The No B.S. Guide to Buying a Better Golf Swing – Lawrie Montague #390
Mind Caddie - Improve Your Mental Golf Game
Release Date: 01/02/2026
Mind Caddie - Improve Your Mental Golf Game
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Today we spend time with top coach Lawrie Montague from Australia to discuss his wonderful book
The No B.S. Guide to Buying a Better Golf Swing
We had a wonderful conversation about Lawrie’s views on coaching
- Why so many people are trying to learn swing as opposed to learning how to PLAY golf
- How the marketing machine for golf swing has overtaken the student’s real NEEDS
- How data is often just focused on past history and doesn’t open to the possibilities of the future
- Focusing more on the POTENTIAL future
- Finding out what a player REALLY wants
- Why the student is not to blame when learning is not happening
- What is getting in the way of learning
- The importance of clarity in GOAL SETTING
- Generating student led questions
- Why students are being taught not coached
- Seeing your golf clubs as TOOLS to use. Solving the problems the golf course presents to you
A really informative session with a top coach who has made such a valuable contribution to the game
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