I first became aware of the ‘Great Golf’ self hypnosis download by Barrie St John when I noticed a huge amount of online searches being made for this particular title. As reviewing self hypnosis recordings is my ‘thing’ and as a 12 handicap golfer myself I purchased the download for myself so I can write a specific and accurate review of the ‘Great Golf’ hypnosis download.

I’m a great believer in the golfing mind game and ALWAYS use self hypnosis techniques both before and during my matches.

Barrie has a very soft, deep, relaxing voice with a slight Yorkshire accent which is very comforting. His voice took me into a totally relaxed state very quickly and I relaxed comfortably into my armchair.He asks you to start counting down backwards from 300 but as usual, I could only get to about 280 before drifting off into a lovely relaxed, peaceful state.

Barrie oftens uses the term ‘creativity of your unconscious mind ‘which really pinpoints the way these hypnosis products work by harnessing that creativity in such positive ways .

‘There is nowhere you have to be, nobody needs anything, the time is yours, not a care in the world, nothing at all for you to do except to relax and let go’ are the words that really help you to let go of all tensions and allow yourself to float and get in exactly the right frame of mind for golfing thoughts to enter your subconscious mind.

The choice of music is excellent and the 3D effects of Barrie’s voice tracks are extremely professional which is exactly what one would expect from someone who has an active hypnotherapy practise on Harley Street, London.

After about 12 minutes of relaxation Barrie’s words turn to the subject of golf.

You may be in such a wonderful and refreshing trance that you may not notice as Barrie starts to focus on suggesting phrases and images that encourage your subconscious mind to start making major changes to the way you play golf. 

Barrie John’s starting focus is about the importance of having rhythm in your golf game, commonly known as being ‘in the zone’.  I can easily relate to this because when I think back to all the times when I came in with  good scores, the overall feeling was one of ‘just letting it flow and hitting the ball easily and effortlessly ‘ and how ‘right’ everything felt with my swing.

 That all important but so elusive Rhythm !

Barrie  offers a suggestion for disposing of distracting thoughts that come to your mind when you play golf,’ imagine a bin by the tee where you can drop all your distracting thoughts before you strike the ball’.

There is also a section on putting technique where you picture long putts and putting to a six feet circle around the hole where you want to leave your ball to go down in 2 putts, visualising the path you want the ball to take.
 
He then asks you to think of a player you admire and to put yourself in their place, to feel what its like to swing the golf club like they do and see the result through their eyes.

You’re then led to mentally practice what you have learnt, feeling how much better things feel, noticing how much more confident you are and how much you are looking forward to your next round of golf.

All in all, I enjoyed the session and look forward to using it again as I know that the more I use it I will be able to use my imagination more vividly and as with all hypnosis sessions the effects will be cumulative in my subconscious mind and as Barrie says ‘ will help me to produce positive and profound changes to my golf game.’

The Great Golf hypnosis download is approximately 24 minutes long and I found it to be very enjoyable and extremely beneficial in helping me to take the right mind set to the course for my next golf game.

Recommended 5 star download !

Barrie St John is a professionally trained hypnotherapist and counsellor. Past and present memberships include U.K. Guild of Hypnotist Examiners,British Association of Therapeutic Hypnosis, British Society of Clinical Hypnosis and the American Board of Neuro Linguistic Programming. Barrie is also a member of the B.A.C.P. (the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy).

New Way Productions Ltd specialize in producing self hypnosis CDs and downloads since April 2002. They are true experts in the field, which means you can rest assured in the knowledge that New Way Production’s self hypnosis products are developed and produced by the finest in the field of personal change.

    * Digitally mastered recordings using professional equipment.
    * Developed using powerful and advanced hypnotherapy techniques.
    * Incorporates Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP) and Creative Visualisation.
    * Deeply hypnotic and relaxing background music.
    * 3D voice effects

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The folks over at Cleveland Golf are probably best known for their drivers and wedges. In fact, the Internet is filled with glowing reviews on their Black Pearl wedge and HiBore driver. However, their very efficient and well priced iron sets are beginning to make their mark on fairways throughout the golfing world and the mid to high handicap golfer.

Cleveland has several series of iron clubs.  Some, like the Black Pearl and the CG Tour  series are best left to the pro golfers and low handicap players. Vijay Singh carries the Black Pearl irons on tour. The midrange and higher handicap golfer will enjoy the basic CG gold products and the new HiBore hybrid irons. The HiBore hybrid series fits the mid to higher handicap golfer and is well priced. Interestingly, Vijay uses a HiBore driver.

The Cleveland HiBore Iron series is simply a very forgiving set of clubs that has a large club face that can camouflage a multitude of errors. Even if a ball is slightly mis-hit, the golfer loses very little, if any, distance. And do they get distance. The big club head makes it a bit difficult to work your shot into a small landing area, but I’ll trade distance for cuteness any day. These irons love to hit a straight golf ball.

Cleveland Golf Equipment at Austad’s Golf

Now that you have gotten some good distance from your HiBore hybrid irons, you can be on, or around the green on the par fours. Suddenly, your confidence increases when hitting those pesky middle irons.

The club head is nicely balanced and a little heavy. However, the HiBore irons will skim along the ground and should reduce the number of “fat” iron shots. The heavy head helps when hitting a ball out of the rough, saving a stroke or two.

If you feel a bit more comfortable with your game and are prepared to trade some forgiveness for a little more feel and control, take a look at the Cleveland CG Gold iron series. Fortunately, the CG Gold series doesn’t sacrifice as much forgiveness as some of the other brands and the set, from the 3 iron to the pitching wedge, is very consistent.

Unlike the HiBore hybrid irons, you can insert a bit of strategy into your round of golf. For example, one likes to keep the golf ball in a lower trajectory when hitting into the wind. Using a CG Gold, iron a ball hit well back in the stance will stay low and, depending on the plan, draw or fade nicely on to the green. This is where the hybrids can get in trouble as the wind will knock down those high flying cannon shots. You may get a small stinger or two on a mis-hit shot (although Cleveland is a leader in the vibration adsorption department), but the clubs still have a great deal of forgiveness.

The CG Gold irons also have a flighted shaft. This engineering design is an attempt to add a little loft to your long irons and bring it down when hitting the shorter clubs. Back spin is not affected.

Cleveland Golf Equipment at Austad’s Golf

There is really not much difference between the HiBore and CG Gold irons. Maybe low nineties are a good dividing point. Above, look at Cleveland HiBore irons. Below, perhaps the CG Gold irons are your best bet. No matter what your choice, Cleveland irons will add some class to your golf bag and perhaps lower your score.