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Thoughts About Concentration From Two of the Greats  Email this Article to a Friend
Byron Nelson finished in the money in 109 tournaments in a row. He won twelve consecutive PGA tournaments and a total of nineteen tournaments in 1945. He was voted athlete of the year by the Associated Press Poll in both 1944 and 1945. Nelson says that good concentration is "...standard equipment with all champions." He further states: "Success has eluded many golfers of mechanical excellence simply because they either did not realize the importance of concentration, or had been unable to develop this power. Concentration is this decisive-a player who has 'all the shots' and fails to fully concentrate each time he plays one, will often lose to an opponent of inferior mechanical ability who exercises to its fullest his faculty for close mental application." Gary Player, winner of all four majors (The Masters, The British Open, The US Open and the PGA Championship) and numerous other tour events, has similar comments about concentration: "The difference between an ordinary player and a champion is the way they think. It's as simple as this: If you don't concentrate, you're not playing your best. There's absolutely no question that golf is a game of mind over matter. A golfer has to discipline his mind to keep absolute attention on what's happening that very moment-not on the bogey he made on the last hole or on the tough par 5 coming up next, but on the particular shot at hand to the exclusion of everything else. ...during every major championship I've won I concentrated so hard that I played rounds without knowing my score! I've often been in a don't-know-who-I am sort of daze-total relaxation with complete control." Player goes on to say: "Concentration takes years of practice to acquire. It's difficult to come by and easy to lose if you let up. An integral part of developing concentration, of course, is self discipline-the kind of self-control that teaches your mind to do what you want it to do."
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