Comments on: Choking http://www.lifeintherough.com/2008/03/31/choking/ My Quest to Become a Golf Pro Tue, 18 Oct 2011 00:20:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Golf Books http://www.lifeintherough.com/2008/03/31/choking/comment-page-1/#comment-1747 Golf Books Thu, 03 Apr 2008 03:08:00 +0000 http://www.lifeintherough.com/2008/03/31/choking/#comment-1747 I don't know... I've been watching Austin play for many years and he really is a great player but has always had more of a whimper in his demeanor than bravado. He often looks defeated even when he's playing well. Coming into the 16th with a lead, you never get the feeling with Woody that it's all over. With him it always seems like there's potential disaster ahead. Duval used to be like that then one day his mental approach, or at least what he projected, changed. When he got over his mental hump he developed that look. A part snarl/part smile telling the field - don't even bother.... Woody never had that look, ever. Bruce H. I don’t know…
I’ve been watching Austin play for many years and he really is a great player but has always had more of a whimper in his demeanor than bravado. He often looks defeated even when he’s playing well. Coming into the 16th with a lead, you never get the feeling with Woody that it’s all over. With him it always seems like there’s potential disaster ahead. Duval used to be like that then one day his mental approach, or at least what he projected, changed. When he got over his mental hump he developed that look. A part snarl/part smile telling the field – don’t even bother….
Woody never had that look, ever.

Bruce H.

]]> By: Double Eagle http://www.lifeintherough.com/2008/03/31/choking/comment-page-1/#comment-1746 Double Eagle Wed, 02 Apr 2008 23:44:01 +0000 http://www.lifeintherough.com/2008/03/31/choking/#comment-1746 He's certainly not a prototypical Tour pro. Definitely a lot of fire and brutal honesty with him. I guess I'm not so much surprised that <b>he</b> said it. More like I was surprised to have heard it on the telecast at all but given that I did, it doesn't surprise me that it was him. He’s certainly not a prototypical Tour pro. Definitely a lot of fire and brutal honesty with him. I guess I’m not so much surprised that he said it. More like I was surprised to have heard it on the telecast at all but given that I did, it doesn’t surprise me that it was him.

]]> By: TP Golf Online http://www.lifeintherough.com/2008/03/31/choking/comment-page-1/#comment-1745 TP Golf Online Wed, 02 Apr 2008 23:20:31 +0000 http://www.lifeintherough.com/2008/03/31/choking/#comment-1745 Now Woody Austin is not your prototypical tour professional. We have all seen the hi-lite of Woody trying to embed the shape of his head into his putter shaft. It did not surpirse me that he uttered the word after hitting terrible shots back to back on the 72 hole. He did come back and hit a pretty decent pitch shot under the circumstances. Woody can be brutally honest and who knows that could be how he deals with these situations that allows him to move on. Wouldn't it be nice to have ice running through our veins like Jack, Tiger, or Hogan. Now Woody Austin is not your prototypical tour professional. We have all seen the hi-lite of Woody trying to embed the shape of his head into his putter shaft. It did not surpirse me that he uttered the word after hitting terrible shots back to back on the 72 hole. He did come back and hit a pretty decent pitch shot under the circumstances. Woody can be brutally honest and who knows that could be how he deals with these situations that allows him to move on.

Wouldn’t it be nice to have ice running through our veins like Jack, Tiger, or Hogan.

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