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Early on in “Fearless Golf,” Dr. Gio Valiante asks readers to repeat the following questions and pause before moving to the next: What is the color of my car? What animal produces milk? Who is the best golfer in the world? What are the colors of the American flag? It’s the book’s best passage and illustrates how we think in pictures. But too often, Valiante writes, our pictures are wrong. Instead of seeing a fairway, we see rough; instead of focusing on the green, all we see is a bunker. Since Timothy Gallwey penned “The Inner Game of Golf,” there has been a bevy of books written to address the mental side of golf, and many national golf magazines now include psychological instruction. Valiante, who contributes to Golf Digest, has made a successful transition from print to television, and now is a frequent contributor on The Golf Channel. Valiante’s take on psychology is that the only thing we have to fear is… well, you know the rest. Along the way he quotes tour players, cites research studies and shares anecdotes that make the case that fear is the root of most problems in golf. He even quotes the father of modern psychology, William James, Green Bay Packers legendary coach Vince Lombardi and playwright Samuel Beckett. Time and again he argues that fear in-hibits golfers from playing to the best of their abilities. But Valiante's main so-lution throughout the book to conquering fear’s grip is to ask, “What’s my target?” Anyone who’s read golf psychology books knows the importance of targets. Unfortunately, when reading “Fearless Golf,” it seems as though some great epiphany is just around the corner — something groundbreaking and new — but it never materializes. Valiante misses the target in this regard. — CHARLIE SCHROEDER |
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