with Dr. Paul Schienberg I came in the backdoor believe it or not. Most of the time it is an ex-player that is finishing up a career that becomes a scout. I was playing baseball for Hunter College. I was always a kid who had a ball in his hand – during the baseball season [...]
Published on: 24th April, 2007
With Paul Schienberg, PhD Schienberg: Golf can play an enormous part in children’s development and personality development. What role has it played in your life? Lopez: You know I grew up not having a father. Golf is the father I never had. It taught me honesty and respect and discipline and it taught me to [...]
Published on: 24th April, 2007
With Paul Schienberg, PhD At The 2007 Bob Hope Pro-Am Dessert Classic Jesper Parnevik hit an extremely large number of golf balls with one club. He was clearly trying to work out something that he didn’t like in the morning practice round. Jesper looked frustrated with each shot, even though from this amateur golfer’s point [...]
Published on: 24th April, 2007
With Paul Schienberg, PhD At the 2007 Bob Hope Pro-Am Dessert Classic Golf Tournament Phil was asked about his somewhat erratic play after the loss at Wingfoot. Did he think about the loss at the Open? Was it driving him to distraction? Phil said he didn’t think about the loss at Wingfoot until after the [...]
Published on: 22nd April, 2007
With Paul Schienberg, PhD Part II: The Rise and Fall of A Professional Sports Team Schienberg: The rise and fall of the New York Islanders is of great interest. An expansion team may be in existence for four, five, six years. Then, all of a sudden it wins the Stanley Cup (highest trophy in hockey [...]
Published on: 21st April, 2007
With Paul Schienberg, PhD At the end of the third round of the 2007 Bob Hope Dessert Classic in Palm Springs, Cameron Beckman and I had a chat about the mental side of his golf game. He had just finished hitting a hundred or so balls on the practice tee. Cameron was very accessible and [...]
Published on: 21st April, 2007
With Paul Schienberg, PhD The Commerce Bank Championship was played from June 27 – July 2, 2006 on the now prestigious Eisenhower Park. The public facility was the home of the 1926 PGA Championship with legendary Walter Hagan. I was able to engage Charles Coody on the way to the practice range. He proved to [...]
Published on: 21st April, 2007
With Paul Schienberg, PhD The Commerce Bank Championship was played from June 27 – July 2, 2006 on the now prestigious Eisenhower Park. The public facility was the home of the 1926 PGA Championship with legendary Walter Hagan. I was able to engage Tom McKnight on the way to the clubhouse. He proved to be [...]
Published on: 11th April, 2007
With: Paul Schienberg, PhD Part I: Siblings and Athletics Schienberg: I read over material regarding your sports career. I’ve seen you play hockey. I identified four areas that I’d like to talk with you about. One is the playing of sports with a sibling – namely your younger brother, Dennis. Potvin: We’ve always played together. [...]
Published on: 6th August, 2006
A senior professional golfer shares his mental approach to better performance in a tournament. With Paul Schienberg, PhD