Suzy Whaley, PGA of America President
Finding Mastery with Dr. Michael Gervais
Dr. Michael Gervais
4.6 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 30 January 2019
⏱️ 65 minutes
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Summary
This week’s conversation is with Suzy Whaley, the PGA of America's first female President.
Prior to being elected President last November, Suzy served for two years as PGA Secretary, and two years as Vice President.
She is also the PGA Owner of Suzy Whaley Golf in Cromwell, Connecticut and the PGA Director of Instruction at the Country Club at Mirasol in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.
Suzy is recognized as one of the country’s top golf instructors and has won numerous teaching awards including: Golf Digest Top 50 Instructor, LPGA Top 50 Instructor, Connecticut PGA Two-Time Teacher of the Year, Golf Digest State Teacher of the Year 10 times, and she’s instructed more than 300 children to collegiate golf.
A dual member of the PGA of America and LPGA Teaching & Club Professional division, Suzy was a LPGA Tour member in 1990 and 1993.
She famously qualified and participated in the 2003 Greater Hartford Open, becoming the first woman since Babe Zaharias in 1945 to qualify for a PGA Tour event.
We discuss what that experience was like for her: the pressure that went into competing on the Men’s tour and how she overcame a moment where her nerves got the best of her.
And …. how did that experience prepare her for current role, as she once again finds herself in a similar situation, charting new territory, this time as the leader of a massive organization.
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| 0:00.0 | I always tell people if you're not if you're not feeling pressure most likely you won't win or you certainly won't compete at a level that your body is capable of doing |
| 0:10.6 | if you're not feeling a little bit of that because I like to see it as this positive energy |
| 0:15.7 | that I can create and direct and direct to whatever intention I have. So pressure is something that for me I turn into |
| 0:27.4 | intentional processes. All right, welcome back or welcome to the Finding Mastery Podcast, I'm Michael Jervay, |
| 0:42.4 | and by Trade and Training, I'm a sport and |
| 0:44.6 | performance psychologist, as well as the co-founder of Compete to Create. |
| 0:49.6 | And the whole idea behind this podcast, behind these conversations, is to learn from people who are |
| 0:54.9 | committed to the Path of Mastery. And while they might not say that that's what |
| 0:58.4 | they're committed to, their track record and body work speaks for itself and they have a pursuit to understand the nuances of their craft. |
| 1:07.0 | And what this conversation is meant to do is understand their path, their unique journey, |
| 1:11.0 | understand how they understand where they fit in the world, |
| 1:15.4 | how they organize their external world, how they make sense of their internal life, and then |
| 1:19.8 | how they use mental skills to build and refine their craft. |
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