The Mental Golf Show is all about helping serious golfers translate their game when it matters.
Host Josh Nichols — a U.S. Mid-Amateur finalist and Golf Mental Coach — has spent years investigating one question: why do good players struggle to access their best game under real conditions? Through in-depth conversations with players, coaches, and performance experts — plus solo topical episodes breaking down what he’s learned — Josh investigates the gap between a golfer’s potential and what actually shows up on the course.
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303: Gary Wise - Hard Acceptance, Flow and Zone, and How to Deal with Bad Rounds
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Gary Wise has been working with golfers for decades on their swings and their minds, and is the author of No Junk Reps.
In this episode we discuss:
Mental management
Sep 22 1 h 21 min
302: Jared Tendler - Handling Pressure, Good Swing Thoughts, and Building Mental Resilience
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Jared Tendler (author of his new book Everyday Golf Psychology) joins t
Sep 15 1 h 18 min
301: How to Know You're Committed On the Shot
Want to join the Mental Game Group Coaching Cohort? More info here: https://joshnicholsgolf.com/group/
Commitment to the golf shot is comprised of two key checks:
Do I
Sep 8 10 min
300: Dr. Izzy Justice - Playing Your Best Golf Is a Choice
Dr. Izzy Justice is an author of 10 books, including Your Brain Swings Every Club, GYRA Golf, and Golf EQ.
He joins The Mental Golf Show to talk the neuroscience of stre
Sep 1 1 h 09 min
299: Robert Linville - How to Be Truly Confident, Play Free, and Beat the Four-Hole Death Spiral
Robert Linville has been Josh’s coach for over 10 years. He was a pivotal part of Josh winning multiple events and making it to the finals of the 2017 U.S. Mid-Amateur.
Jul 14 1 h 17 min
298: Michael Leonard - Why Scared Golfers Never Break Through
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Hello everybody, welcome to The Mental Golf Show, where we explore high performance through the lens of golf. On to
Jul 7 1 h 05 min
297: Julie Elion - How Wyndham Clark Overcame Adversity to Win the 2026 U.S. Open
Get Julie Elion’s new book Mastering Your Mental Game (link to Amazon)
On this episode we’ve got THE Julie Elion. Most notably the mental performance coach for Wyndham C
Jun 29 1 h 10 min
296: Joel Suggs (PGA Master) - These three stats explain everything…
On this episode we have Joel Suggs, a PGA Master Teaching Professional with decades of experience helping golfers of all levels understand their own games. Joel is the au
Jun 22 1 h 25 min
295: Steve Kamb - How to Try Again, Play More Free, and Not Let Fear Wreck Your Game
Get Steve Kamb’s new book How to Try Again: An Approachable Guide to Navigating Chaos and Making Change THAT STICKS (Amazon link)
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Steve Kamb is the author of the
Jun 16 1 h 34 min
294: Dr. Justin Ternes (Breath Expert) - How to Breathe To Play Better Golf
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Dr. Justin Ternes is a world expert on breathwork, physical therapy, and the connection o
Jun 8 1 h 10 min
293: Deep Dive Into How Josh Prepares for a Golf Tournament
FREE Brand New Mental Game Assessment: app.joshnicholsgolf.com/assessment
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In this episode Josh dives deep into his tournament prep, what he's done this year diffe
Jun 1 28 min
292: My Mental Game Has Gotten Worse (I Have Proof)
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I’m a Golf Mental Coach and the host of a golf mental game podcast. Yet my mental game has gotten wor
May 25 10 min
291: How Well You Play and How Well You Score Are Not the Same Thing - Peter Melton
Peter Melton is a Golf Enjoyment Coach and author of Conversations with Par. He spent three decades stuck in the same trap most golfers never escape — believing his score
May 18 39 min
290: Perfect Mechanics Don’t Matter If Your Tempo is Off - Chia Chou (Master Pianist)
Chia Chou is a classical pianist and has taught the best of the best musicians for decades.
