Why the Golf Course Feels Like a Threat, and How to Change That w/ Karl Morris

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Sep 28, 2026

Karl Morris, golf performance coach, author, and founder of The Mind Factor, explores the mental game behind better golf. He discusses attention, simplifying choices, trusting instinctive skills, and staying present between shots. They also unpack why the course can feel threatening, how to accept great, average, and poor shots, and ways to use humor, perspective, and personal challenges to make golf more enjoyable.

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Use A Plane Landing Image For Wedges

Replace technical swing instructions with vivid images that organize the movement naturally.
Karl Morris’s “plane landing” image helps golfers manage wedge contact by imagining smooth, aborted, or crash landings.

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Reclaim Attention From Golf’s Distractions

Before playing, expect attention to get pulled toward slow play, poor breaks, and irritating playing partners.
Label attention as useful or useless, then deliberately return it to the shot, the course, or another constructive focus.

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Play The Six Six And Six Attention Game

Use the time between shots to notice present sensory details instead of replaying the past or predicting the future.
Try six holes focused on sight, six on sound, and six on physical sensations such as your feet or breath.

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Karl Morris rejoins the show to discuss his new book, The Mind Caddie, and practical ways golfers can simplify the mental game and access more of the skill they already have. Karl explains why attention is such a powerful performance tool, how the time between shots can shape an entire round, and why golfers often make things worse by resisting bad shots, slow play, nerves, and other parts of the game they can’t fully control. They also explore Karl’s “ones, twos, and threes” framework for accepting the full range of shots you’ll hit, along with simple ways to use your senses, perspective, and humor to reduce the feeling of threat on the course.

Get Karl's new book here

Learn more about his services on his website here: https://themindfactor.net/

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