KARL and Nadine Morris held their wedding reception in Manchester last weekend - three years after they tied the knot.

The top sports psychologist, who lists some of the world's leading golf and cricket stars among his clients, and his wife had been too busy to organise anything until then.

"With both of us involved in the business it had been manic but we also got married very quickly because my mum was ill and we lost her shortly after," said Salford-born Nadine, who was Nick Faldo's PA for 10 years.

"We'll probably go on honeymoon in 2012," quipped Karl, a former Heaton Park professional who this week moves his company, Mind Factor, into new offices near his Culcheth home.

"I met Nadine soon after she'd finished working for Nick and I thought to myself that anyone who could put up with him for so long would do for me!"

But there were none of his leading lights among the 85 guests because they were all in action in far-flung places.

Darren Clarke was in Australia; fellow Irishman Graeme McDowell was competing in Florida; and former England cricket captain Michael Vaughan was on a golfing trip to Portugal.

"They all sent their apologies," said Karl. "But Andrew Murray, Adrian Fryer and Ken Comboy, who is McDowell's caddie, were there."

Among other golfers who consult him is South African James Kingston, who finished second to McDowell in the Scottish Open at Loch Lomond in July.

Fascinating

 "That was a first for me," said Karl, 42, who can also claim to have contributed to Hull City's success this season.

"I worked with Phil Brown and his management team pre-season and it's great to take some of the credit."

But it's not just sporting personalities who seek his help.

"A trader in stocks and shares got in touch with me who is attempting to turn $25,000 into a million in a year," explained Karl.

"As with a golfer, he reasoned that he also had good and bad days and I've been putting him in the right frame of mind to follow a routine - it's no different to playing a shot. The parallels are fascinating."

Karl has even set up a website traders-mind.com on the strength of his success in the field.

And he also has his own column here on manchestereveningnews.co.uk called Mind Games, which is linked to a campaign to save players a million shots around the world.

It's not just looking at the swing with leading coaches such as Denis Pugh and Pete Cowan but features putting techniques with Southport-based Harold Swash, short game methods, fitness, and offers nutritional advice.

"My mind stuff is in there as well," said Karl. "It's a multi-information site." 

He's also something of an unsung hero as an ambassador for Special Olympics along with the likes of Lawrie McMenemy and David James. 

"It's for kids who have learning disabilities," he said.  "We have a world games every four years and more people take part than in the Olympics itself. This time it was in Beijing but it was under-publicised. I spent some time with two singles figure golfers who had Downs Syndrome - one of them played with Robert Karlsson in the PGA Championship pro-am. 

"A lot of people think it's Paralympics but it's nothing to do with that. It's a shame it's not well publicised," 

Meanwhile, Karl was the first Brit to be asked to appear at South African PGA Conference earlier this year, having spoken at similar events in Australia, Sweden and Germany.

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