This is the second part of a 3 part series on Putting Under Stress published in the April 2001 issue of Golf Magazine Australian Edition.

The results of the study showed the all golfers experienced a significant increase in brain activity and anxiety as the pressure increased. However, the determining factor is that its not the level of anxiety that determines performance, but how the brain processes the increase in activity. The successful golfers had comparable increases in brain activity, but that activity was spread evenly throughout both sides of the brain.

In other words, get the more creative right side of the brain involved if you want to produce in the clutch. Imagery and target awareness are created in the right brain.

Attached below is the second page of this article with the final page coming in the next post together with a list of steps to take to manage the emotions when putting under pressure …