THE NEXT GOLF ADVENTURE TEAMS WITH DR. JOE PARENT AUTHOR OF ZEN GOLF AND COACH OF PGA TOUR STARS

Biography of Dr. Joe Parent
PGA TOUR Instructor, Author, Corporate Speaker

“Dr. Parent has been a great influence on my mental game. He’s given me very effective methods for working with thoughts and emotions, and for taking the negatives out of the picture. ZEN GOLF is the best book at connecting golf and the mind together. It’s for everyone, it really helps, and you’re really going to enjoy it.”
— Vijay Singh, World’s #1 Ranked Golfer 2004-2005

Dr. Joe Parent has coached the mental game in golf, business and life for over 25 years. A distinguished PGA TOUR Instructor, he has attracted such clients as Vijay Singh, recent # 1 golfer in the world rankings, Masters and 2-time PGA Champion. Dr. Joe is the author of the bestselling ZEN GOLF: Mastering the Mental Game (Doubleday). Golf Digest reviews describe it as “Soothing and enlightening, entertaining and provocative, here is a book that is highly original and exciting. Destined to become a classic.”
ZEN GOLF was published in 2002, quickly rising to the top of the list as the bestselling instructional golf book in America. Now in its tenth printing, there are over 175,000 copies in print world-wide, including foreign editions in seven different languages.
In the early 1970’s, Dr. Joe encountered the mindful awareness practices of Buddhism. While modern psychology pointed out self-defeating patterns of behavior, mindful awareness provided the most profound methods to transform them. As he completed his Ph.D., he began bringing his insights to golf, co-teaching clinics with a golf pro who was also interested in mindfulness and psychology.
Since then Dr. Joe has become a renowned and sought-after instructor of the mental game, teaching the path to success to hundreds of professionals and amateurs in golf and other sports, as well as in business and life. He is a highly regarded keynote speaker at corporate, celebrity and charity events hosted by companies such as Merrill Lynch, Dreyfus, LPL, Salomon Brothers, Bank of America, Fidelity, AIG, CB Richard Ellis, World Presidents Organization, PGA of America, the Tiger Woods Foundation, the First Tee Foundation and many others.
Dr. Joe has been featured on CNN, NBC’s Today in New York, HBO Sports, ESPN, and many appearances on The Golf Channel. The ZEN GOLF book is featured in a widely circulated MasterCard “Priceless” ad, and had its own cameo appearance being read by Ray Romano on “Everybody Loves Raymond.” Dr. Joe coaches Ray, Kevin James, Malcolm McDowell, Michael O’Keefe (Danny Noonan in Caddyshack) and many other celebrity golfers.
As a result of his writing and instruction of PGA TOUR players, Golf Digest Magazine named Dr. Joe to their first list of “Top Ten Mental Game Experts” in the world, and in the July 2005 issue featured him in their popular instructional section: “Breaking 100-90-80 and 70.”
Dr. Joe Parent teaches at the Ojai Valley Inn and Spa Resort, Ojai, California.

“When body and mind are synchronized in the present moment, we can uncover our inherent dignity and confidence. The ultimate goal is not just to help people become better golfers, but better human beings, ones who can relate to themselves and others in a genuine, kind, and courageous way.” — Dr. Joe Parent

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