{"id":2634,"date":"2012-07-30T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-07-30T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports_psychology_blog\/?p=2634"},"modified":"2025-06-12T07:31:35","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T11:31:35","slug":"do-you-have-a-fear-of-three-putting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports-psychology-blog\/do-you-have-a-fear-of-three-putting\/","title":{"rendered":"Do You Have a Fear of Three Putting?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports-psychology-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/GolfIcon7B-1201.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2214\" title=\"Golf Psychology Podcast!\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Dr. Patrick Cohn, golf psychology expert and author of the &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/golfers-mental-edge-cd-program\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Golfer&#8217;s Mental Edge<\/strong><\/a>&#8221; CD program, teaches amateur to tour professional golfers how to improve their mental game of golf using golf psychology strategies developed over the last 20 years of his career.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this week&#8217;s golf psychology session, mental game of golf expert and author of The Mental Game of Golf, Dr. Cohn, answers a question from a golf player who is afraid of three putting. 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