Welcome to the first episode in the FundaMENTALS series, where Josh Nichols will be walking through what he believes are the core components of a good mental game.

First up: Acceptance

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1-on-1 Mental Coaching

Are you a competitive golfer? Interested in working 1-on-1 with Josh as your Mental Coach? Email Josh directly at ⁠⁠josh@joshnicholsgolf.com or head to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠joshnicholsgolf.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

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📚 2025 Book Club!

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Dallas Webster, creator of the Tangent Golf app, joins to discuss his journey from competitive high school golfer to tech entrepreneur, focusing on using data to improve golf performance while keeping technology unobtrusive.

Topics & Timestamps:

• Introduction to Tangent Golf App (05:03)
• Mental Game and Tracking (06:25)
• The Tangent Four (14:44)
• AI Caddy and Course Management (10:43)
• Battling Mental Demons (19:34)
• Balancing Technology and Focus (24:52)
• AI Caddy’s Impact (26:54)
• Mental Game and Dispersion Patterns (29:35)
• Avoiding Negative Visualization (32:28)
• Subconscious and Target Selection (33:53)
• Pressure and Mental Shifts (35:17)
• Handling External Distractions (42:23)
• Mental Breakthroughs in Tournaments (43:44)
• Public Golf Journey and Mental Struggles (46:34)
• Rating Good Shots with Poor Mental Game (51:50)
• Mental Game’s Impact Across Skill Levels (55:02)
• Hands-Free Technology Use (01:02:18)
• Dallas’s Golf Journey (01:07:13)

Where to Find Dallas:

• Website: tangent.golf
• App: Tangent Golf on the Apple App Store (Android coming soon)
• YouTube/Instagram: The Good Miss Golf

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Titleist - Join Team Titleist

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Perform better with these Josh Nichols Golf products:

🎓 The Perfect Pre-shot Routine Digital Course

🏌️‍♂️ Basic and Custom Practice Plans

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1-on-1 Mental Coaching

Are you a competitive golfer? Interested in working 1-on-1 with Josh as your Mental Coach? Email Josh directly at ⁠⁠josh@joshnicholsgolf.com or head to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠joshnicholsgolf.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

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📚 2025 Book Club!

Click here to join the exclusive group chat where we discuss the books we're reading, questions and struggles about the mental game, and first access to Q&A's and meetups.

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Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@joshlukenichols⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Josh Nichols Golf

In order to play well, you have to let go of playing well.

In order to lower your handicap, you have to let go of lowering your handicap.

These paradoxes make for tough, disciplined behavior. But if you can dial this in then you'll be getting out of the way of your own golf improvement.

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📧 Sign up for The Mental Re-Grip free weekly newsletter

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Get 10% off a Divot Board!

Go to divotboard.com/mentalgolfshow and use the code MentalGolf10 to get 10% off your entire purchase.

Get a great deal AND support The Mental Golf Show. Thank you! 🙏

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Thanks to these partners for supporting The Mental Golf Show:

Titleist - Join Team Titleist

Nerd Fitness

Fit For Golf

Shot Pattern - golf GPS app

PutterCup training aids (15% off when you sign up for their newsletter)

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Perform better with these Josh Nichols Golf products:

🎓 The Perfect Pre-shot Routine Digital Course

🏌️‍♂️ Basic and Custom Practice Plans

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1-on-1 Mental Coaching

Are you a competitive golfer? Interested in working 1-on-1 with Josh as your Mental Coach? Email Josh directly at ⁠⁠josh@joshnicholsgolf.com or head to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠joshnicholsgolf.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

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📚 2025 Book Club!

Click here to join the exclusive group chat where we discuss the books we're reading, questions and struggles about the mental game, and first access to Q&A's and meetups.

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Want to be a SPONSOR on The Mental Golf Show? Email us with inquiries at mentalgolfshow@gmail.com

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Follow Josh on social:

X/Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@joshlukenichols⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@joshlukenichols⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Josh Nichols Golf

Scottie Scheffler has been on a ridiculous run. And at the risk of recency bias, I want to try to glean something from the way Scottie goes about playing the game. Specifically his mentality and his relationship with golf. He's a fascinating case study that we're getting to watch in real time.

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📧 Sign up for The Mental Re-Grip free weekly newsletter

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Get 10% off a Divot Board!

Go to divotboard.com/mentalgolfshow and use the code MentalGolf10 to get 10% off your entire purchase.

Get a great deal AND support The Mental Golf Show. Thank you! 🙏

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Thanks to these partners for supporting The Mental Golf Show:

Titleist - join Team Titleist

Nerd Fitness

Fit For Golf

Shot Pattern - golf GPS app

PutterCup training aids (15% off when you sign up for their newsletter)

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Perform better with these Josh Nichols Golf products:

🎓 The Perfect Pre-shot Routine Digital Course

🏌️‍♂️ Basic and Custom Practice Plans

-----

1-on-1 Mental Coaching

Are you a competitive golfer? Interested in working 1-on-1 with Josh as your Mental Coach? Email Josh directly at ⁠⁠josh@joshnicholsgolf.com or head to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠joshnicholsgolf.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

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📚 2025 Book Club!

