your mental

game. Hey, I have a fact there's traffic. I'm getting upset. This is a good chance to work on your mental game. Hey, I have a fact, there's traffic, I'm getting upset.

This is a good chance to work on my mental game. And there's countless times during the day

when you run across negative emotions. Most people just accept their negative emotions during the

daytime because it doesn't affect their performance as quickly as it does on the golf course.

More of the mental keys to improve your golf with Michael Anthony.

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Welcome back to Golf Smarter for Members Only, Michael.

Hi, Fred. How you doing today?

I'm doing fine. It's interesting. We recorded our first episode before the U.S. Open,

and here we are a couple days after the U.S. Open, and not something I, you know, I don't spend a lot of time talking about the PGA Tour. I don't have the resources, but I have a television, and I think the majors are a different story, and the fact that it was right here in the Bay Area where you and I both live. That makes it kind of fun. Did you get a chance to go out there at all? I didn't get a chance to go out there. I was pretty much glued to the screen watching everything was going on. And all of a sudden my girlfriend came in and she said, oh, Michael, I left my wallet, my purse and blah, blah, blah. So, of course, I had to come to her rescue and and i miss i think the last four holes and when i left uh you know web simpson he was uh one shot

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