The Mental Mulligan

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By Rick V., Team Titleist Staff

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  1. Tyler H

    Tyler H
    Appleton, WI

    Solid advice Rick. I will have to try it out.

    TH
  2. Abby L.

    Abby L.
    Providence, RI

    Team Titleist Staff
    This is a fantastic piece of advice, Rick. I think I've noticed Tour players, such as Justin Thomas going through this process, especially after a missed putt. I'll be curious to try it out before it the temperatures drop too much in New England!

    Thanks!
    Abby
  3. Don O

    Don O
    Madison, WI

    Just need to take the mulligan before I swing. My tendency is to bail on the shot if there is a doubt. Don't swing until I only visualize with confidence. Thanks for the image!
  4. Sam K

    Sam K

    Nice advice and write up! I will give it a shot, Rick.

    Don, visualizing the shot prior to swinging is a huge part of my routine as well. It doesn't always happen the way I visualize it, but I am much more consistent when I can see the outcome I want in more detail than ball location alone.
  5. Todd T

    Todd T
    San Diego, CA

    Military
    I'll try it, but the bogey-stogie seems to work quite nicely!
  6. Ben A

    Ben A
    Los Gatos, CA

    This is great! Thanks for sharing!
  7. Chuck Z

    Chuck Z
    Mt Pleasant, SC

    Military
    Playing in a three day Senior Amateur Tournament starting tomorrow. Great timing. I'm sure there will be time when I will need a mental mulligan. I am a glutton for punishment, have interclub matches on Monday. Thanks Pal. Great advice. Is that sorta like Happy Gilmore going to a happy place? hahaha.....
  8. Jack H

    Jack H

    Good luck this weekend Chuck! Play well! Let us know how it goes.

    -Jack
  9. Jack H

    Jack H

    Great post! Any help on accepting poor shots is helpful. I find it a much easier game when you enjoy yourself and have fun.

    Thanks!
    -Jack
  10. richard f

    richard f
    Shildon

    That's good advice thanks
  11. augusto r

    augusto r
    ewa beach, HI

    thanks and much appreciated for the advice
  12. pulplvr

    pulplvr
    Spring, TX

    Military
    Rick, terrific thoughts. I'll remember to give this a whirl next time I'm on the course. I really could have used this mental mulligan concept at TPC Sawgrass.
  13. Steve R

    Steve R
    Madison AL

    Military
    Rick,
    Those are awesome thoughts. I can visualize using this as I type.
    Thank you my friend.
    Steve
  14. Chuck Z

    Chuck Z
    Mt Pleasant, SC

    Military
    Rick!

    It actually helped today. Thanks. Shot 42 (+6) on the front and came in on the back with a 35 (-1). Best round I have had in over four months and under tournament conditions. Your timing was perfect, at least for me. Thanks Pal.
  15. pulplvr

    pulplvr
    Spring, TX

    Military
    And where was this game at Sawgrass, my friend?
  16. Rick V., Team Titleist Staff

    Rick V., Team Titleist Staff
    Duxbury, MA

    Team Titleist Staff

    Chuck Z said:

    Rick!

    It actually helped today. Thanks. Shot 42 (+6) on the front and came in on the back with a 35 (-1). Best round I have had in over four months and under tournament conditions. Your timing was perfect, at least for me. Thanks Pal.

    Wow, congratulations, Chuck! What a turn-around on the back. Very glad the thought might have helped little!

    Rick
  17. Kevin N

    Kevin N

    I always remembered when I was a kid watching Seve play from places on the planet you would never think you would see a golf ball much less a successful recovery shot. I also remember seeing Ben Crenshaw play one off a concrete cart path with a 3 iron if memory serves me correctly and putting it on the green. Due to images like that I once shot even par after putting my first 2 tee shots OB and not hitting a single green until I flew in an eagle on the last hole. I guess you can call it perspective.
  18. Michael JC

    Michael JC
    Orwell, VT

    I like the idea, thanks!
  19. Ko I

    Ko I
    Culver City, CA

    Great advice, Rick - thank you! Now, if some of those who take many, many (as in more than 3 or 4!) pre-shot bad swings would work on improving their swing away from the course and not add more bad post-shot swings while the group behind them are forced to watch... Let's all work on improving the POP! :))
  20. Rick V., Team Titleist Staff

    Rick V., Team Titleist Staff
    Duxbury, MA

    Team Titleist Staff

    Ko I said:

    Great advice, Rick - thank you! Now, if some of those who take many, many (as in more than 3 or 4!) pre-shot bad swings would work on improving their swing away from the course and not add more bad post-shot swings while the group behind them are forced to watch... Let's all work on improving the POP! :))

    That is very valid suggestion, Ko! Point well taken.

    Rick
  21. Steve N

    Steve N
    Sarasota, FL

    Great advice Rick. Thanks.

    And .... GOOD LUCK CHUCK!!
  22. Steve N

    Steve N
    Bartlesville, OK

    Nice! I always visualize my shots before I hit, but never thought too use the same process to correct it after a poor shot.
    Great piece of advice!!
  23. victor d

    victor d
    Indianapolis, Indiana

    Nothing much aggravates me more then missing a shot 'I have.' But trying a shot you don't have is on you and shouldn't really be of much grief when it goes wrong. When it happens to me I don't usually stand there and recreate an imaginary shot as the ball flight will usually tell you what you did wrong. Rather I recall something that I learned from Nancy Lopez that her father taught her and I'm paraphrasing here, that shot is over the next shot is the only one to consider. Taking a mulligan to your next shot is the easiest way to make another one.

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