New Rules of Core Mental

Toughness – The “Why” Question

Why do you play golf or why do you want to be a

competitive player? Let me give you an

example of one of my students named Jean,

very good player, on her way working on being

on the LPGA tour and has done very well in

amateur golf and she has shifted to being a

professional. She had her ups and downs.

Let’s think about what would be some of the good

reasons why.

1. First of all, that you are

good at it. If you want

to be a competitive

player, you got to be

very skillful.

2. Secondly, you love it. You want

to be out there because to

choose something that you’re not

going to love, not a great idea.

3. And then the third thing is love

competition.

If you’re going to play golf

for a living, guess

what? You wake up in the

morning and every day is

about competition. We

started a plan of how to

answer the “why” question

a little bit better.

In a way, that’s more helpful to her. She is

very clear now on why she wants to be a

competitive player, the things that it take to be

that competitive player and ask yourself, “Why

are you playing golf? You want to love

it?” That’s no question. We at some point feltgood, at some point, pain versus pleasure.

It felt good and we want to make

sure it continues to do that. And

then once you know that then you

can go about creating a plan for

the rest of your golf game as well

as how to maximize the mental

side. So, think about the “why”

question and we’ll talk about

more.

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