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To avoid the big numbers and have fun on the course, one needs to play tension-free golf, and you must be able to close the cycle of negativity and stay focused on the shot at hand. Change your attitude, and you'll change your results. there's nothing attached to the outcome. You figure, "What else could go there's nothing attached to the outcome. You figure, "What else could go wrong?" So you step up there without any hesitation or fear that you wrong?" So you step up there without any hesitation or fear that you could hit it out of bounds, and you rip it! could hit it out of bounds, and you rip it! Most golfers have the tendency to recall their bad shots, not the good Most golfers have the tendency to recall their bad shots, not the good ones. However, the game's best players only remember the good ones. ones. However, the game's best players only remember the good ones. When they hit a shot they like, you see them staring it down, soaking in When they hit a shot they like, you see them staring it down, soaking in the feeling of a well-struck ball. Hopefully these thoughts can shift your the feeling of a well-struck ball. Hopefully these thoughts can shift your the feeling of a well-struck ball. Hopefully these thoughts can shift your approach and allow you to play more great shots. approach and allow you to play more great shots. To make a point of this, at a recent PGA Tour Champions event, I had To make a point of this, at a recent PGA Tour Champions event, I had the chance to speak with Fred Couples and asked him what he thinks the chance to speak with Fred Couples and asked him what he thinks about over an important shot. His reply was, "I recall in my mind the last about over an important shot. His reply was, "I recall in my mind the last time I hit a great shot in a similar situation, and I replay that feeling in my time I hit a great shot in a similar situation, and I replay that feeling in my mind and get the feeling of what that shot felt like. It gives me the freedom mind and get the feeling of what that shot felt like. It gives me the freedom to execute the shot because I know I have done it before with a great to execute the shot because I know I have done it before with a great outcome." outcome." I hope you come visit us soon at the Pebble Beach Golf Academy to learn I hope you come visit us soon at the Pebble Beach Golf Academy to learn how to play your best game while having fun in the process. For more how to play your best game while having fun in the process. For more information please call 831/622-8650 to talk with one of our instructors. information please call 831/622-8650 to talk with one of our instructors. C A R M E L M A G A Z I N E • H O L I D A Y 2 0 1 8 83 Photo: hoto: Evan Schiller Evan hoto: Evan Schiller Schiller hoto: Evan Schiller