Vijay Singh, Masters and PGA Champion, says, "ZEN GOLF is the best book there is for connecting golf and the mind together. It's for everyone, and you're going to enjoy it. I keep it in my golf bag and take it with me everywhere." Charles Howell III says, "The techniques in ZEN GOLF for working with negative thoughts are better than any other psychological approach." In chapters such as "Never Keep More Than a Hundred Thoughts in Your Mind During Your Swing", "Isn't Where You Have to Play It From Punishment Enough?" and "How to Enjoy a Bad Round of Golf", the Dr. Joe Parent, a PGA TOUR Instructor, guides golfers with simple yet powerful techniques to prepare for, execute, and, equally important, respond to the results of any golf shot. The author draws on his teaching experience and sense of humor to offer special methods that have led to amazing improvements in the games of professionals and amateurs alike. By applying classic insights and stories from the Buddhist tradition to the challenges of golf, ZEN GOLF shows you how to make your mind an ally instead of an enemy: how to stay calm, clear the interference that leads to poor shots, and eliminate bad habits and mental mistakes. Clear, concise, and enlightening, this book introduces a unique perspective combining modern psychology, Buddhist wisdom and professional golf instruction. Zen Golf shapes ancient philosophies into new teachings, leading golfers to the effortless focus and unconditional confidence of being in "the zone."
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Acknowledgments Introduction Part 1:A Different Perspective Empty Your Cup Four Kinds of Students Thinking Outside the Box Par for the Course Cover the Roads with Leather How Big Is Your Mind? You Are Not Your Thoughts Basic Goodness Unconditional Confidence Clearing the Interference A Perfect Swing Part 2:The PAR Approach PREPARATION Waht Is Your Target? Your Mind's Eye The Vividness of the Moment Where IS Your Target? Don't Hit It into the Lake Be Decisive Bacon and Eggs Breakfast More Curious Than Afraid Natural Commitment Avoid the Anyways Dive Under the Waves Cool, Calm, and Collected Listen to Your Intuition Center of Gravity Remember to Breathe Cultivating and Strengthening Awareness ACTION How to Get from the Practice Tee to the First Tee Transitions Synchronizing Body and Mind Give It Time to Sink In Never Keep More Than a Hundred Thoughts in Your Mind During Your Swing During Your Swing Is Not the Time to Give Yourself a Lesson Give Up Control to Get Control You Produce What You Fear Hitting the Target Ten Thousand Times in a Row In Golf We Trust Can You Put a Cat in a Box? To Care or Not to Care How to Make Every Putt Putt with Imagination Don't Count Your Money The Slow-Motion Walk-Up Not Too Tight, Not Too Loose Beware of Trying for a Few Extra Yards Nothing Special, Nothing Extra RESPONSE TO RESULTS The Post-Shot Routine Thanks for the Memories The Angry Guy How to Make a Flower Blossom Pebbles in the Bowl Untie the Sandbags Fire Your Evil Caddie Isn't Where You Have to Play It from Punishment Enough? Accentuate the Positive Uplifted Body, Uplifted Mind Yoy Can't Stop the Waves, but You Can Learn to Surf Why Are You Still Carrying Her? These Things Come and Go Overcoming Self-Sabotage Patience Pays Take Your Medicine How to Enjoy a Bad Round of Golf Who Knows What's Good and What's Bad? Part 3:a Game of Honor Chi Chi's Prayer Shambhala Golf A Warrior's Dignity Gentle, Inquisitive, Fearless Index of Exercises References and Recommended Reading Zen Golf Lessons
