{"id":8307,"date":"2017-07-14T20:05:35","date_gmt":"2017-07-14T20:05:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports-psychology-blog\/?p=8307"},"modified":"2025-06-09T08:19:50","modified_gmt":"2025-06-09T12:19:50","slug":"how-to-stay-in-the-zone-when-playing-well","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports-psychology-blog\/how-to-stay-in-the-zone-when-playing-well\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Stay in the Zone When Playing Well"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8312\" src=\"https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports-psychology-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Round-Focus.jpg\" alt=\"Golf Round Focus\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports-psychology-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Round-Focus.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports-psychology-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Round-Focus-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Find_Your_Zone_Focus_in_Golf\"><\/span>Find Your Zone Focus in Golf<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2><div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 ez-toc-wrap-center counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-transparent ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Article Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #0769bf;color:#0769bf\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #0769bf;color:#0769bf\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports-psychology-blog\/how-to-stay-in-the-zone-when-playing-well\/#Find_Your_Zone_Focus_in_Golf\" >Find Your Zone Focus in Golf<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports-psychology-blog\/how-to-stay-in-the-zone-when-playing-well\/#How_to_Keep_an_Unconscious_Mindset\" >How to Keep an Unconscious Mindset:<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports-psychology-blog\/how-to-stay-in-the-zone-when-playing-well\/#Golfers_Mental_Edge\" >Golfer&#8217;s Mental Edge<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<p>Have you ever played a round of golf where, through the first 14 holes everything was going right then, inexplicably, your game went away and couldn\u2019t make a shot?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Your tee shots were off line, your short game felt uneasy and you second-guessed every putt&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Many golfers don&#8217;t understand how their game can change within a round or changes in their level of performance from round to round which creates a tremendous amount of <strong>frustration<\/strong> and <strong>anger.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Closing out a strong round of golf is not the easiest task in the world but what causes a golfer to be knocked out of their zone?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The reason golfers go from good to bad is that their golf game moves from unconscious to conscious.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When you are playing at your peak, you are not thinking, analyzing, or evaluating your game. You are immersed in what you are doing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the unconscious realm, your game seems effortless, you have a sense of <strong>calm<\/strong> while playing and your <strong>focus<\/strong> is laser-like.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When golfing in the zone, solutions to challenging shots come easily into your mind. In the unconscious realm, you are <strong>JUST<\/strong> playing golf and not worrying about your score.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When you switch over to the conscious realm, everything changes. You start over-thinking your swing and your shots, over-analyzing how to play each hole and evaluating how you are playing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sometimes you may start to protect your score and try not to make mistakes or bogeys when playing well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Instead, you want to continue to play the same style of golf that got you in position to score well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sebastian Munoz demonstrated the effect of when your unconscious play switches to the conscious realm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Munoz was on target to becoming the first wire-to-wire winner at the 2017 Greenbriar Classic and led after each of the first three rounds shooting 61, 67 and 68.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Interestingly enough, no third round leader has ever closed out the final round and won the Greenbriar tournament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Munoz fell prey to the same fate and had four bogeys on the front nine of the final round, shot a 72 and finished tied for third at 12 under.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>MUNOZ:<\/strong> <em>&#8220;I just think the putt on 4, that short one, I just stepped out of my routine and I missed it and it shook up things for me&#8230; But, yeah, I was just trying to find it on the next five or six holes and, yeah, it just created that little lack of confidence or doubt, that created a little doubt and it didn&#8217;t help.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trying to close out a tournament comes with even more pressure than trying to close out a good round in the making.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_to_Keep_an_Unconscious_Mindset\"><\/span>How to Keep an Unconscious Mindset:<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>When you start to over think your game or score, you have to quickly <strong>refocus<\/strong> on the next hole or shot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Score of position is nothing more than a distraction to hitting good shots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Continue to play <strong>aggressive<\/strong> golf and not protect from making mistakes or bogeys.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When playing well&#8211;this is not a time to be cautions or protect your score\/lead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/golfers-mental-edge-cd-program\/\"><strong>Learn how to improve your focus for golf with &#8220;The Golfer&#8217;s Mental Edge.&#8221;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Golfers_Mental_Edge\"><\/span>Golfer&#8217;s Mental Edge<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports-psychology-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/golfers-mental-edge20-medium.png\" alt=\"The Mental Edge for Golfers\" class=\"wp-image-13572\" style=\"width:228px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports-psychology-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/golfers-mental-edge20-medium.png 360w, https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports-psychology-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/golfers-mental-edge20-medium-270x300.png 270w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>What\u2019s the <em>big sign<\/em> that <strong>your mental game is the weak link<\/strong> in your golf game? When you can\u2019t play consistently as well as when you play a practice or casual round\u2013or your <strong>range game<\/strong> is way better than your game on the course. If you suffer from <strong>lack of focus, low self-confidence, poor composure or other mental game obstacles on the course<\/strong>, you can\u2019t reach your true potential in golf.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The<em> Golfer\u2019s Mental Edge 2.0<\/em> Audio and Workbook program is ideal for any <strong>amateur, collegiate, junior, and tour professional golfer.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Golf coaches and instructors<\/strong> would also be wise to teach \u201c<em>The Golfer\u2019s Mental Edge 2.0<\/em>\u201d principles to their players. 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