[Daryl]

Maybe I'm not understanding this right, but there seems to be an ever increasing focus on the mental aspect of the game. Is it increasing or is it simply more present?

I watched a video about a guy from California, who, at 40 years old, decided it was time to test and challenge himself to become a Tour Player. A huge part of his training involved "Mental Attitude" and changing his thinking or at least trying to change his emotional approach when hitting the ball or his emotional response to having hit a poor shot.

Maybe my thinking is to old fashion, but I have always thought that a large part of having self confidence was having something to be confident about.

I swear, if you live west of Mississippi and north of Texas you'll become a mansy pansy Golfer and I'm not completely convinced about Texas anymore either. Naturally, LBG.com members excluded.

The name of the movie was "The Back Nine". I hate doing this but I can't help showing you his library of golf books.

An Enduring Passion: *The Legends and Lore of Golf, by Jaime Diaz
The Art of Putting, by Stan Utley
The Art of the Short Game, by Stan Utley
Beyond Golf, by Larry Miller
California Golf, by George Fuller
The Cambridge Handbook of Expertise and Expert Performance, by K. Anders Ericsson, Neil Charness, Paul J. Feltovich, and Robert R. Hoffman *
Chasing the Dream, by Harry Hart III
The Elements of Scoring, by Raymond Floyd
The Flat Stick: History, Romance and Heartbreak of the Putter, by Noah Liberman
The Future of the Body, by Michael Murphy
Golf for Enlightenment, by Deepak Chopra
Golf in America: The First 100 Years; by George Peper and Editors of Golf Magazine
Golf in the Kingdom, by Michael Murphy
Golf is Not a Game of Perfect by Dr. Bob Rotella, with Bob Cullen
Golf My Way, by Jack Nicklaus
Golf’s Mental Hazards, by Alan Shapiro, PH.D.
The Golf of Your Dreams by Dr. Bob Rotella, with Bob Cullen
Harvey Penick’s Little Red Book, by Harvey Penick with Bud Shrake
The Heart of a Champion, by Bob Richards
The Impossible Art of Golf, by Alec Morrison
The Inner Game of Golf, by W. Timothy Gallway
The Legend of Bagger Vance, by Steven Pressfield
The Mental Game of Golf, by Patrick J. Cohn, PH.D.
Mind Over Golf, by Dr. Richard H. Cooper with Bill Fields
The Modern Fundamentals of Golf, by Ben Hogan
My 55 Ways to lower your score, by Jack Nicklaus
One Thousand and One Reason to Love Golf, by Hubert Pedroli and Mary Tiegreen
On The Sweetspot, by Richard Keefe
The Tao of Golf, by Leland T. Lewis
Tour Tempo, by John Novosel with John Garrity
The Way of the Shark, by Greg Norman with Donald T. Phillips
Yoga for Golfers, by Katherine Roberts