Better Golf Daily: How to Coach Yourself

There's a voice in your head over every pressure shot, and most of us have never stopped to ask the obvious question — whose voice is it? On this one I get into why that voice keeps betraying you at the worst possible moment, and the strange one-word fix a University of Michigan researcher proved can change the whole thing. I'll show you why you're a brilliant coach for your friends and a total disaster for yourself — and how to close that gap right over the ball, in real time. It feels a little silly the first time you try it. Then it works, and you won't stand over a putt the same way again.