The role of intention is a key component to the game-changing holistic program that golf professional Nate Robinson and I are launching in April called Quiet Mind Golf: Better Golf Through Inner Mastery. Contact me at tim@oconnorgolf.ca to explore the exciting possibilities for your game. Yes, your friendly, neighbourhood golf and performance coach became that guy. The no-talking, sulking, pouting, fast-walking angry man that no one wants … [Read more...]
Why trying to make a good stroke is useless. Set your intentions on sinking the darn thing instead
February 2, 2018 By
I'm giving a presentation on Moe Norman on Thursday, Feb. 15 at 7 p.m. at Whistle Bear Golf Club in Cambridge, Ontario. Featuring footage from the upcoming documentary about his life, the talk is called, "What We Can Learn From the Eccentric Genius of Golf." Admission is free, there will be a cash bar and I'll sign copies of my book, The Feeling of Greatness: The Moe Norman Story. Come on out! Feb. 2, … [Read more...]
How setting an intention could give you the courage to do a polar bear swim—and play better golf
January 9, 2018 By
Jan. 9, 2018 Ezine—I have never understood the polar bear swimmers who run screaming into the icy water on New Year's Day. Jeez, are you kidding? I couldn't imagine myself willingly exposing my nearly bare naked body to that. Until I did. Well, sorta. For New Year's, my wife Sandy and I set out to spend the weekend with some friends in Muskoka, the lovely cottage area north of Toronto. Besides plenty of drinking and eating, there was … [Read more...]
How horrible Howard became truly humble—and a better golfer
April 4, 2017 By
Ezine #7—The breaking point for Howard Glassman came when he almost broke a club. After yet another crappy drive, his M1 driver was in imminent danger. “I came this close to hammering one of those rock tee blocks.” He had not broken 80 in about two weeks, which for a scratch player is an extended stay in golf hell. He was also worried about sliding back into being the "horrible" angry golfer that he was about 15 years ago. He asked me … [Read more...]
My end-of-the-season ritual: It’s over and I’m good with that
November 15, 2016 By
I am not grieving the end of the golf season. I’m done and I’m good with it. I’ve accepted that I won’t be hitting the little white ball off green grass for another five months, except in the unlikely event that I go south this winter. Over the past half-dozen years or so, I’ve followed a season-ending ritual that allows me to segue into winter unbridled with sorrow and longing. If you are “normal” person, you may not grasp the pathos of … [Read more...]
