Mind Caddie - Improve Your Mental Golf Game

Get a personalised mental game plan with Karl AI. Start Your 7-Day Free Trial Now. https://mindcaddie.app.link/B8OMj7jVv6b The secret to a better golf swing isn't in your hands, your shoulders or your club — but in your feet? On this episode of The Mind Caddie Podcast with Karl Morris, Karl welcomes Terry Hashimoto, one of the leading experts in golf biomechanics, pressure mapping and ground reaction forces. Terry has spent decades studying what happens beneath a golfer's feet, working with elite players and developing technology designed to make complex golf science accessible to everyday golfers. Terry is the creator behind AI Sensor and The Golf Number, innovative technology that measures how pressure moves through your feet during the golf swing. His mission is to turn pressure mapping from an expensive, complicated teaching tool into a practical training system that helps golfers understand what they are actually doing — rather than what they think they are doing. In this fascinating, funny and occasionally sweary conversation, Karl and Terry explore why pressure transfer could be the missing piece in your golf game, how poor foot pressure can contribute to coming over the top, and why simply understanding where your pressure is moving may help you improve swing path, balance, rotation and distance. Terry doesn't pull his punches. He challenges conventional golf instruction, questions the obsession with swing positions and argues that golfers can sometimes improve faster by learning to feel their movement instead of filling their heads with mechanical thoughts. And for Karl, there's a fascinating connection between Terry's work and the mental game: the difference between thinking about what your body should do and actually sensing what your body is doing. Whether you're a club golfer looking to improve your ball-striking, a golf coach interested in biomechanics, or a player fascinated by the future of AI golf technology, this episode offers plenty to challenge your thinking. In this episode, we explore: The hidden power of ground reaction forces: Why what happens beneath your feet matters so much to your golf swing. The three pressure mistakes that can wreck your swing: How pressure moving towards your toes, arriving too late on your lead side, or moving backwards before impact can affect your shots. Why golfers come over the top: Terry explains his controversial view on swing path and why foot pressure could be a crucial part of the solution. The AI Sensor and Golf Number: How pressure-mapping technology turns your swing into a score, providing immediate feedback and a practical way to train. Feel versus mechanical thinking: Karl and Terry discuss why sensing your body may be more effective than filling your head with swing instructions. The future of golf coaching: Why Terry believes expensive, complicated pressure-mapping systems can become more accessible, helping golfers and coaches make better use of technology. Terry also shares his remarkable journey from professional golf and golf manufacturing to sports technology, explains why he believes training should be more competitive and engaging, and reveals how a little frustration can sometimes be the catalyst for real improvement. Find out more about AI Sensor: https://AISensor.live Buy the Mind Caddie book: Mind Caddie: Become Mentally Strong, When It Counts. Become a Certified Mind Factor Coach: www.themindfactor.com Join the Mind Caddie community: www.mindcaddie.golf Shop with code : MINDFACTOR10 at checkout for 10% OFF your next order at www.fenixxcell.com @fenixxcell Explicit content: This episode contains strong language.

Get a personalised mental game plan with Karl AI. Start Your 7-Day Free Trial Now. https://mindcaddie.app.link/B8OMj7jVv6b John Dunigan thinks improving your golf swing is not actually the key to improving your golf? In this episode of The Mind Caddie, Karl Morris is joined by renowned golf coach and skill-acquisition specialist John Dunigan for a conversation that challenges one of the biggest assumptions in modern golf coaching: that the swing itself is the skill. John's simple but powerful phrase — "The swing is not the skill" — becomes the starting point for a much deeper discussion about how golfers actually learn to play better. Instead of obsessing over positions, mechanics and what the golf swing looks like, Karl and John explore what really matters: what you are trying to make the golf ball do, your awareness of the clubface, intention, feel, feedback and your ability to develop adaptable skills on the course. PGA Tour Coach and Master Coach - John Dunigan explains why watching the steering wheel while driving would be just as strange as watching your putter during a stroke, and why golfers can become trapped trying to control movements rather than learning to control outcomes. The conversation moves into putting, clubface awareness, shot shaping, practice design and the importance of experimenting with different outcomes rather than treating every mistake as failure. There is also a fascinating discussion about curiosity rather than judgment — using errors as information and learning from your own patterns and experience. As John puts it, golf can become an ongoing scientific experiment: see the shot, feel the movement, do it, review it, and learn from what happened. For golfers heading into the winter practice season, this episode offers a very different way of thinking about golf improvement, practice, swing mechanics and performance under pressure. If you've ever stood on the range trying desperately to perfect your swing, only to discover that the beautiful swing doesn't necessarily produce better scores, this conversation could change the way you practise. The swing is not the skill. The swing is there to serve the shot. 🏌️ Why the golf swing should serve the shot — rather than become the goal itself 🎯 Clubface awareness, intention and why learning to control the ball matters more than perfect positions 🧠 How curiosity, experimentation and learning from mistakes can transform your practice and performance More about John Dunigan: https://www.johndunigangolf.com Buy the Mind Caddie book: Mind Caddie: Become Mentally Strong, When It Counts. Become a Certified Mind Factor Coach: www.themindfactor.com Join the Mind Caddie community: www.mindcaddie.golf Shop with code : MINDFACTOR10 at checkout for 10% OFF your next order at www.fenixxcell.com @fenixxcell

