About this episode

Jason Prendergast discusses the impact of fear on golf and shares techniques to improve focus.

Jason Prendergast is a longtime golf pro who has deeply analyzed how fear impacts the game.  He joins host Josh Karp to discuss his new book Dream Driven, the way the best players are able to contain the feeling of fear, and shares some putting techniques to dial in focus. For exclusive content and first access check out Corrected Mistakes on Substack: https://substack.com/@correctedmistake  Amazon Storefront: https://shorturl.at/K0UoA Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Josh Karp

Guest: Jason Prendergast

Topics covered

• fear in golf
• putting techniques
• mental focus
• golf performance
• sports psychology

Keywords

• golf
• fear
• putting
• focus
• sports psychology
• performance
• Dream Driven

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Dream Driven

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