Fearless Golf Conquering The Mental Game (Hardcover)

As Jack Nicklaus once observed, fear is the golfer’s greatest enemy, inspiring Tiger Woods to "refuse" to give in to this debilitating emotion. It can turn professionals into jelly, and it rules the games of most amateurs. It alters swing paths, causes “tap-in” putts to go awry, and transforms a golfer from a brilliant shot-maker on the practice range into an incompetent hack on the course.

Most golfers know this; they just don’t know what they can do about it. That’s where Gio Valiante comes in. A pioneering sports psychologist, Dr. Valiante has studied the sources of an athlete’s fear, investigated the physiological impact of fear on performance, and, most important of all, developed a groundbreaking program for conquering it. With Valiante's help, Chad Campbell recently moved from 98th in the world to 7th, and Justin Leonard went from 3 consecutive missed cuts to 3 consecutive top 10's. By applying Fearless Golf, Davis Love III went from 0 wins in 2002 to 4 wins in 2003, and Chris DiMarco made the 2004 Ryder Cup Team.

In FEARLESS GOLF, Valiante explains how fear plays havoc with physical motion and presents specific ways readers can break free of its grasp and perform at their best even under the most extreme pressure. Emphasizing the need to replace a fixation-on-results with a commitment to mastery of oneself and one's mind, his approach will not only help golfers reach their true potential, it will make playing every round fun again. With detailed instructions, and quotes and anecdotes given exclusively to Dr. Valiante from the best players in the game–including Jack Nicklaus, Davis Love III, Justin Leonard, Ernie Els, and other tour professionals, FEARLESS GOLF is the ultimate guide to the mental game, the hottest topic in golf today.