Ready to take your mental game to the next level? Ben Esposito, the mental game expert behind In The Golf Zone, shares his powerful insights into how golfers can sharpen their focus, boost confidence, and improve performance under pressure. With unique techniques like the Mental Golf Type quiz and practical advice for parents, Ben’s approach is a game-changer.

It has been a tumultuous couple of years in the world of professional golf. As the dust begins to settle around all of the controversy and obscenely high purses, it’s become evident that the current structure of pro-golf may be in need of a redesign. My idea is a six-tier system. Each tier is referred to as a “Level” with the top level being a world tour for the best players.

I can’t wait to bring In The Golf Zone to an area that is not only expanding its involvement with golf but also known for developing great junior golfers. The mental game is an extremely important facet of playing your best…

“I finally landed on the DF2, the large head made it solid on short putts but its relative light weight and (most importantly) its lie angle balance made it a good candidate for helping me hone my speed control. “

After working on that for weeks, it seemed like every time I tested my ball speed I set a record. My ball speed (swinging hard) went from 166.5 to a record of 173.9. More recently when testing I am able to get to 170 on my first or second swing of the day.

In The Golf Zone was originally an idea for a blog that I had when I was a junior golfer. It sat on the shelf for a while, but it was finally time to bring the idea to fruition this past year.

I’m excited to announce that In The Golf Zone will be partnering with the Hurricane Junior Golf Tour!

We can fine-tune our clubs to the degree and adjust the weight of a club by a gram, but the mental game is often approached by players as a guessing game.

Like many people, at the end of 2022, I sat down to create a list of New Year's resolutions. Amongst the cliche renditions of “I'm going to read more” and “I will conquer my fears,” a rather peculiar new years resolution sat right in the middle of the list. It simply read, “177.5 mph ball speed”.

Stress is the Number One Killer of Performance

Stress has many negative mental and physiological consequences, including …

“Believe it or not, the best way is to simply do the opposite. Make practice harder and less predictable. Find areas in your game that you can expose”

“Strokes Gained [or shots gained as it was originally called] is a comparative stat that is used to gauge relative skill in different categories compared to a selected peer group. In other words, where you are making up and losing ground in the competition.”

“What if you could just remove COVID from the situation? How would that have affected things? “