Rhythm helps Stephan Jaeger to long-awaited PGA Tour win | Golf Central | Golf Channel

Hear from Stephan Jaeger after winning the Texas Children’s Houston Open and learn what exactly Tripp Isenhour loves about Jaeger’s game. #GolfChannel #GolfCentral #StephanJaeger #PGATour
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AND HE HAS ARRIVED. HE IS WITH DAMON HACK. >> WITH THE CHAMP STEPHAN JAEGER, STEPHAN, IT WAS A BATTLE ALL DAY. HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE JUST THE BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN SOME OF THE BEST PLAYERS IN THE WORLD? >> YEAH, THIS GOLF COURSE, YOU

KNOW, YOU’VE GOT TO PICK YOUR SPOTS. I DIDN’T END UP MAKING ANY BIRDIES ON THE BACK NINE. ONE REALLY GOOD PAR SAVE ON 13, THAT WAS HUGE. I TRIED TO GET AS MANY BIRDIE LOOKS AS I POSSIBLY COULD. AND I THINK THE ONLY BAD PUTT I

HIT ON 17, THAT WAS ONLY KIND OF MIS-HIT. BUT YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID I CAME OUT ON TOP. SUPER HAPPY WITH THAT RESULT, OBVIOUSLY. PLAYED WITH SCOTTIE FOR TWO DAYS. HE’S AWESOME. >> 135th START ON THE PGA TOUR. YOU’VE BEEN BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN THE PGA TOUR AND

FERRY TOUR. WAS THERE EVER A TIME YOU BELIEVED THIS DAY MIGHT NOT COME? >> YOU KNOW, WITH THE SUCCESS I’VE HAD ON THE KORN FERRY THE LAST COUPLE YEARS I FELT LIKE IT WAS IN THERE. I JUST HAD TO CHANGE A COUPLE

THINGS IN MY GAME THAT WEREN’T SUITED FOR THE PGA TOUR. ONCE I KIND OF FELT LIKE THAT WAS GETTING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, I FELT LIKE I COULD DO IT FOR SURE. BUT WE ALL HAD DARK SPOTS IN GOLF. THAT’S KIND OF PART OF THE GAME.

YOU JUST KIND OF PERSEVERED THROUGH IT, AND KEPT DOING YOUR THING, KEPT WORKING HARD, AND EVENTUALLY THE DAY WILL COME. >> WHAT CHANGED SPECIFICALLY FROM A PHYSICAL STANDPOINT AND MAYBE FROM A MENTAL STANDPOINT AS WELL? >> YEAH, PHYSICAL, I MEAN, I WAS

ONE OF THE WORST DRIVERS ON TOUR FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS WHEN I WAS BACK AND FORTH. AND YOU CAN KIND OF GET A LITTLE BIT OF — GET AWAY WITH IT ON THE KORN FERRY A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN HERE. AND YOU KNOW, I TRIED TO CHANGE

MY APPROACH A LITTLE BIT ON HOW TO ATTACK GOLF COURSES. JUST HIT IT AS FAR AS POSSIBLE. AND WHAT HAPPENED, I WAS GETTING STRAIGHTER AND THAT GAVE ME CONFIDENCE, HEY, THE REST OF MY GAME’S ALWAYS GOOD, LET’S CONTINUE TO DO THAT. IT’S SUPER EXCITING, OBVIOUSLY.

>> HE’S THE FIFTH FIRST-TIME WINNER ON THE PGA TOUR THIS SEASON. NICK DUNLAP WINNING AS AN AMATEUR. PRETTY GOOD WEEK. DIDN’T HAVE HIS BEST STUFF TODAY. MATHIEU PAVON OF FRANCE FARMERS INSURANCE. JAKE KNAPP IN MEXICO. AUSTIN ECKROAT IN PALM BEACH, FLORIDA. AND NOW STEPHAN JAEGER HAS WON.

HE DOES IT WITH NINE CONSECUTIVE PARS ON THE BACK NINE. DON’T QUITE EXPECT THAT, BUT WITH THOSE SWIRLING WINDS PARTICULARLY HOLDS 11 THROUGH 15. THE GOLF COURSE WAS TOUGH TODAY. STEPHAN JAEGER, THERE’S SOMETHING IN HIS ROUTINE THAT YOU REALLY LIKE, TRIPP. WHAT IS IT?

