ABSTRACT
There are few things that show so clearly the coordination of the mental and physical, as the game of golf. Concentration and ‘finding your rhythm’ have been discussed as long as golf has been played, yet these states are still thought, by some, to be transitory. About the turn of the century observers of the game expressed concern that a golfer simply cannot coordinate heart and mind at will; and that golf teaches the mind is not a free agent (Robinson, 1897, Travers, 1915). In contrast, contemporary players and researchers believe that the problems of coordination relate to the ability to relax and concentrate at the
right time, and are solvable (Ghiselin, 1952; Boomer, 1959; Wallace, Benson & Wilson, 1971; Nicklaus, 1974; Jackson, 1986; Lonetto, 1988; Knobil, 1976).
