His Money Winnings Soared

His Money Winnings Soared

Do you know who the first professional golfer was to hit
the 9 million dollar mark?

My guesses would have been Arnold Palmer
or possibly Jack Nicklaus.

It was Tom Kite.

Tom has had a remarkable 19 PGA wins, 7 Senior PGA wins
and 1 major, the 1992 US Open. Tom also shot 62 four
times while playing on tour.

In the 1980’s he played in 53 consecutive events
without missing the cut, which tied him for sixth overall
with Vijay Singh in the PGA record books at the end of 2004.

Tom’s consistency and his great short game have been
his biggest strengths.

How has Tom Kite been able to continually play winning
golf throughout his career?

Kite is a big fan of the most basic principles of
mental toughness: positive self-talk.

He says, “You have to think effectively. Seeing the negative
side of what happens on the golf course is not effective
thinking.”

How To Stay Positive on the Golf Course

There are two steps to learning the art of positive self-talk.

The first is understanding that your thoughts and beliefs
have a profound impact on your decisions.

Psychological studies on self-talk (the idea that what we say
to ourselves matters) over the past 25 years has shown that
human beings don’t do things based on what happens to us.

We do things based on what we THINK will happen to us.

We don’t go to work because we get paid…we go to work
because we THINK we’ll get paid.
You don’t miss a putt because you missed your last one.

You miss it because you missed your last one and you
THINK you will miss your next one. This is no small distinction.

The second step to learning how to positive self-talk is to
genuinely understand what positive thinking IS.

Positive thinking doesn’t mean that telling yourself
you’re playing well when you aren’t…or telling yourself
you’re confident and cheerful when you aren’t.

It means telling yourself that the negative events you are
going through are temporary.

If you hit a bad drive, you think, “Now my nerves are settled
so I can really drive the ball.”

If you hit a bad putt, you think, “I can use what I just learned
about reading the green on my next putt.”

This is the essence of positive thinking: making sure you
view negative shots as a natural, yet TEMPORARY
phenomenon during your golf game.

It worked for Tom Kite. Why not you?

I’ll talk to you again soon.

Your friend,
Lisa Brown

http://www.golfgamesecrets.com

Lisa Brown is a professional speaker, author and coach who helps
people realize their deepest aspirations through mental toughness training.

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