Lee Crombleholme is a mental skills coach who has built a great reputation for helping golfers of every level improve their golf and reach their potential.

The chances are you practice your golf on a regular basis, whether it be a specific practice schedule working on technique, or by simply playing. You might even visit the gym regularly to build strength, stamina and speed.

If we consider the brain to be a muscle, how often do you train this?

Club golfers who use some form of golf psychology have an average

handicap that is 4 shots lower than those who don't  

Source - National Golf Foundation (2000)

When you want to improve your sport performance you really need to change the way you approach the game. The simple fact is, all good athletes in whatever sport, are strong mentally.

Whether you are a professional or play for fun, your performance is a result of your habits and patterns. These thought and behavioural patterns are often self limiting. Without changing these, your performances will not change or improve.

Golf is better enjoyed when you play great. Mental skills encourage confidence and consistency.

 Watch Lee on the Setanta Golf channel programme 'Golf Syllabus'

Latest Psyched For Golf News

June 2009

Branden Grace qualified 3rd at Sunningdale (Tour Qual) for the Open Championship at Turnberry.

A fantastic 2nd round score of 3 under saw Oliver Carr (age 15) win the Faldo Series qualifier at West Lancs Golf Club. Oliver will now play in the finals in Brazil come Autumn.

April 2009

A visit to the McEvoy Trophy at Copt Heath saw all four Psyched For Golf clients make the cut. The greens were bumpy and the weather poor, but those are not controllable! Special praise to Richard Pickard (7th) and U16 player Oliver Carr (23rd), both in their first McEvoy Trophy. Tom Boys (19th) and Josh Evans (37th) both did well too. A great season on the amateur circuit lies ahead for this talented crop of youngsters.

Double congratulations for Ian Ridgeway (pro) and Oliver Pantoja (am) for winning their respective sections at The Players Tour event at Conway Golf Club

March 2009

A fantastic 75 in a hurricane at West Lancs Golf Club saw Danny Belch win his first Players Tour event. A relaxed attitude has helped Danny to this great win in extreme weather conditions.

February 2009

European Tour player Lee Slattery came back to the Psyched For Golf stable. I was at the Dubai Desert Classic with him and Simon Wakefield. Both players made the cut in a weather disrupted (fog) event

Branden Grace continued his fine form with a tied 3rd result at the Nashua Masters. His final round 62 was the lowest of the day

January 2009

Having turned professional in November 2008 Thomas Curtis took the bold step of playing the mini tours in Florida to get some experience. Before Christmas his results we just okay. Having met with Lee before returning he had a new mind-set. First event back 6th, second event won by 3 shots! Nice

Branden Grace simply keeps hitting the headlines. Rounds of 69, 68 ,66 ,65 see him finish tied 2nd in the Africa Open at the East London Club on the South African Sunshine Tour. Watch out for this guy!

December 2008

Branden Grace just goes from strength to strength. In his second European Tour event since earning his card Branden shot a final round 67 to jump into tied 6th. The confidence is flowing

November 2008

Congratulations to South Africa's Branden Grace for securing a European Tour card for 2009 at Tour School in Spain. Branden played fantastic golf on the back 9 during the final round to advance his career

Well done to Ben Mason and Adrew Butterfield who both made the 4th round cut to give them full Challenge Tour playing rights for 2009

September 2008

After starting to work on his mental strength Richard Pickard went on an amazing 6 week run of form which saw his handicap reduce from 3 to +1. This run even surprised me! but illustrates what can be achieved when a player plays without limits

August 2008

Great to see new Psyched For Golf player Oliver Carr win the Cheshire U15's title. He also equaled the course record at Wirral Ladies Golf Club to reduce his handicap to 1.

Worsley Marriott's John Cheetham won the Lancashire Open at Blackpool North Shore. The Psyched For Golf player shot rounds of 67 and 66 (-9) to win his biggest event yet by 1 shot

Nick Soto from Northamptonshire County Golf Club is the new Midlands Assistants Champion. After shooting rounds of 72 and 71 (-3) the Psyched For Golf player was in a play-off with two others. Nick birdied all three play-off holes to win his first title. Fantastic!

Well done to Tom Boys for performing so well in the Boys Home Internationals (not named in honour of him!) He was top points scorer for England on his debut at Royal County Down.

July 2008

Very well done to Simon Wakefield for his fantastic performance in the Open Championship at Royal Birkdale. Simon was very relaxed going into the last round in the second to last group. He played fantastic from tee to green all week. His tee shot on the 17th went straight at his target, but the wind did not move it and amazingly, he never found his ball. Still, a great week from a player who is really going places.

June 2008

Simon Wakefield birdied 3 of the last 4 at the Austrian Open to finish 2nd on his own. Mental toughness is necessary to finish so strongly when you are seeking your first European Tour win. On this form it shouldn't be far away!

May 2008

Lee S James had been finding it hard to hole putts so far on the European Tour. Having done some work with Lee at the 2008 Irish Open at the beautiful Adare Manor he finished 16th earning over 30000 euro.

Congratulations to Tom Boys from Royal Liverpool who won the Fairhaven Trophy which is a major scratch national junior championship. I watched Tom play his front nine during day 1 as he shot -3, he then shot -4 on the back nine. Tom was 14 under par after 72 holes and won by 7 shots!

Well done to Oliver Pantoja who's scoring on The Players Tour was not reflecting his ability. He was consistently shooting in the low 80's when he decided to do something about it. He contacted Psyched For Golf and after just two sessions posted a 74 at Denton GC Players Tour event, then next time out shot a 70 (-1) at Ringway GC to take the amateur prize and also be the first amateur to shoot under par. Very good for a 4 handicap player with a bright future! Being pro-active really helps improvement.