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About the Author
    Dr. Gio Valiante is one of the most prominent sport psychologists in the world. He has worked with many of the sport’s top players, including Matt Kuchar, Justin Rose, Camilo Villegas, Sean O’Hair, Davis Love III, and Alexis Thompson. His clients over the past decade have won dozens of championships, and he has become the winningest sport psychologist on the PGA Tour during that time.
    Valiante was named one of the 40 most influential people in golf under age 40 by
Golf
magazine in 2011 and was dubbed Guru of the Year by the Golf Channel in 2010. His book
Fearless Golf: Conquering the Mental Game
(Doubleday/
Golf Digest
, 2005) is a standard in golf psychology. He is a professor at Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida, and serves as the mental game consultant for the Golf Channel,
Golf Digest
, and the University of Florida.
    Valiante lives in Winter Park, Florida.