Get a personalised mental game plan with Karl AI. Start Your 7-Day Free Trial Now. https://mindcaddie.app.link/B8OMj7jVv6b Playing better golf starts with accepting bad shots rather than trying to prevent them. In this episode of The Mind Caddie, Karl Morris is joined by golf performance coach Jim Waldron for a deep dive into the mental game of golf, golf psychology, performance under pressure and the mind-body connection. They explore why acceptance can be the foundation of better performance — and why trying to control your swing, your thoughts and your outcomes can actually make your golf worse. In this episode: Acceptance and the mental game — why accepting every possible outcome can reduce threat and free you to perform. The yips and performance anxiety — why resistance can reinforce the yips and how changing your relationship with them can help. "Let's see what happens" — the simple mindset used by elite players to reduce emotional attachment to the outcome. Swing thoughts and overthinking — why micromanaging tiny movements on the golf course can interfere with natural movement and skill. The mind-body connection — using focused awareness and feel, particularly through the hands, grip and body, rather than constantly thinking about technique. Playing golf with freedom — moving from hope and fear towards acceptance, confidence, focus and a more carefree approach to performance. A compelling conversation about golf mental toughness, confidence, focus, the yips, mindfulness, golf performance coaching and how to access the skills you already have. Buy the Mind Caddie book: Mind Caddie: Become Mentally Strong, When It Counts. Become a Certified Mind Factor Coach: www.themindfactor.com Join the Mind Caddie community: www.mindcaddie.golf Shop with code : MINDFACTOR10 at checkout for 10% OFF your next order at www.fenixxcell.com @fenixxcell

📖 Get a FREE chapter from the Amazon best-seller Mind Caddie Book: https://bit.ly/4yUqY0Q What if your worst golf could teach you more than your best? In this episode of Mind Caddie, Karl Morris talks to renowned performance psychologist Jared Tendler, author of Everyday Golf Psychology, about pressure, confidence, adaptability and why understanding your C game may be the key to becoming a more consistent golfer. Their conversation ranges from golf to professional poker, and explores how we can learn to research our own experience rather than simply trying to eliminate mistakes. In this episode: Why Jared's own experience of choking in US Open qualifying changed the direction of his career The surprising connection between golf psychology and professional poker Why every golfer has an A, B and C game – and why narrowing the gap matters How to recognise the early signs of pressure, anger and overconfidence Why journaling and researching your own experience can transform your relationship with the game How better practice, clear intention and commitment create a more reliable feedback loop Buy the Mind Caddie book: Mind Caddie: How to Become the Golfer You Know You Can Be Become a Certified Mind Factor Coach: www.themindfactor.com Join the Mind Caddie community: www.mindcaddie.golf Shop with code : MINDFACTOR10 at checkout for 10% OFF your next order at www.fenixxcell.com @fenixxcell

📖 Get a FREE chapter from the Amazon best-seller Mind Caddie Book: https://bit.ly/4yUqY0Q What happens when the interviewer becomes the interviewee? In this special episode of The Mind Caddie, Jim Waldron turns the tables on Karl Morris for a fascinating conversation about Karl's own journey through golf, coaching and the mental game. Karl reveals how a 30-year struggle with his own golf ultimately transformed his approach to performance coaching — and why he believes golfers often look for answers in completely the wrong place. In this episode: Karl's journey from teenage golfer to professional coach Why technical thinking can actually damage your golf His work with players including Louis Oosthuizen and Lee Westwood Why observation is the most important principle in the mental game How acceptance and gratitude can reduce the threat of golf Why creating your own definition of success could transform your game A revealing conversation about golf psychology, confidence, performance and what it really takes to play better golf. Perhaps the answer isn't another swing thought. Perhaps it's learning to stop thinking and start observing. Buy the Mind Caddie book: Mind Caddie: How to Become the Golfer You Know You Can Be Become a Certified Mind Factor Coach: www.themindfactor.com Join the Mind Caddie community: www.mindcaddie.golf Shop with code : MINDFACTOR10 at checkout for 10% OFF your next order at www.fenixxcell.com @fenixxcell

