It’s Quick…It’s Accurate…It’s Comprehensive…
This is the mental profile we use at TPI. Spend 15 minutes answering
this online questionnaire and your 20 plus page report will provide an
accurate picture of your golfing personality as well as customized
strategies for these areas of your game –
* Golf Temperament
* Pre-round Preparation
* Playing Shots
* Course Management
* Working With Instructors
* Golf Fitness Tendencies
"If you want to work
your game, then there's no better place to start than the Mental Golf
Workshop profile. My players take the profile for the first lesson.
It makes me more efficient as a teacher, and my players have a
completely new outlook and plan to improve. I keep a section of my website devoted to the profile because it's vital to my program.
-Ryan Crysler, TPI CGFI
Check out a real profile of our own Ryan Crysler.
If you are not satisfied with the report, we'll refund you 100% of your money and you can keep the profile.
Reviews
"The beauty of this system is that our players get an accurate and
comprehensive report without having to spend hours completing a
laborious questionnaire. You sure get a lot for the time and money you
invest in this process."
– Dr. Greg Rose, Co-Founder, Titleist Performance Institute
"The participants at our golf schools have been very pleased with their profiles. We've been familiar with the DISC system for years, but never seen it applied at such a high level in golf terminology like it is with this profile. We were proud to include a section about the profile in our book." – Pia Nilsson and Lynn Marriott, Vision 54 Golf Schools -Golf Digest Top 50 Instructors and co-authors of the best-seller, Every Shot Must Have A Purpose.
“My students really benefit because their profiles include strategies for maximizing
their mental strengths and improving in areas where weaknesses are identified.”
– Cheryl Anderson, 2006 LPGA Teacher of The Year, Director of Instruction, Wykagyl Country Club, New Rochelle, NY Co-Author of Teaching Yourself Visually...Golf “The profile is a great tool to help students with their mental game strategies. Three days after I reviewed their profiles with a group of my students, two had their “career” rounds here at Troon.” – Bill Forrest, 2006 PGA Teacher of The Year, Director of Instruction, Troon Country Club, Scottsdale, AZ, |
| Perfect For Self-Coaching… |
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"Bobby's profile certainly makes you think about your game and what your priorities
should be. The profile really helps you understand how to improve your mental game."
– Brad Faxon, Eight Time Winner On The PGA Tour "I am amazed at how accurate so many of the tendencies and improvement ideas are for me. It is hard to believe that the results can be so accurate from this brief survey. I really enjoyed reading my profile because it helped me analyze myself more clearly and really think about how to improve my tendencies." – Jonathan Byrd, Three Time Winner On The PGA Tour |
| Or For Collaborating With Your Instructor Or Coach… |
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“The opportunity to use such an informative and golf-specific profile
can only enhance the student-teacher relationship. Bobby Foster has
developed a perfect vehicle for golf professionals to continue working
with students in a coaching manner and to open doors for more awareness
and creativity in skill and play development. Thank you for sharing
this unique coaching tool with us Bobby!”
– Nicole Weller, LPGA Teaching Professional, The Landings Club, Savannah, GA “The Mental Golf Workshop Profile gives a very accurate representation of the student's mental game tendencies. As a result, students are educated about their mental tendencies and spend much less time and effort developing an effective relationship with the instructor. The profile provides the instructor and student with valuable information needed to improve overall performance.” – Stan Sayers, Director of Instruction, Mike McGetrick Golf Academy, Denver, CO “The effectiveness of the MGW profile is reflected in its detailed, yet readable report. A combination of user friendliness and personalized, practical recommendations for the development of one’s mental game both on and off the course makes it an invaluable tool for any golfer.” – Christian Smith, M.A., IMG Mental Conditioning Division David Leadbetter Golf Academy, Bradenton, FL “This profile is now the beginning-point for every student in our academy. Our students work together with their instructor, using the Mental Profile as an organized guide for goal-setting and improving focus and concentration. The profile is a road-map to better golf!” – Joe Bosco, Co-Founder, Green To Tee Golf Academy, Winnetka, IL |
| Great For Players Of All Levels And Ages Including Juniors… |
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“My daughter took the profile through The AJGA. I was impressed by how accurate
the profile was. It was like someone had been watching her play golf
for 10 years. I already see the difference in the approach she now takes on the golf course
after working with the strategies her profile recommended. I can't thank you enough for the
help you gave both of us. I would strongly recommend the profile to juniors and their parents.
You will be impressed with the accuracy of the profile, along with the new understanding of
what your child is thinking and going through on the course. Thanking you again for all of
your help.” – Patrick Mooney, AJGA Parent |
Frequently Asked Questions Regarding The Mental Golf Workshop™ Profile
We recommend this progression for best results.
