Golf Anxiety – the enemy of a good score!

Anxiety is the mind and body’s reaction to stressful, dangerous, or unfamiliar situations.

Apart from slippery steps in the winter and the odd rogue livestock there isn’t much real danger on the golf course, but we know there are plenty of stressful and unfamiliar situations to deal with.

Stress on the golf course can start with first tee nerves or the desire to do well in a competition but not letting these feelings affect your performance is key.

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Unfamiliar situations can be finding ourselves level par after 6 holes or several shots under handicap with only a few to play. That’s when anxiety strikes and can have all sorts of negative consequences for our golf game.

Rounds where you’ve been freewheeling, simply picking targets and hitting shots all day can change rapidly when thoughts of results cause anxiety. Unhelpful thoughts abut swing mechanics, tempo and where is the best place to miss come from nowhere.

A short putt on the first hole is knocked in without much thought but the 2 and 3 footers on the 17^th and 18th greens can present an entirely different proposition.

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One of the behavioral signs of anxiety is increased heart rate and we know from work with our professionals that Golfers CBD lowers your heart rate on the course.

This is the heart rate data of one of our professionals in the South African Open without Golfers CBD

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Compared to The SA Players Championship with Golfers CBD.

Average heart rate lowered by 23 beats per minute (BPM).

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The human body’s reactions are governed by CB1 receptrs in the endocannabinoid system. Golfers CBD lowers your heart rate under pressure and positively influences these reactions to reduce or remove anxiety.

So if you are familiar with feelings of anxiety when you play golf give CBD a try.

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Golfers CBD products are designed to be used on the golf course and be fast-acting. An application from our atomizer spray delivers 15mg of cannabidiol and other beneficial cannabinoids, it’s absorbed via saliva and will provide a natural calming effect in around 5 minutes (Atomiser Spray | Golfers CBD)

Add a bottle your bag this season so when you’re feeling stress or in position to close out a round you have the solution at hand to get more scores over the line.

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