Click here to join the exclusive group chat where we discuss the books we're reading, questions and struggles about the mental game, and first access to Q&A's and meetups.

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Want to be a SPONSOR on The Mental Golf Show? Email us with inquiries at mentalgolfshow@gmail.com

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Follow Josh on social:

X/Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@joshlukenichols⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@joshlukenichols⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Josh Nichols Golf

Josh goes on-course with special guest Matt Davis. Matt is the founder of PutterCup, a dead-simple and truly effective set of putting training aids. The three different PutterCups tackle three distinctly different components of putting: The Center Cup helps with narrowing in your focus, The Speed Bump helps with dialing in holing speed, and The To Go Cup allows you to have a regulation-sized hole wherever you go.

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Get 10% off a Divot Board!

Go to divotboard.com/mentalgolfshow and use the code MentalGolf10 to get 10% off your entire purchase.

Get a great deal AND support The Mental Golf Show. Thank you! 🙏

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Links mentioned:

Feedback survey

📧 The Mental Re-Grip free weekly newsletter

📊 Mental Game Assessment

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Thanks to these partners for supporting The Mental Golf Show:

Titleist - join Team Titleist

Nerd Fitness

Fit For Golf

Shot Pattern - golf GPS app

-----

1-on-1 Mental Coaching

Are you a competitive golfer? Interested in working 1-on-1 with Josh as your Mental Coach? Email Josh directly at ⁠⁠josh@joshnicholsgolf.com or head to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠joshnicholsgolf.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

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📚 2025 Book Club!

Click here to join the exclusive group chat where we discuss the books we're reading, questions and struggles about the mental game, and first access to Q&A's and meetups.

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Want to be a SPONSOR on The Mental Golf Show? Email us with inquiries at mentalgolfshow@gmail.com

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Follow Josh on social:

X/Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@joshlukenichols⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@joshlukenichols⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Josh Nichols Golf

On today’s episode we’re going to be doing something totally different than any other previous episode of The Mental Golf Show. I’m going to take you inside the ropes of my fitting for the brand new, just released Titleist T-Series irons. I got to try these out for a pre-release fitting which of course made me feel super special. And I’ve had them in the bag for about two weeks now and holy cow are they good.

And we break down how having the right equipment can help your mental game.

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Links mentioned:

🎓 The Perfect Pre-shot Routine Digital Course

🏌️‍♂️ Basic and Custom Practice Plans

📧 The Mental Re-Grip free weekly newsletter

📊 Mental Game Assessment

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Thanks to these partners for supporting The Mental Golf Show:

Titleist - join Team Titleist

Nerd Fitness

Fit For Golf

Shot Pattern - golf GPS app

PutterCup

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1-on-1 Mental Coaching

Are you a competitive golfer? Interested in working 1-on-1 with Josh as your Mental Coach? Email Josh directly at ⁠⁠josh@joshnicholsgolf.com or head to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠joshnicholsgolf.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

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📚 2025 Book Club!

Click here to join the exclusive group chat where we discuss the books we're reading, questions and struggles about the mental game, and first access to Q&A's and meetups.

-----

Want to be a SPONSOR on The Mental Golf Show? Email us with inquiries at mentalgolfshow@gmail.com

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Follow Josh on social:

X/Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@joshlukenichols⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@joshlukenichols⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Josh Nichols Golf

In this episode, I detail what we can do to counteract the effects that the pressure and stress of golf can cause.

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Links mentioned:

🎓 The Perfect Pre-shot Routine Digital Course

📧 The Mental Re-Grip free weekly newsletter

📊 Mental Game Assessment

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Timestamps & Topics

00:00 - Breathing for Golf

01:20 - What’s happening internally when pressure ramps up?

04:05 - What mental state is best for golf?

04:31 - The Breath’s Role In Our Mental State

07:03 - NEW Online Course: The Perfect Pre-shot Routine - joshnicholsgolf.com/course

09:07 - Three Breathing Techniques for On-Course

14:32 - Summary

15:41 - Resources & Links

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Research cited in this episode: Spiegel, D., Malhotra, P. A., Li, R., et al. (2023). Brief structured respiration practices enhance mood and reduce physiological arousal. Cell Reports Medicine, 4(2), 100895. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36630953/

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Thanks to these partners for supporting The Mental Golf Show:

Titleist - join Team Titleist

Nerd Fitness

Fit For Golf

Shot Pattern - golf GPS app

PutterCup

-----

1-on-1 Mental Coaching

Are you a competitive golfer? Interested in working 1-on-1 with Josh as your Mental Coach? Email Josh directly at ⁠⁠josh@joshnicholsgolf.com or head to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠joshnicholsgolf.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

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📚 2025 Book Club!

Click here to join the exclusive group chat where we discuss the books we're reading, questions and struggles about the mental game, and first access to Q&A's and meetups.

-----

Want to be a SPONSOR on The Mental Golf Show? Email us with inquiries at mentalgolfshow@gmail.com

-----

Follow Josh on social:

X/Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@joshlukenichols⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@joshlukenichols⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Josh Nichols Golf