Establishing a Pre-shot routine is like creating a Pre-Investment Routine

Hey guys Dougie Ergood here, former division one golfer at The University of North Carolina and now Financial Advisor at Janney. Golf season’s right around the corner, so I wanted to share some tips for you golf lovers. I’m hoping this advice can not only lower your handicap but also help you become a more prudent steward of your hard-earned wealth. Let’s get started; one of the first big lessons that I learned about competitive golf is that pressure is real. On the course, pressure can make you become more conservative in your shot selection, or it can make you more aggressive. In my competitive years, I learned that having a pre-shot routine that I could rely on under pressure got me into a mental space where I had trust and commitment going into the next shot. During my senior year in practice, I made sure to diligently rehearse my pre-shot routine on the range before events. That fall when I was coming down the stretch to win my first college golf tournament that routine was what I fell back on to over