- 1. Review your profile with a highlighter and pen or pencil in hand. Highlight key points and make notes in the spaces provided as you review your report.
- 2. Screen your highlighted items and notes for the key points you (and perhaps your instructor or coach) feel will most help you improve your performance. Transfer these points to index sized cards you can put in a plastic bag and keep in your golf bag.
- 3. Take just a few minutes before you play and before your practice sessions to review your index cards. This awareness and repetition is the key to sustained improvement.
- 4. Remember that the mental game is usually the catalyst for converting improvements you’ve made on the physical side of your game – in mechanics, equipment and fitness – into actual improvement on the scorecard.
The profile is easy to understand and built for self-coaching for players of all
levels and all ages. For example, hundreds of youngsters have received profiles
through the AJGA and had great success working on their own with the profile.
With that said, we also highly recommend reviewing your profile with your instructor
or coach. The old saying, “Two heads are better than one,” certainly applies when
it comes to improving your performance.
Your report describes both the potential strengths and weaknesses of your mental
game style. One of the most important keys to sustained improvement is to understand
the strengths of your mental style and then use them to your best advantage. Your
report also points out the potential weaknesses of your particular style and gives
you customized strategies for improving in those areas.
The DISC system is a very accurate model for measuring human behavior. This is why
DISC is perhaps the most popular profile system used for coaching people to higher
levels of performance in the workplace. While many DISC systems use only the four
basic styles – D, I, S or C – the more sophisticated DISC programs use “combination”
styles. We chose this more sophisticated approach for the golf profile and this
added flexibility contributes greatly to the accuracy of the golf profiles. Much
time and effort went into converting traditional DISC language into meaningful golf
terminology so the reports present an accurate picture of the person as a golfer.
The best answer is, "it depends." The profile is designed to help players understand
and adjust their styles rather than expecting them to make drastic changes
in their golfing personalities.
For examples, players with Steady mental golf temperaments like Fred Couples, Retief
Goosen, and Ernie Els should not try to make a big shift to a more aggressive Dominance
style just so they would appear to be “more competitive.” Clearly, these great champions
know how to use their steady and persistent temperament to their best advantage.
On the other hand, players with Dominance style golf temperaments like Tiger Woods
and Morgan Pressell would not do well trying to play with a far more relaxed style
like the players mentioned above.
Some of the best success stories with our profile have come from golfers who’ve
read their reports and realized just how much they have to work with without trying
to make big changes in their mental golf personalities. This frees a player up to
go ahead and use what strengths they already have to their best advantage.
Obvious questions might be – “What is Annika’s DISC style?” or “What is Tiger’s
DISC style?” One might think, “They’re the best players so they must have the ‘best’
mental golf style.” Actually, DISC Mental Golf styles are quite different. To their
great advantage, both received wonderful mental coaching in their youth from mentors
who clearly understood their natural mental traits and coached them accordingly
– Annika had Pia Nilsson and Tiger had his Dad.
The truth is there isn’t any one best style. We strongly recommend not trying to
“change” yourself into some imaginary “best” mental golf style. You’ll enjoy the
game more and play better by learning to use your own style to your best advantage
like Annika and Tiger have – than by trying to change to an imaginary “best” style.
Here are just a few examples of how the mental styles of eight Hall of Fame players
contrast with each other:
- Ben Crenshaw and Tom Kite played together as juniors and as college teammates but had quite different learning styles – Kite fairly analytical while Crenshaw learned more by feel and instinct. The legendary Harvey Penick coached both of these future Hall of Famers according to their individual mental styles rather than trying to make either conform to a “best” mental style.
- Nick Faldo and Seve Ballesteros – Two great European Ryder Cup players with very opposite mental styles. Faldo – quite analytical and precision-minded while Seve was at the other end of the spectrum – a creative, “see the shot and hit it” type of shot-maker. Neither would have been great trying to use the other’s style and many experts feel that Seve’s dramatic fall from greatness coincided with him becoming far more analytical with his mechanics.
- Ben Hogan and Byron Nelson caddied together as youngsters but had very different golfing temperaments. Hogan was very driven, stoic, and task-oriented while Nelson was more outgoing and relaxed. Each used his own mental style to his best advantage and became two of the greatest players of all time.
- Nancy Lopez and Annika Sorenstam – the dominant LPGA Tour players of the last two generations had very different golf temperaments. Nancy is outgoing and openly emotional while Annika is more into herself and reserved with her emotions. Different golfing personalities – both great champions.
Proven By Organizations Including:
– The Titleist Performance
Institute
– American Junior Golf Association
– IMG Leadbetter Academy
– Vision 54 Golf Schools
– Sea Island Learning Center
– Gary Player Golf Experience
– Mike McGetrick Golf Academy
– and many others dedicated to helping golfers improve their performance