Dr Joe Parent is a best selling author,

teacher, sports psychologist and long time friend of

Atlantic Golf Radio.

If you haven't already,

get his book, " Zen Golf, Mastering the Mental Game."

The vast majority of my golf is played with

truly recreational players.

More recreational players need to

understand that even though we'd all like to

shoot even par - whether we finish at

70 or 170 - we still go home to the same

place and still have to report to our same

job the next working day.

When they write the history of the world

your bad shots will barely get a mention.

Enjoying the game of golf is all about

proper management of your own

expectations.