In Episode 2 of The Golfer's Mind Lab, BJ breaks down exactly what happens in your brain when you see out of bounds - why the harder you try to avoid it, the more likely you are to find it - and introduces the Target Lock, a three-step attention technique used by elite performers to redirect focus from trouble to the target.

This week's challenge: run the Target Lock on every shot where OB is in play and track where the ball goes versus where your attention was.

Plus: BJ's personal on-course recap from his own round testing the technique on a course with plenty of white stakes to work with.

Episode 1: The One Shot Rule

Most golfers are wired to replay mistakes. It's not a character flaw — it's negativity bias, an evolutionary survival mechanism that gives more weight to negative experiences than positive ones. On the golf course, it's costing you strokes.

In this episode:

— What negativity bias actually does to your game

— The One Shot Rule and why "play one shot at a time" fails without a mechanism

— The reset breath — a breathing technique that activates your parasympathetic nervous system and signals your brain that the last shot is done

— This week's challenge: the reset breath for one full round

— BJ's personal on-course recap

The Golfer's Mind Lab. One concept. One challenge. Every two weeks.

Music credits: All songs written, recorded, and mixed by BJ Stremple.