Enneagram 9 Golfer Types
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Enneagolf says 'a sport like Golf can be a tremendous instrument to find how the wisdom of Enneagram can help us to mastery ourselves and our leadership. In competition as in Business'.
Once you know your Enneagram number, look at the description of your number in the 9 Golfer types explained below!
1) THE PERFECTIONIST
How Personality Influences Your Golf Results
Enneagolf says 'the perfectionism influences in a dramatic the way you play. Players with predominant personality type 1 keep a very hard and constant internal dialogue which dramatically affects the way he perceives the game'.
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Positive Personality Traits
- Commitment
- Determination
- Discipline
- Focus on the goals
- Pursuit of excellence
- Hard working
Negative Personality Traits
- Overstated Demanding
- Inflexibility
- Rigidity
- Intolerance
- Tension
- Irritation
- Focus on errors
2) THE PROUD
How Personality Influences Your Golf Results
Enneagolf says 'the pride and the giving others the power to influence our perceived image influences in a decisive way the performance of our golf. Personality type 2 often remains stubbornly with unconscious strategies which doesn’t allow the progress both technical and mental to new performance levels'.
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Positive Personality Traits
- Empathic
- Charismatics
- Engaging
- Skilled in relations
- Ease in emotional connection
- Discipline
Negative Personality Traits
- Stubborn
- Inconsequential
- Naive
- Untimely
- Indirect
- Impulsive when not recognized
3) THE ACCOMPLISHER
How Personality Influences Your Golf Results
Enneagolf says 'vanity influences in a crucial way the game of golf. Players with a prevalent Personality Type 3 are excessively competitive and result oriented, permanently searching for the recognition of success by their “opponents"'.
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Positive Personality Traits
- Objectivity
- Efficiency
- Results orientated
- Humorous, enthusiasm
- Confidence
Negative Personality Traits
- Conniving/calculative
- Extremely competitive
- Impatience when faced with difficulties
- Dissimulated
- Indifference to the opinions of others
4) THE EMOTIVE
How Personality Influences Your Golf Results
Enneagolf says 'emotion influences in a determinant way our golf results. Players with the predominant Type 4 are excessively emotive and connected with past states and moments'.
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Positive Personality Traits
- Sensitive
- Creatives
- Detail oriented
- Demanding
- Expressive
Negative Personality Traits
- Unstable
- Mordant critics
- Complainers
- Little objective
- Self-referent
5) THE ANALYTICAL
How Personality Influences Your Golf Results
Enneagolf says 'over analysis influences in a decisive way our golf results. Players with a predominant personality type 5 are excessively rational and overly focussed on analyzing future plans'.
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Positive Personality Traits
- Positive
- Analyze and logic
- Deliberation
- Lucid and attentive analysis
- Calm in crisis
- Objectivity
Negative Personality Traits
- Apathy
- Excessive analysis
- Emotionally detached
- Little assertiveness
- Retracted
- Distancing
6) THE DOUBTFUL
How Personality Influences Your Golf Results
Enneagolf says 'the doubt influences in a crucial way our golf results. Players with predominant personality type 6 are excessively anxious and attempt to anticipate to the max all the possible worst case scenarios'.
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Positive Personality Traits
- Commitment
- Organization
- Caution
- Responsibility
- Anticipation of problems
Negative Personality Traits
- Doubt
- Preoccupation
- Hyper-Vigilance
- Anxiety
- Negative scenarios
- Distancing
7) THE ENTHUSIAST
How Personality Influences Your Golf Results
Enneagolf says 'the over enthusiasm influences in an determinant way our golf results. Players with a predominant personality type 7 are excessively enthusiastic preferring to focus on the multiple positive scenarios facing extremely bad small flaws most of the time consequence of their lack of concentration and focus in the present moment'.
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Positive Personality Traits
- Optimism
- Confidence
- High Energy
- Improvisation
- Humorous
Negative Personality Traits
- Lack of commitment
- Anti-routine
- Unfocused
- Dispersibility
- Rebellious
8) THE CONTROLLER
How Personality Influences Your Golf Results
Enneagolf says 'the extreme necessity for control and their excessive stamina influences in a crucial way the game of golf. Payers with a predominant personality type 8 search with the excesses of its exterior game to reduce the little consistent need for restoring its interior feeling of control'.
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Positive Personality Traits
- Assertiveness
- Challenge orientated
- Objectivity
- Persistence
- Self-confidence and achievement
Negative Personality Traits
- Impatience
- Control freak
- Exaggeration
- Authoritarian
- No planning
9) THE HARMONIOUS
How Personality Influences Your Golf Results
Enneagolf says 'the extreme necessity for harmony and its susceptibility influence by others leverages in a determinant way the game of golf. Players with this predominant personality Type 9 aim to achieve acceptance by forgetting their own value and all the “offered” options'.
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Positive Personality Traits
- Calm
- Reflection
- Disciplined
- Tolerance
- Patience
Negative Personality Traits
- Indecision
- Apathy
- Dependence
- Unaware of self-value
- Procrastination