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Fore Thought

Mental game expert, Bob Skura, is the author of the award winning book How Great Golfers Think – Perfecting Your Mental Game, A low single digit handicapper in his own right he uses dynamic story-telling to turn academic data into easy-to-read stories. We look forward to enjoying the same lighthearted, no-boundaries approach Bob used in his book as we read his ForeThought columns during the coming year.

  • Attitude of Gratitude

    March 22, 2010
    Camilo Villegas won the Honda Classic recently by five shots - his first win since September, 2008. Being that it closely following a 62 in the Phoenix Open the week …

  • A New Father For Tiger

    January 25, 2010
    Tiger Woods was raised on a steady diet of self–fulfilling prophesies fed to him by his father, the late Earl Woods. Earl was a master of this technique, which can …

  • Coaching, Inside Out or Outside In?

    June 15, 2009
    Renowned instructor, Butch Harmon, once said that Tiger Woods is a pleasure to coach because he’s such an intelligent student. Interesting. Does that mean only the most intelligent of us …

  • You Can Never Return To Form!

    June 15, 2009
    Kenny Perry had nine career wins under his belt by 2005 but going into May of 2008 he hadn’t won in 24 months. Then quite suddenly he won three tournaments. …

  • A Zone Of Your Own

    May 26, 2009
    Paul Goydos had a zone experience in the 2008 Tour Championship. How else do you explain the 169th ranked player leading the best pros in the world for four days?

  • Talking To Bones.

    May 15, 2009
    “Phil to Bones. Phil to Bones. What’s our position? Over.” “Bones to Phil. We’re 168 yards from the hole. There’s no wind but we need to clear those trees. Looks …

  • Ask Your Hero For Help

    April 15, 2009
    When Anthony Kim met Mark O’Meara for the first time he asked him for help. Not with his swing but with his attitude.

  • The Search For A Quiet Mind

    March 15, 2009
    Fifty-three-year-old Greg Norman, told the press that his success in the first three rounds of the 2008 British Open was due to maintaining a serene composure.

  • A Zone Of Your Own

    February 15, 2009
    Paul Goydos had a zone experience in the 2008 Tour Championship. How else do you explain the 169th ranked player leading the best pros in the world for four days?

  • Ask Better Questions. Get Better Results.

    January 15, 2009
    Jack Nicklaus had a habit of repeatedly asking himself two beneficial questions. They were: “How am I going to win this tournament?” and “How do I want to play this …