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Michael Lardon
Born (1960-05-25) May 25, 1960 (age 63)
Huntington, New York[1]
NationalityAmerican
CitizenshipUnited States[2]
Alma materRice University in Houston, Texas Stanford University
<< University of Texas at Galveston Medical School
UC San Diego
Notable workUniversity of California, San Diego
WebsiteDrLardon.com

Michael Theodore Lardon is an American sport psychiatrist.[3] Lardon is an Associate Clinical Professor at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, and is the author of two books, "Mastering Golf's Mental Game" (Random House 2014) [4] and "Finding Your Zone: 10 Core Lessons for Peak Performance in Sports and Life" (Penguin 2008).[5]

Early life

A former United States Table Tennis Junior Champion,

lucid dreaming. In 1985, Lardon received his Bachelor of Arts in Psychology
.

In 1990, Lardon completed his internship in

University of Texas medical branch at Galveston.[2] In 1994, he won the UCSD Department of Psychiatry Judd (Louis Judd, Past Chairman, National Institute of Mental Health) Research Award for his work on the neuroelectric assessment of enhanced athletic peak performance. In August 1994, this research was awarded grant funding by the United States Tennis Association by the administrator of sports science
, E. Paul Roetert, Ph.D.

During his psychiatry residency training at UCSD he caddied for his brother Brad Lardon in the finals of the PGA Tour Qualifying School in La Quinta, CA. His experience was first chronicled in John Feinstein’s best selling book, "A Good Walk Spoiled" and later in the January 1995 issue of Golf Magazine where he read his brother's final putt to determine if Brad Lardon would earn fully exempt status on the PGA Tour. Lardon under-read the putt but his brother hit it too hard, taking the break out of it and the ball hit the back of the cup, bounced straight up and fell back in giving Brad Lardon his second fully exempt year on the PGA Tour.

Career

In July 1994 Lardon continued his clinical studies in athletic peak performance during his fellowship in

Wyeth-Ayerst
focusing on the destigmatization of depression in men.

Lardon continued to work with a number of Olympic athletes, including the 2004 Olympic Silver medalist in crew,

British Open.[10] Lardon has also coached 2021 Masters runner-up Will Zalatoris[11] and LPGA winner Céline Boutier.[12] Lardon has also worked with athletes in other sports, including former San Diego Chargers Pro Bowl kicker Nate Kaeding,[13] champion show jumper Vinton Karrasch[14] and UFC fighter Dominick Cruz.[15]

Lardon has authored numerous academic articles relating to sports performance, including the "Sports Psychiatrist and Golf",[16] and "Performance Enhancing Drugs: Where Should the Line Be Drawn and By Whom?"[17]

References

  1. ISBN 9781609106126
  2. ^ a b c d e 1
  3. ^ How athletes find the zone, Jon Wertheim
  4. ^ Mastering Golf's Mental Game Random House 2014
  5. ^ "Finding Your Zone by Michael Lardon: 9780399534270 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books". PenguinRandomhouse.com.
  6. ^ USA Table Tennis - USATT Hall of Fame - Scott Boggan
  7. ^ "Southland Golf, September 2008". Archived from the original on April 1, 2010.
  8. ^ "CNN.com - Transcripts". transcripts.cnn.com.
  9. ^ "Steffen Peters Discloses Struggle to Overcome Depression So Severe He Feared Giving Up Competition".
  10. ^ "How the Mental Scorecard Worked for Phil Mickelson". Golf Digest.
  11. ^ "Zalatoris Embraces His Seemingly Limitless Prospects". read.nxtbook.com.
  12. ^ "Celine Boutier breaks through at Vic Open for first LPGA title". February 10, 2019.
  13. ^ Psychiatrist finds key to entering athletic Zone
  14. ^ Miller, Kim F. "Vinton Karrasch: Living the Dream". Expert how-to for English Riders.
  15. ^ https://open.spotify.com/episode/5fCSeosNnjRw42qLTmQGNh Dominick Cruz—The Joe Rogan Experience
  16. PMID 16169456
    .
  17. PMID 19727269
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