Matt Fitzpatrick: How to find your edge when you're playing to win (E225)
The High Performance Podcast
High Performance
4.8 • 4.7K Ratings
🗓️ 20 November 2023
⏱️ 70 minutes
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Summary
This conversation provides a glimpse into the mind of a golfer whose meticulous approach, dedication, and mental resilience has propelled him to the pinnacle of the sport.
Matt Fitzpatrick is a professional golfer, and won his first major championship at the 2022 U.S. Open. In this episode, Jake, Damian and Matt discuss the techniques and skills he employs in his professional and personal life that have shaped his career. Matt shares the transformation that took place in 2018 that took his career to the next level; he reveals the meticulous approach he uses to hone his craft and why being numbers obsessed is the secret to his success.
They explore his journey from amateur to professional golfer, and his shift in mindset, including the power of positive self-talk. Matt also shares the life-changing advice his caddy Billy Foster gave him just before winning the U.S Open.
In this episode they delve into how he developed his winning mindset in a sport where you lose more than you win.
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| 0:56.0 | When I've played my best, I can compete with the best. |
| 1:00.0 | I just have a real belief in the people I work with and the real belief in myself to find the answers to get better, whichever way it is. |
| 1:09.0 | Like I'm not worried about playing someone who's 6-4 and hits it 340 down the middle, it's like, I'll beat them another way. |
| 1:17.0 | The US Open I probably wasn't really expected to win. |
| 1:21.0 | It was the best I've ever played, you know, there's no doubt about that. |
| 1:24.7 | In those final moments coming down the last five, six holes when the pressure is on, you |
| 1:30.0 | need to be strong mentally not to kind of just wilt. |
| 1:33.7 | And I just remember looking up and it was like going towards a flag |
| 1:36.2 | and I was just like, oh my God, this is a, like, thank God, |
| 1:39.4 | like I've had such a good shot there. |
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