Nick O ‘Hern – How I beat Tiger Woods TWICE in matchplay!! #118

<p class="p1"><span class="s1">On the Brain Booster today we have a wonderful guest in the shape of Nick O’Hern.</span></p> <p class="p1"><span class="s1">Nick played successfully on both the European and PGA Tours. And during that time amongst many great achievements he beat Tiger Woods TWICE in matchplay, when Woods was at the peak of his powers and totally dominant in the game of golf.</span></p> <p class="p1"><span class="s1">One of the times Nick beat Tiger he had just come of SEVEN straight tournament victories.</span></p> <p class="p1"><span class="s1">The way he describes his mindset to achieve this is absolute gold dust.</span></p> <p class="p1"><span class="s1">From an early age Nick was heavily involved in many sports but eventually focused totally on the game. By his own admission he didn’t have a great amateur career by modern standards. When he became a trainee professional he had a handicap of 4.</span></p> <p class="p1"><span class="s1">Everything changed when he finally came to write out a CLEAR PLAN. He gave himself a time deadline. He looked very closely at all aspects of the game swing, fitness, diet and as he says most importantly the mental game.</span></p> <p class="p1"><span class="s1">He put in place a very clear structure to work on his mind. We got the chance to discuss the 90%</span></p> <p class="p1"><span class="s1">90% of golf is not actually golf!</span></p> <p class="p1"><span class="s1">Yet what do you do in that time?</span></p> <p class="p1"><span class="s1">How many rounds have been destroyed not so much by bad shots but your REACTIONS to those bad shots?</span></p> <p class="p1"><span class="s1">How Nick would turn up to a tournament and ‘find a way’ to get the ball around the golf course. He describes how to be mentally resilient.</span></p> <p class="p1"><span class="s1">We discuss how he built an effective routine.</span></p> <p class="p1"><span class="s1">More importantly Nick discusses how he worked with Mindfulness on a consistent and structured basis to improve his men