
397: Travis Zappia - Recapping US Open Pre-Qualifying Rounds
About this episode
Today's guest is Travis Zappia a good friend and plus handicap. We each caddied for each other in the US Open Qualifying (he played Phoenix CC, I played The Estancia Club). This was my best qualifier and learned a ton that I know will help your mental game.
Whether you play tournaments or not, this episode will help you master your game!
In this episode you will learn:
- Why you must fight until the finish.
- The power of expectation management.
- Why you should enter into a big "scary" event.
- The importance of pre and post round routines to learn from everything.
- How to reset when you have negative visualization over a shot (and pre/post shot routines).
And a lot more.
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