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Phil Mickelson believes that golf should be an Olympic sport by the year 2016 because of how it would help develop the growth of golf worldwide.

“It would bring in 168 different countries and their Olympic foundation, and all those revenues would be going toward the growth of the game of golf.” -Phil Mickelson

With this idea, Mickelson also suggested that golf in the Olympics would actually be more important for the game than events such as this weekend’s PGA Championship. While Mickelson favors the idea, others such as Trevor Immelman believe that not only golf should not be in the Olympics, but also basketball and tennis, citing the sports were too professional and the athletes who played them were being paid too much money already. Worldwide interest in golf may increase with its addition to the Olympics, but take away the majors to accomplish this? I don’t know about that.

It’s not your typical golf book,but I am reading Psycho-Cybernetics right now (a classic mind management book) and there
are some references to golf:

1) “Jack Nicklause, the late Payne Stewart,
and many other top golfers have made very
specific statements about their reliance on
“the mental side of golf”. In foreword of the
book MIND OVER GOLF” … Payne Stewart
wrote” With my old mind set I don’t think I
would have been able to prevail in either
of those major championships. But with my
new mental approach, I was able to raise
my game to the highest level when I had to”
written by Dr. Richard Coop

Psych-Cyb: ” A Boston psychologist now
coaching pro golfers, profiled in Golf Magazine,
says “By My calculations, the average golfer
spends about 86% of their time doing nothing
but wrestling with their thoughts and emotions,
feeling one way or the another about what is
taking place, feeling exhilaration or anger,
struggling to keep focused, worrying about
what’s happened or what is up ahead.”
It only stand to reason that 86% of the
success / failure determination is due
to management of thoughts and emotions,
not swing mechanics or putting prowess.”

Good Thinking, Jay

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