The Challenge of Dancing With the Golf Course: It’s New Every Time You Play with Dr. Joe Parent

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Josh Karp

Golf, Sports, Society & Culture

4.3 • 577 Ratings

🗓️ 30 June 2021

⏱️ 58 minutes

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799: Dr. Joe Parent, author of Zen Golf, the greatest mental game book in golf history, returns for a lively conversation about managing expectations, pressure putts, mindfulness as it relates to golf, and the mental keys to repeating great golf shots. Find Dr Joe at drjoeparent.com, zengolf.com, and on YouTube at Dr Joe Parent. Once there you’ll find playlists on Zen Golf Q&A, and Guided Mindfulness and Compassion meditations. Golf Smarter is a weekly entertainment service that enhances your game, so we’re now accepting tips on the homepage at GolfSmarter.com. Please show your support so that we can continue to provide weekly, helpful, and entertaining content. Your donation can be as much, or as little as you’d like. It can be a one time offering or your can even do it recurring. Thank you very much. This week on Golf Smarter Mulligans 115, we visit with Eben Dennis who has a fascinating history of working with legendary golf teachers. We also discuss his book Power-Feel-Golf. Golf Smarter and Golf Smarter Mulligans are brought to you by DynamicGolfers.com/golfsmarter. Join host Fred Greene and thousands of golfers around the world who start each morning with a short, yet effective video workout designed specifically for golfers to improve flexibility and mobility. Get your 7 day free trial and 15% off your membership with checkout ‘golfsmarter’ at DYNAMICGOLFERS.COM/golfsmarter.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	That's why we come back to the game for that feeling when it was so pure and we were out of our own way.
0:07.0	The club was swinging itself and that's the best feeling ever.
0:13.0	And when we have that feeling, why not say, you know what?
0:16.0	I'm going to prepare myself for this golf shot.
0:19.0	I'm going to pick a workable target. I'm going to pick a club that I trust and I'm going to prepare myself for this golf shot. I'm going to pick a workable target. I'm going to pick a
0:21.6	club that I trust. And I'm going to let the club swing itself. And my goal is to have this shot
0:30.0	feel as good as it can possibly feel. And if it does, usually those are very high quality shots.
0:37.1	There's a pretty close correlation between how good it feels coming off the club face
0:42.3	and it going pretty much the way you want it to go.
0:46.3	Not perfect, but a pretty high correlation.
0:48.8	So instead of thinking so much about your score and worrying about where the bad places you want to avoid are,
0:55.6	why don't you say, you know what, my goal is just like when I was a beginner.
1:00.0	I want to hit as many shots as I can that feel really good.
1:04.6	Golf Smarter, number 799.
1:08.0	This week's episodes of Golf Smarter and Golf Smarter Mulligans are brought to you by dynamic golfers.com slash golf smarter.
1:16.4	Get a seven-day free trial and 15% off your membership with checkout code, Golf Smarter.
1:24.8	The challenge of dancing with the golf course.
1:28.3	It's new every time you play with Dr. Joe Parent.
1:32.0	This is Golf Smarter.
1:34.6	Sharing stories, tips, and insights from great golf minds to help you lower your score and raise your golf IQ.
1:42.6	Here's your host, Fred Green.
1:45.3	Welcome back to the Golf Smarter Podcast, Dr. Joe.
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