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EXCLUSIVE: 6 PGA Tour Pros Provide Insights to Their Mental Game & Winning | golf SMARTER #832

golf SMARTER

Josh Karp

Golf, Sports, Society & Culture

4.3577 Ratings

🗓️ 2 March 2022

⏱️ 77 minutes

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832: EXCLUSIVE interviews with 6 PGA Tour Pros by Golf Mental Game Coach, Cary Valentine. Since 2018, Cary visits the practice rounds at the Sony Open in Hawaii and talks to various PGA Tour Pros about their approach to the mental game, winning, their heroes, and their faith while they’re on the range or practice putting. This year he once again provided Golf Smarter with exclusive audio from Zach Johnson, Xander Schauffele, Jerry Kelly, Marc Leishman, Cameron Smith, and breakout star from the WM Phoenix Open, Sahith Theegala. You won’t hear these comments or insights anywhere else. For more on Cary's work, check out ChampionYIG.com. If you would like to get an assessment of where your mental game is on the golf course, check out Cary's brief golf quiz MyGolfQuiz.comThis episode is brought to you by DynamicGolfers.com/golfsmarter. Golf Smarter listeners get a 7 day free trial and 15% off your membership with coupon code ‘GolfSmarter’. Why spend thousands on a gym membership that doesn’t focus on the best exercises for golfers? Join the thousands of golfers worldwide who do the 15-20 minute dynamic stretching workouts that are completely focused on improving your flexibility and mobility for golf. Our host, Fred Greene, went from a 11hcp to a 9hcp in just 3 months doing DynamicGolfers workouts each morning. In less than a year of doing it multiple times each week, he’s worked his way down to an 8! They have hundreds of workout sessions so you’ll never get bored doing the same routine. Try it free for 7 days and see immediate impact. https://DynamicGolfers.com/golfsmarter.This week on Golf Smarter Mulligans we launch Spring golf with 9 consecutive episodes featuring one of the most popular instructors ever featured on Golf Smarter, Tony Manzoni (RIP). Tony was an amazing golf instructor who passed away in 2018. We first met him in 2009, and in the dozen or so times he was on the podcast with us, emails flooded in with more positive feedback than any other teacher featured. Tony’s book, The Lost Fundamental, One Simple Move, Better Golf Forever, which was out of print when he passed away, is once again available on Amazon including Kindle format https://www.amazon.com/Lost-Fundamental-Simple-Better-Forever-ebook/dp/B07MZFSPBW/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Tony+Manzoni&qid=1614728823&sr=8-1 . Tony’s video of the same name was also out of circulation, but can now be seen online. If you’d like to gain access please write to me directly via email GolfSmarterPodcast@Gmail.com. Lastly, after he passed, we created a Tony Manzoni Memorial Golf Smarter Fund to benefit the First Tee of Coachella Valley. Your tax deductible contributions are greatly appreciated. Find out more at https://GolfSmarter.com/tony . Be part of the podcast! Record our episode intro from your phone, and get a year long membership to Dynamic Golfers. Write to GolfSmarterPodcast@gmail.com and tell us that you want to play. We’ll assign you an episode number and a script to record for the intro of the show. If we air your intro, you’ll win!For exclusive content and first access check out Corrected Mistakes on Substack: https://substack.com/@correctedmistake  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

PGA Tour champion Zach Johnson talking about how he controls his mental game.

0:06.0

When I'm in those spans where it's very difficult, anxiety, things of that nature can set in,

0:12.0

I always go back to, hey, am I just putting too much into this, number one.

0:16.0

Number two, what is it that's doing it?

0:18.0

So I probably can't control where that ball goes.

0:20.0

I can't control what my scorecard says, but I can control the controls.

0:23.6

You know, my cadence, my walk, my vision, my breathing, breathing's massive, massive. When I'm eating, what I'm eating, when I'm talking, what I'm talking about, our relationship, our communication. I can control all of that.

0:34.6

And so, you know, the more I focus on that

0:36.6

and that sort of process,

0:38.6

everything else takes care of itself.

0:40.6

And it's almost like the ball just leaves your face and you don't even know it. Hi, this is Stephen Holler from Stanley, North Carolina. And I play at Cowensford Golf Club. Brought to you by Dynamic Golfers. This is Golf Smarter, number 832. Congratulations, Stephen. you've just earned a year-long membership to dynamic golfers by introducing today's episode.

0:59.7

Stay tuned to hear how you can get one for yourself.

1:04.7

Exclusive insights from six PGA tour players on their approach to the mental game and winning with Carrie Valentine.

1:11.7

This is Golf Smarter.

1:14.3

Sharing stories, tips, and insights from great golf minds to help you lower your score and raise your golf IQ.

1:22.3

Here's your host, Fred Green.

1:24.7

Welcome back to the Golf Smarter podcast, Carrie, or let me say, aloha, my friend.

1:30.3

Aloha, Fred.

1:31.5

It is a wonderful honor and a delight to connect back with you.

1:36.9

And we do this on an annual basis, and I'm so glad to see you.

1:40.2

You're looking awfully healthy.

1:41.4

I'm looking at you.

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