Thinking too much will affect your game

GOLFERS who think too much about their shots could be harming their game.

Skilled players were reduced to the level of novices as a result of “over-thinking” their shots, academics found.

The researchers, from the universities of St Andrews in Scotland and Michigan, asked 80 skilled and novice golfers to putt using a particular technique until they had mastered it.

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