Breathing deeply and steadily improves focus and calms nerves.
This technique turns stress into concentration during play.
The body reacts better when breathing is controlled and rhythmic.
Learning this skill can improve your golf performance.
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I couldn’t believe how good players were that I’d never heard of. There was an old saying that if you’re gonna be a pro golfer, you have to be the best player within 200 miles of where you live. I wasn’t good enough. My big moment, I was playing Australian Open. I’m on the driving range at Royal Melbourne. This would have been 87. I think I’m hitting balls between Greg Norman and Sandy Lyle. Sandy Lyle had just either won the Masters of the British Open or whatever. Greg Norman was number one in the world. and it sounded like gunfire going off. The way they were striking the ball, it had a different sound to it. These guys were really accelerating the club and compressing the ball in a way that I had to know anything about that. So, when I came back home and worked with my teacher, I just kind of thought, you know, this isn’t working. I’m going to have to change my technique here and become more of a hitter than a swinger. I had to change. So, I committed to doing that. I worked my butt off and then worked out, got stronger, just committed to it, and then I became a much better player. So, I think professional golf, it made me better because I realized I had to be better and I realized the competition was better.
