{"id":1830,"date":"2015-04-14T15:58:24","date_gmt":"2015-04-14T19:28:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/positivementalimagery.com\/blog\/?p=1830"},"modified":"2015-04-14T15:58:24","modified_gmt":"2015-04-14T19:28:24","slug":"jordan-spieth-mental-master-of-his-golf-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/positivementalimagery.com\/blog\/jordan-spieth-mental-master-of-his-golf-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Jordan Spieth — Mental Master of his Golf Game"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jordan<\/em><\/strong> Spieth is the Masters Champion at Age 21<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Jordan Spieth amazed the world with his winning Masters performance last weekend. He set scoring records for 36 holes (130) and 54 holes (200), and shared the record for 72 holes (270) with Tiger Woods. His first round was the lowest start by a champion (64). Spieth also erased Michelson\u2019s record of (25) birdies made in 2010 with an outstanding (28) number of birdies that continually found the center of the cup.<\/p>\n

Spieth is a great example of a golfer with a successfully executed mental game. On his website he states, \u201cMy Dad told me growing up, \u2018You\u2019ve got to start setting goals.\u2019 That\u2019s been my philosophy, set goals and work hard, stay focused, and reach them as soon as possible. At each level, I always reevaluate my goals and establish new ones. I never want to become complacent, but always push myself further.\u201d<\/p>\n

Spieth received extra motivation from his runner-up finish to Bubba Watson in the 2014 Masters. He gave up a two shot lead with 11 holes left by playing too fast and losing his ability to control what was happening around him. In the last month he was runner-up in the Texas Open and then lost in a playoff at the Houston Open. ”So the combination of the two allowed me to keep my head down, not worry about anyone else in the field except myself and to play a golf course that is my favorite course in the world,” he said.<\/p>\n

Jordan Spieth is an athlete who owns his confidence in his ability to compete with the world\u2019s best golfers. When he was asked about the best part of his game, he said, “Playing badly well.”<\/p>\n

How did he hold on to the tournament lead for four rounds?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Jordan Spieth\u2019s mental game strength came from making a winning strategy, sticking to it, and trusting it for all four rounds.<\/p>\n

His entourage consisted of having his friends stay at one house and his family at another house. The house rules were that no golf talk was allowed. There was to be no golf on TV when Jordan was present. Jordan\u2019s time off the golf course was filled will fun games like basketball, cards and ping pong.<\/p>\n

Holding the lead at the Masters in each round caused some sleeplessness and anxiety for Jordan \u00a0as the tournament progressed, but he was determined to stay with his strategy which included:<\/p>\n