The Now Golfer: The Psychology of Better Golf - Paperback

by Don Lay (Author), Preston Waddington (Author)

THE NOW GOLFER is a new golf psychology book that offers players the essential mental and emotional skills to improve their games and the quality of their golf experience. This book is for golfers...all golfers. Preston Waddington is a well- known psychoanalyst who has helped top professional golfers and other athletes to attain their peak performance. THE NOW GOLFER is an examination of the basic mental principles that apply to the actual playing of this very complex and demanding game. The most important point underlying the book is to make golf more fun for the player. This is the best golf book for players to learn golf skills to manage the mental aspects of the game.The authors acknowledge that every person who picks up a golf club has his or her own unique golf swing, style, and playing ability. Therefore, there are no mechanical instructions in this book. THE NOW GOLFER is about hitting the ball with the golf swing that you already possess while maximizing your ability, your score, and your enjoyment. The wisdom found in the pages of THE NOW GOLFER will help golfers handle struggles on and off the course. The authors provide readers with new ways to manage their thinking and their actions by tapping into the awareness and understanding of the ongoing mental and emotional processes - skills that are essential and invaluable in golf, and in life. Dr. Waddington's concepts and experience provide a reliable guide for making our world easier to see and to understand.

Author Biography

Dr. Preston L. Waddington, PHD, PA, is a Psychoanalyst in private practice specializing in top athletes, particularly golfers, helping them to perform to their maximum potential under pressure. Preston is a member of the International Association of Self Psychology and is certified by Westchester Institute for Training in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis. Don Lay is a former touring and teaching tennis professional. His students include the Kennedys, the Shrivers, Oleg Cassini, Peter Grace, Cliff Robertson, and Jimmy Buffett. Don's career on the tennis court, along with his background in psychology, has made him a lifetime student of how athletes learn, and how best to communicate this process. Don is currently a golf psychology writer for TeeTimes Magazine.