5 Irons Don't Float: Dealing with Anger on the Golf Course

Golf is an extremely hard game to play..."der" everyone knows that. It's also a very technical game and it produces more than its fair share of temper tantrums, self-abuse, expletives, and a vast array of emotions. These things can dramatically impact of your game and your score. So, how do you deal with it?5 Irons Don't Float is written from a golfer's perspective and looks at the more common elements of anger that severely interfere with the game. If you abuse yourself during play, yell, scream, swear like a trooper, throw clubs, or allow emotion to spiral out of control, then how can you play well? And it's a habit...you let this happen, unknowingly but it was your choice to be a grumpy player. Andrew Dunkley is a journalist with 34 years' experience. He's also played golf for over 40 years as an amateur. He's spent years studying the non-physical aspects of golf and while not a pro golfer or a psychologist, he has interviewed sports doctors and elite sports people about how they choose to think and how they deal with anger. Many of those insights are contained in 5 Irons Don't Float.If you agree you have a problem and you want to do something about it AND, more importantly, want to enjoy the game you love, then this book is for you.Best of all, it's a short read. It's not designed to be a novel or sit there for weeks gathering dust. It's designed to be a quick reference point and perhaps giving some direction or revealing something you may not have considered.It's totally up to you of course but it might just be the catalyst for a very positive change in your game, so go for it. It won't break the bank but it might break some bad habits.