Seung-Yul Noh is stoic. When you watched him this past week at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans, one mental game aspect you may have noticed is that he does not get pumped up after a great shot or too upset after a bad one. His emotions stay level, without getting too low or too high. Rather, we would say he stays flat in his emotions, and that works for him.
But that mental game approach may not work for you. Both Tiger Woods and Phil Michelson are much more up and down in their emotions. They both show much more of their emotions and they feed off those emotions.
Depending on your personality, you may play your best when act like Seung-Yul Noh under pressure. It worked for Ben Hogan and it may work for you as well.
Or, you may need to feed off your emotions, getting pumped up after a birdie and a bit upset when you make a blunder. As long as you don’t get too low or too high, I think this mental game strategy can work for many players.
The secret to this mental game process is to figure out which emotional style works for you under pressure. A shoe that fits one person may pinch another. When you understand your uniqueness, then you can make it into a superpower on the course.