In the last 5 years he has grown his very unique approach to helping golfers
May 11 1 h 05 min
289: The Mindset Shift That Almost Won Me the U.S. Mid-Amateur
I made a massive shift in my game between missing the cut at the 2016 U.S. Mid-Amateur to making it the finals of the 2017 U.S. Mid-Amateur. In this episode we get into t
May 4 14 min
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Apr 28 3 min
288: Matt Myers - Become a Better Golfer One Pushup at a Time (Q2 2026 Check-in)
We've got another check-in with Nerd Fitness Matt.
Ok, sure, these are thinly-veiled selfish conversations with my fitness coach. But also I firmly believe they're a pea
Apr 27 45 min
287: Gary Belsky - The Mental Game Difference Between Pros and Amateurs
If you've ever played your best golf alone but fallen apart the moment others are watching, this episode is for you.
In this conversation, Gary Belsky makes a compelling
Apr 20 1 h 18 min
286: Andreas Kali - Embracing Discomfort, Exposing False Practice, and Earning Real Confidence
Andreas Kali is a golf coach based in Denmark who works with nine professional golfers across four tours, including players ranked inside the top 50 in the world. He's sp
Apr 13 1 h 19 min
285: The Question That's Rewiring My Golf Brain
You ever feel like the mental game advice you try doesn't stick? That's because most mental game advice is superficial and not effective in high-pressure moments. Includi
Apr 6 18 min
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I’ve always been a talented golfer but the mental game has never been on my radar. Josh has helped me with acceptance and I’m finally playing calm boring golf again.
Kasekenny · May 2026
I’m long overdue for writing a review for Josh’s TMGS Pod as I’ve listened to most episodes released in the past year or so, most recently the 2025.10.21 release with Dr. Doug Tataryn touching on world views and core feelings.
At some point in this episode, after Dr. Doug had attempted to identify an early pod guest Josh had had on that I had also resonated with, I paused, took a step back and asked myself… how is my life different because of this podcast? I have to reiterate, most of these aren’t simply small changes, not to say some of the changes themselves weren’t simple or
small things, but saying that is a massive discredit to the impact they’ve had on me.
As I got to this point in my review, I went back to grab a few episodes and guest names, but the list is simply too long. In fact, I wound up identifying several more I hadn’t gotten to from before I started listening and saved them to listen to next.
Possibly above all, I feel seen. I enjoy thinking and feeling deeply about the game, even as terrible/mediocre as I am. Both my command over my life and my consistency, improvement, and enjoyment of my golf game have shifted to dramatic heights in just a few months, or one season of golf.
Tangible proof in my golf game: most recently in a competitive match play 9-hole round on a course I’d never played in terrible course conditions, I shot my best 9-hole score by 6 strokes. Reflecting on it, there’s no way I would’ve come close to that had I not had an impossible number of things to recount here different about my game from the start of the season, nearly all coming from TMGS. The statistical odds of me shooting that score were ~1:7,500 for reference.
I should clarify that it’s not just Josh’s guests, but Josh’s own takes such as on Rory, Scottie, and his FundaMENTALS series. Sure, there are some I just don’t resonate with at all and don’t finish, but those are extreme outliers.
While I have inexplicably not yet enlisted Josh’s services or product offerings from his business, I plan to remedy that soon.
Give TMGS a listen, you won’t regret it.
Dadderall_42mg · Oct 2025
Josh delivers an awesome podcast! He has tons of experience and learnings that he shares from his many years of high level competition. His own experience itself is amazing, but he also brings on great guests that expand upon his ideas on what can actually help with improvement. I’ve learned a ton from his show and discovered many additional resources from The Mental Golf Show. Highly recommend checking this out for yourself.
BB2147 · Dec 2024
Thoughtfully put together shows. They are thorough enough to help the listener understand while not overwhelming with too much information.
1033L · Nov 2024
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