In this approach to golf instruction, Dr Joseph Parent, both a noted PGA Tour coach and a respected Buddhist teacher, draws on this natural connection to teach golfers how to play with more consistency and less frustration, and consequently how to lower their scores.
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Introduction | |
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| A Different Perspective | |
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| Empty Your Cup | |
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| Four Kinds of Students | |
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| Thinking Outside the Box | |
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| Par for the Course | |
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| Cover the Roads with Leather | |
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| How Big Is Your Mind? | |
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| You Are Not Your Thoughts | |
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| Basic Goodness | |
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| Unconditional Confidence | |
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| Clearing the Interference | |
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| A Perfect Swing | |
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| The PAR Approach | |
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| Preparation | |
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| What Is Your Target? | |
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| Your Mind's Eye | |
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| The Vividness of the Moment | |
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| Where Is Your Target? | |
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| Don't Hit It into the Lake | |
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| Be Decisive | |
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| Bacon and Eggs Breakfast | |
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| More Curious Than Afraid | |
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| Natural Commitment | |
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| Avoid the Anyways | |
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| Dive Under the Waves | |
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| Cool, Calm, and Collected | |
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| Listen to Your Intuition | |
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| Center of Gravity | |
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| Remember to Breathe | |
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| Cultivating and Strengthening Awareness | |
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| Action | |
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| How to Get from the Practice Tee to the First Tee | |
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| Transitions | |
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| Synchronizing Body and Mind | |
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| Give It Time to Sink In | |
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| Never Keep More Than a Hundred Thoughts in Your Mind During Your Swing | |
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| During Your Swing Is Not the Time to Give Yourself a Lesson | |
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| Give Up Control to Get Control | |
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| You Produce What You Fear | |
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| Hitting the Target Ten Thousand Times in a Row | |
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| In Golf We Trust | |
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| Can You Put a Cat in a Box? | |
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| To Care or Not to Care | |
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| How to Make Every Putt | |
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| Putt with Imagination | |
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| Don't Count Your Money | |
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| The Slow-Motion Walk-Up | |
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| Not Too Tight, Not Too Loose | |
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| Beware of Trying for a Few Extra Yards | |
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| Nothing Special, Nothing Extra | |
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| Response to Results | |
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| The Post-Shot Routine | |
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| Thanks for the Memories | |
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| The Angry Guy | |
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| How to Make a Flower Blossom | |
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| Pebbles in the Bowl | |
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| Untie the Sandbags | |
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| Fire Your Evil Caddie | |
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| Isn't Where You Have to Play It from Punishment Enough? | |
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| Accentuate the Positive | |
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| Uplifted Body, Uplifted Mind | |
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| You Can't Stop the Waves, but You Can Learn to Surf | |
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| Why Are You Still Carrying Her? | |
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| These Things Come and Go | |
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| Overcoming Self-Sabotage | |
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| Patience Pays | |
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| Take Your Medicine | |
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| How to Enjoy a Bad Round of Golf | |
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| Who Knows What's Good and What's Bad? | |
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| A Game of Honor | |
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| Chi Chi's Prayer | |
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| Shambhala Golf | |
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| A Warrior's Dignity | |
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| Gentle, Inquisitive, Fearless | |
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| Index of Exercises | |
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| References and Recommended Reading | |
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| Zen Golf Lessons | |
