how do you mentally prepare for an important golf match or tournament mental preparation involves many exercises such as visualization of the upcoming event in your mind's eye see yourself playing golf in a very comfortable fashion notice your swing being relaxed and confident the more times you visualize yourself playing the better you will get at this exercise visualization teaches your mind what to expect on the day from the moment you get the invitation start monitoring your self-talk and do not let any negative or self-doubting thoughts play around with your mind they will pull you down more than you realize doubt will eat into your confidence and leave you questioning your decisions set yourself goals not outcome goals though because you are unable to control how the other competing golfers will perform stick to process goals only as they work better it has been proven time and time again that these metal preparation techniques work for all elite sportsmen and as golf depends on your mental acuity they are imperative to the golfer that wants to win