I know of some guys who say golf is 80% mental and 20% physical when you get to a high level, and others who say the opposite.
If you can, please state how many years you have been playing or your handicap.
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There is a relationship to Handicap and the Mental/Physical ratio. For most beginners it is 99% physical for advanced players, it is 85% mental. Once your handicap is down to low single digits, your swing mechanics are very good, it is the mental mistakes that cost you strokes. (i.e. Choosing the wrong club, allowing a bad swing thought in during takeway, misreading a putt) but if you are a 10 -20 handicapper there is probably a 50/50 balance of needing a better swing/grip and making better choices and learning to develop positive imagery of your shot… Hope that helps
BTW. I am a single digit handicapper..
I say 1% Percent Mental
The WHOLE game is mental! I mean, look at the clothes!
The only handicap is the one that stop golfers playing a proper sport like football!
I think you are mental and possibly handicapped.
Me and a friend of mine tried to convince his flat mate of this exact thing.
We were saying that everyone in the world is bad of golf, and its entirely mental.
There is no one in the world that plays good golf based on what they expect. It is a mind sport, you are only playing against yourself, you are the only variable in the equation.
it’s not the game it’s the players
all of it , you’ve got to be mental to play
mentally depressing!!
It’s 100% mental mate one day I’m on top of the world the next I want to hang my self from the nearest tree. Bloddy game
P.s. Been playing for 15yrs
Handycap: Golf
It’s all mental…whacking a little ball round with a stick putting it in a little hole and then taking it straight out again…
My handicap is 6 and I have played for many,many years. Last year I played with a Scottish Pro who is on the 2nd tier Tour and I asked him the same question. His response was 70% mental and 30% skill which makes sense since once you have mastered the basics then hitting shots becomes 2nd nature. However, you do have to psyche yourself up for some shots and I am sure there are plenty questions you can ask yourself when you have failed to pull off a particular shot e.g. Water between you and the green. Do you look at the water and think dont put it in there or do you look at the green and wonder how close you can get to the pin. The old saying is Garbage in- Garbage out. The prime example of positive thinking is Tiger who has the ultimate belief in his ability and seeks only a way to do it e.g. he decided he couldn’t win the Open with a Driver off the tee so he changed his game plan and accepted he would have to hit longer shots into the green. He also accepted that short shots into the green would not get him any closer to the Pin so that has to be a good example of having the basics then attuning the mind to enact them.
is all mental …. equipments do play a part but the brain and the skill drives it. what is the best clubs in the world to you if you do not have the mental ability to control and overcome them
i play for for 10 years 15 handacap, it 50 50
Golf is 90% mental, and 10% mental.
All i can say, is that it is 100% mental. When your out on the course, think about how you take each shot. You have to visualize where ur gonna hit it. You also have to forget about bad shots and move onto the next, which is very hard for alot of people to do. You just have to tell yourself that you can do it and you will.
100% of the game is mental!!!! no matter how long you’ve been playing. i’ve played about 5 years.
i think golf is 90 percent mental. i am 15 years old and have been playing for my school for two years now. an example of how menal the game is this: i normally will shot in the low 40s on nine holes of golf. well, this one day i played against a girl i had never played before, she had the worst ettiquite ive ever seen. she wouldnt wait for you to hit, walk in your line. she tried to call me out on one hole(after i hit it in the hazard). anyway, the point is she pissed me off and i shot a 63-for 9 holes!!