Welcome to The Golfer's Mind Lab — a podcast that trains the mental side of golf one experiment at a time. Every two weeks, host BJ Stremple breaks down one mental challenge golfers face at every level, explains what's actually happening in your brain, and gives you a real challenge to run in your next round.

Episode 1: The One Shot Rule

Most golfers are wired to replay mistakes. It's not a character flaw — it's negativity bias, an evolutionary survival mechanism that gives more weight to negative experiences than positive ones. On the golf course, it's costing you strokes.

In this episode:

— What negativity bias actually does to your game

— The One Shot Rule and why "play one shot at a time" fails without a mechanism

— The reset breath — a breathing technique that activates your parasympathetic nervous system and signals your brain that the last shot is done

— This week's challenge: the reset breath for one full round

— BJ's personal on-course recap

The Golfer's Mind Lab. One concept. One challenge. Every two weeks.

Music credits: All songs written, recorded, and mixed by BJ Stremple.