📖 Get a FREE chapter from the Amazon best-seller Mind Caddie Book: https://bit.ly/4yUqY0Q What if one of the quickest ways to lower your scores has almost nothing to do with changing your golf swing? In this episode of The Mind Caddie, Karl Morris is joined by world-renowned putting coach Phil Kenyon, who has worked with many of the very best golfers in the game, including Scottie Scheffler. Karl and Phil explore why putting represents such a huge opportunity for golfers at every level and why simply spending more time on the putting green doesn't necessarily lead to improvement. They break putting down into three crucial skills — face control, speed control and green reading — and discuss how to identify which area is actually costing you shots. Phil explains why green reading is better thought of as a prediction skill, how feedback accelerates learning, and why many golfers practise putting without ever really knowing what they're trying to improve. They also explore the difference between technical practice and performance practice, how elite players structure their putting sessions, and why understanding your own tendencies is far more valuable than constantly searching for the latest tip. Phil shares fascinating insights from his work with Scottie Scheffler, including the importance of trusting intuition, accepting the inevitable ebb and flow of performance and developing a clear, repeatable approach rather than constantly searching for something new. The conversation also looks back at legendary putting pioneer Harold Swash, Phil's mentor and one of the people responsible for establishing putting coaching as a specialist discipline. A fascinating conversation about putting, learning and performance — and why becoming a better putter may be one of the most accessible ways to become a better golfer. Why face control, speed control and green reading are the three fundamental elements of putting performance. How to identify the low-hanging fruit that could improve your putting fastest. Why green reading should be viewed as a prediction skill, not simply something you either have or don't have. A simple way of using feedback to improve your ability to predict break. Why hitting three balls repeatedly on the practice green may be doing very little for your game. How the world's best players structure putting practice around their individual tendencies and biases. Why performance practice is essential if you want your putting skills to transfer onto the golf course. What recreational golfers can learn from Phil's work with Scottie Scheffler. Why constantly searching for technical fixes can actually make performance more difficult. The importance of accepting the natural ebb and flow of performance. Why putting offers club golfers an enormous opportunity to lower scores without requiring elite physical capabilities. How Phil's approach has evolved from a prescribed putting method towards treating every golfer as an individual case study. The influence of legendary putting coach Harold Swash on Phil's career and modern putting instruction. Why great coaching isn't necessarily about having a single method — it's about finding the right solution for the player in front of you. Buy the Mind Caddie book: Mind Caddie: How to Become the Golfer You Know You Can Be Become a Certified Mind Factor Coach: www.themindfactor.com Join the Mind Caddie community: www.mindcaddie.golf Shop with code : MINDFACTOR10 at checkout for 10% OFF your next order at www.fenixxcell.com @fenixxcell

Congratulations to Ryan Fox, winner of this year's Open - So what separates major champions from everyone else? It isn't just talent or technique—it's the quality of their thinking under pressure. Fresh from an unforgettable week at Royal Birkdale, Karl Morris is joined by performance coach Randy Joyner to analyse Ryan Fox's remarkable Open Championship victory. Karl Morris has worked with Ryan for more than seven years, Karl shares an insider's perspective on the mental habits, decision-making and performance skills that helped turn a difficult opening round into one of golf's greatest triumphs. Together they explore the power of acceptance in action, why pursuing great shots beats avoiding mistakes, and how creating a clear intention before every shot allows your body to perform at its best. From Ryan's astonishing fairway bunker shot to his fearless approach on the final hole, this episode is packed with practical lessons every golfer can apply. Whether you're trying to lower your handicap or simply enjoy golf more, discover how to develop the mindset that allows you to perform with greater confidence, freedom and consistency. In This Episode: How Ryan Fox recovered from an ordinary opening round to win The Open Championship. The mental performance principles behind championship golf. Why acceptance in action is one of the most powerful skills in golf. The importance of creating a clear intention before every shot. How verbalising your shot improves commitment and execution. Why chasing great shots produces better results than avoiding mistakes. The "Super 6" strategy for staying present during a round. Lessons from watching Scottie Scheffler prepare and practise. What Ryan Fox's remarkable bunker shot reveals about freedom and creativity. Why routines should have rhythm—not become robotic. Separating your identity from your score to perform under pressure. Practical ways golfers of every level can improve their mental game immediately. Buy the Mind Caddie book: Mind Caddie: How to Become the Golfer You Know You Can Be Become a Certified Mind Factor Coach: www.themindfactor.com Join the Mind Caddie community: www.mindcaddie.golf Shop with code : MINDFACTOR10 at checkout for 10% OFF your next order at www.fenixxcell.com @fenixxcell Ryan Fox, Open Championship, The Open, Karl Morris, Mind Caddie, golf psychology, golf mental game, golf performance, golf mindset, sports psychology, Scottie Scheffler, Randy Joyner, golf coaching, golf confidence, mental toughness in golf, course management, playing under pressure, golf tips, lower scores, major championship golf.