Mastering Mental Game in Golf: Managing Expectations

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00:00 [MUSIC PLAYING]

00:03 When you just talk about Scotty and Nelly

00:05 and you working on the mental side of the game,

00:08 how does somebody manage expectations?

00:12 Because it's easier said than done,

00:15 but what are some of the things that you're working on

00:18 besides just being in every single shot?

00:21 It's just one of those things you unfortunately

00:26 have to experience and I would say go through and just do.

00:33 You know what I mean?

00:34 You have to be going through it.

00:35 It's not something that I can sit on the couch over a year

00:39 and be like, oh, today, when I'm out there

00:41 and I'm 300 through whatever, that's when I'll-- no.

00:44 You have to be out there and get off to a good start

00:47 around a Sunday and have a chance to make a charge

00:49 and not get wrapped up in the leaderboard and understand.

00:52 I felt like Bay Hill was a great learning experience for me

00:55 on Sunday because I got off to a great start

00:57 and I think I was like three or four under through nine.

01:01 That's a course.

01:02 I remember that so well.

01:04 I had a great shot into nine about, well, 15 feet

01:07 and happened to look up at the leaderboard

01:09 and I was a couple back and I was in second place.

01:11 And I can easily go shoot two or three under on this back line

01:15 to win this golf tournament.

01:16 And I just had played 10 well and it's about 10, 12 feet

01:21 and I felt like I had to make that putt or just to kind of,

01:23 you can do a minimum going and I missed it.

01:25 And then I felt like I need to start forcing it

01:28 and I played the last eight holes terribly.

01:30 And when you look at the PGA that I won at Southern Hills,

01:36 I was eight back with 10 to go, had absolutely no business

01:39 winning, wasn't looking at leaderboards.

01:41 It was just like, I'm just trying to play each hole

01:43 the best that I can.

01:44 And next thing you know, it just kind of falls in your lap.

01:46 And there's just something to be said for that.

01:50 And I think the more often you get yourself

01:53 in those positions, the more it works out for you,

01:55 but also the more you're able to learn from it, I guess.

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