Playing great golf "savoring" the Present Moment

As we have discussed many times, our body, that by nature cannot think, is always in the Now. Then, our mind must always be in the Present, in order to be perfectly synchronized  to produce excellent golf shots.

But, according to an excellent article published in the website Psychology Now (The Art of Now: Six Steps to Living in the Moment), we tend to be more concerned with what will happen in the future (catastrophizing) or what happened in the past (ruminating).

This is not a golf article but it is very interesting, since it spells out six steps that allows access of the Present Moment.

What I liked best was the second step:

2: To avoid worrying about the future, focus on the present (savoring).

And the quote from Mark Twain is simply superb:  "I have known a great many troubles, but most of them never happened."

I really liked the concept that psychologists call "Savoring". Or to relish or luxuriate in whatever you're doing at the present moment.  "This could be while you're eating a pastry, taking a shower, or basking in the sun. You could be savoring a success or savoring music," explains the author of the article.

Well, I have sometimes, under pressure, had the problem of  "going to the future" when playing very well, and ruining a potentially great round of golf. The concept of "savoring", I feel, will greatly help me in my quest to stay in the Present Moment.

This should be easy since when one is playing great golf, there are many things to savour.

The pleasure of playing great golf, the beauty of playing golf outdoors and in beautiful natural surroundings, and just the feeling of how lucky one is to be doing what we most like, among others.

From now on, together with other techniques that I use to "stay" in the Present Moment, I will certainly be incorporating the concept of savoring the NOW.
It seems to me that if a golfer frequently "ruminates" about past mistakes or tends to "catastrophize" about his future shots, to savour a good Present Moment will help him guarantee good synchronization to keep playing great golf.