>> WELL, I LOVE A LOT OF THINGS ABOUT HIM. BEFORE I GOAT BEFORE I GET TO THE ROUTINE, RICH, THE FACT HE WENT ABOUT ADDING SPEED TO HIS GAME AND HE’S ACCOMPLISHED IT. HE’S LONGER THAN HE’S EVER BEEN. HIS SWING SPEED’S GONE UP BY 4

MILES AN HOUR AND CONSEQUENTLY HE’S TOP TEN IN DRIVING DISTANCE. SO A GUY WHO WAS GOOD ON AND AROUND THE GREENS, GETS CLOSER TO THE GREEN, THAT’S GOING TO HELP. BUT YOU CAN DO ALL OF THAT YOU WANT, AND IF YOU DON’T PLAY LIKE

AN ATHLETE AND YOU DON’T MOVE AROUND DURING YOUR PRESHOT ROUTINE, IF YOU GET STATIC AND YOU LET YOUR BRAIN GET IN THE WAY, YOU’RE GOING TO MESS UP. YOUR CONSCIOUS BRAIN WILL ALWAYS MESS UP THE SUBCONSCIOUS. AND IF YOU PLAY LIKE AN

ATHLETE — LET’S TAKE A LOOK AT HIS ROUTINE. AND RICH, HE’S ALWAYS IN MOTION. WATCH THIS. THIS IS THE 18th HOLE. SCOTTIE SCHEFFLER STANDING RIGHT THERE. HE’S GOT A ONE-SHOT LEAD. HE’S GOT TO GET THE FAIRWAY HERE. AND HE’S GOT THE BEST CHANCE OF

HIS LIFE TO WIN ON THE PGA TOUR. LOOK AT HIM STAYING IN MOTION. HE NEVER STOPS. AND THEN HE TOTALLY LETS IT GO. THAT IS ABSOLUTE PERFECTION OF HOW YOU SHOULD PLAY GOLF. AND THAT’S UNENCUMBERED BY ANY SWING THOUGHTS. THERE ARE ZERO SWING THOUGHTS IN HIS HEAD.

HE’S GOT A TARGET AND HE’S SWINGING. THAT IS LOVELY TO SEE. IS IT JUST THE DRIVER, THOUGH? DOES HE DO IT WITH HIS IRONS? DID HE DO IT WITH HIS CHIPPING? OH, YEAH. HE DOES IT ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE BACK. HERE HE IS ON THE CHIPPING. LOOK AT HIS FEET.

THEY WERE ALWAYS MOVING. HE LOOKED AT THE HOLE, HE CAME BACK AND THEN HE JUST LET IT HAPPEN. BEAUTIFUL. ABSOLUTE EXECUTION TO A TEE. HE LOOKS LIKE SOMEBODY STANDING IN THE BATTER’S BOX WAITING FOR THAT PITCH TO COME AND THEN HE JUST REACTS. SAME THING ON THE PUTTING.

DOES HE STAND AROUND A LOT IN DOES HE TAKE A LOT OF TIME? NO. HE’S GOT THE READ. HE’S GOT WHERE HE WANTS IT TO GO. YOU CAN SEE HIM ALWAYS MOVING. LOOK AT HIS FEET. HEAD BACK TO THE BALL. AND JUST LET IT GO.

AND IT GOES RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE. THAT WOULD BE THE LAST BIRDIE HE WOULD MAKE. BUT IT WOULD BE THE MOST IMPORTANT ONE HE MADE. AND I TELL YOU WHAT, IT IS GREAT TO SEE SOMEBODY TRANSFORM NOT ONLY THEIR LONG GAME AND GETTING LONGER AND BETTER WITH THE

DRIVER BUT USING THAT EXECUTION AND PLAYING UNENCUMBERED WITH THOUGHT. IT IS EXCEPTIONAL TO SEE. AND I TELL YOU WHAT, YOU LOOK AT WHAT HE’S DONE THIS YEAR, GETTING IN CONTENTION A COUPLE OF TIMES, TWO THIRD PLACE FINISHES, YOU KNEW IT WAS GOING

TO BE ONLY AN AMOUNT OF TIME, SOMETIME THIS YEAR HE WAS PROBABLY GOING TO HAVE A REALLY GOOD CHANCE TO WIN ON SUNDAY. AND HE DID NOT LET THIS ONE SLIP AWAY. HE WASN’T BOTHERED BY WORLD NUMBER ONE STANDING WITH HIM. HATS OFF TO STEPHAN JAEGER.

SIX-TIME WINNER ON THE KORN FERRY TOUR. IF YOU CAN DO IT ON THAT TOUR YOU CAN DO IT ON THE BIGGEST STAGE. HE’S PROVEN IT ONCE MORE. >> IT’S WHY GUYS CONTINUE TO SEARCH AND TRY TO ADD SOME SPEED. AS YOU SAID, MAYBE THEY GO FIND

A NEW SPORTS PERFORMANCE COACH, A NEW WAY OF LOOKING AT THE GAME. YOU THINK ABOUT WYNDHAM CLARK, WHERE HE CAME FROM IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. DAVID SKINS, MATHIEU PAVON, NOW STEPHAN JAEGER, THEY ARE ALWAYS IN SEARCH BECAUSE ONE TURN OF

THE WRENCH COULD TURN THEIR CAREERS COMPLETELY