Monday, August 24, 2009

Psychology Lessons Golf British Open at Turnberry - Part 2

In the first part I talked about the lessons golf psychology of the incredible performance of Tom Watson both on and off over the years Open Championship at Turnberry. So, what other lessons golf psychology can teach us some of the other competitors?
Now I know the challenge and brave pregnant Ross Fisher effectively dead in the thick rough on the 5th hole on Sunday. But he has gone to great success in a way that the world number one Tiger Woods, has failed miserably to do two days earlier, despite a charge of signing that nearly brought him into the weekend. Ross kept his cool and Tiger lost his rag!
I think that Ross Fisher is such a beautiful young golfer, so polite, attentive and Colombia, so I was thrilled when he lead the Green 4th Sunday Open by two strokes. It was even better than one of my favorites of the time, only 2 behind Tom Watson and Lee Westwood, another favorite of mine was in the mix and playing at the top of his game too. It would be a real treat. I also knew that one of my comrades of the old club, Luke Donald, a clubhouse leader with a final score was 67 entries.
After Ross and Lee both hit their irons off the tee 5th rough, I was afraid it would fall at once, but I never dreamed that Ross would drop four shots! It does not really missing the hole, it was just the rub "of greenery in a traditional course. He had a terrible lie in the thick grass, and he could fall when he played the ball landed in a place even worse. finally out on the fairway to six games, hit a good shot and almost holes a good putt.
It reminded me of all the events I played in the top amateur competitions in the championship tees in places like Open Championship Royal Birkdale and Royal St Georges where the rough could almost be an unjust punishment. What is different about Ross is that he kept smiling down his routine and stepped on them. He even smiled and doffed his hat in response to the applause of the crowd when he finally holes on the 5th green. Moreover, he parred the next hole and his last 10 holes. In other words, he took these things on the golf course and return to work as a professional golfer, hitting good shots and please the crowd. And in case you forget, it was the approaching birth of his first child to think so.
Given his calm, I was surprised to remember Ross said in an interview at the Masters this year he does not use a golf psychologist. He said he had one by the English Golf Union back in his amateur days. I want to know who it was, because he certainly did not mind a good unconscious and prolonged work with the young Ross!
At the risk of repeating myself, the next time you are on golf and the golf gods or your mind seems to be against you, remember how Ross Fisher discussed at the Open. Accept what has happened, send to the past when it disastrously wrong and continue to play the next shot, the best of your abilities.
I conclude this article in Section 3 with more spirit golf lessons Open.

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