Commit

Commitment is one of the most important mental aspects of the game of golf.  A lot of people go through their routine, routinely.  Your routine is good for keeping calm under pressure and being consistent.  If you're not completely one hundred percent committed to your shot before you hit it, then you might as well not have done your whole routine.  When I say commitment, I mean believing in yourself.  Unless you have a caddy, you are the only person who is judging what to do on each shot.  If you don't truly believe your judgement is good, you won't trust yourself.  You simply have to believe that what you are doing is the right thing, no matter what.  Don't think you're the only one either, because pros still have commitment problems, too.  If you can learn to trust your judgement and commit to each and every shot in your round, you will notice you stop leaving those 5-foot birdie putts short or you won't chunk or flub any of those intricate chips.  You simply have to follow through with your mental plan for each shot.  When you are committing to each shot in your round, you should be following through with your line that YOU picked.  Trust yourself, you have most likely been playing golf for a long time and probably hit that shot a few times anyway.  It's not that hard.  Commitment leads to acceleration through the ball and more consistent shots or putts on your line.  Just believe in yourself.  After all, golf is just a game anyway.

Bonus picture of my almost hole in one:
(check the divot)

   @ Briery Country Club in Keysville, Virginia, USA
       

Putting

If there is one thing golfer's really want to know how to do well, it's putting.  Most golfers would say that putting is probably the hardest part of golf, but it is also the most mentally challenging.  This is because of the great amount of concentration needed to be a great putter.  The best advice about putting that I can give to you right now is to trust yourself.  I feel that trust is the key to putting and most of your other shots around the course.  If you can completely trust yourself on every putt in a round, you will find that number of putts is decreasing. 

Routine also comes into play with putting just as much as with every other shot on the golf course.  If you don't have a putting routine that's set in stone, I strongly suggest you find one.  Keeping your routine lets your mind focus on the task at hand.  It also makes each putt simply feel like muscle memory, like you have done it a thousand times.  When I am putting well, I am completely trusting and believing in every putt I stand over.  Once I finish my routine and I'm getting ready to begin my putting stroke, I try to completely trust and believe in the line I have chosen in my routine.  Then, it's just a matter of visualization (like I talked about in the last post) and letting myself make that putting stroke.  You simply have to KNOW that you are going to make that putt on that line that you have chosen.  If you start believing in yourself on the green, you will soon notice strokes falling off of your score.