Dr. Debbie Crews of Arizona State University, a sports psychologist, will give a golf clinic and seminar tomorrow at the Luana Hills Golf Course starting from 9 a.m.
The cost is $100 for classroom instruction and lunch, followed by driving range and putting demonstrations. It is $60 for classroom instruction and lunch only.
"I think it's a great value," said Marga Stubblefield, University of Hawai'i women's golf coach who attended a two-day seminar featuring Crews, former ASU women's golf coach Linda Vollstedt and Karen Murphy, the 2001 LPGA teacher of the year, last week in Tempe, Ariz.
"She's unbelievable. Debbie has a wealth of information for the beginner to the professional golfer," Stubblefield said of Crews. "It's nothing to do with mechanics. She gives you tools on how to achieve a state of mind so that your energy can become focused."
Crews, a board member of the World Scientific Conference of Golf based in St. Andrews, Scotland, an LPGA teaching consultant and sports psychologist for both the Arizona State men's and women's golf teams, says the way to improve one's game is to be in control with the three C's — confidence, consistency and concentration.
"There's nothing wrong about being nervous or tense if you can use it in a positive way," Crews says.
Stubblefield said she learned from Crews' research that being too relaxed really isn't necessarily the best thing for golf.
"I liken it to being pumped up. People play better when they're pumped. It's because they're focused," Stubblefield said
