So for me , a lot of the teaching and the mentorship came from the mental side of the game , being able to You know , kind of push through some of the adversity of those long days and really how to turn yourself around when you know it's going to be a long day . So one of the biggest things that I focus on , not to sound like a broken record , but really is strengthening my mental game . It's been one of the things that I have found to be most effective .
Advice from coaches , mentors in the past . One of the biggest pieces pieces of advice that I've gathered over my years of playing golf is really to just kind of hone in my mental strengths or mental abilities behind the game . You know , there's only so much that you can really teach as far as a golf swing .
It was really , you know , I was very fortunate to be blessed with the ability to play golf and to be able to play it at the highest level being Division I , but once I got here , it was , it was different . Everybody was as good , if not better than I was , so I really had to , you know , work on the mental game like I mentioned and allow myself to not take that as a threat and allow it to be a learning process , learn from the older guys , pick their brains , see what they do , what they don't do well , what they do do well . Um , and just kind of pick and choose from that as to what my game would ultimately turn into as a leader now on our team .
It's been one of the things that I have found to be most effective . Besides , you know , swaying thoughts and all this other stuff that you would commonly get , the mental side of the game for me has been something that You know , through a lot of work and a lot of dedication to that work , I have found to be one of the more effective parts of lowering my scores and being able to maintain that sense of focus throughout the day . Mechanics behind some of my stuff , I'm a natural fader of the golf ball .
Everything's so unique to everybody . So for me , a lot of the teaching and the mentorship came from the mental side of the game , being able to You know , kind of push through some of the adversity of those long days and really how to turn yourself around when you know it's going to be a long day . So one of the biggest things that I focus on , not to sound like a broken record , but really is strengthening my mental game .
