The Clutch Golfer's Secret

Why do you watch golf? Do you root for the underdog, secretly hoping he makes a charge and wins against all odds?

I do. Watching golf is boring unless someone is lighting up the golf course. Who can forget the John Daly story where he gets a last minute spot in the 1991 PGA Championship and just tears up the golf course, playing a game that few have ever imagined seeing. Grip it and rip it won our hearts. How about when Corey Pavin won an unlikely 1995 US Open over Greg Norman. Maybe watching Y.E. Yang hold off Tiger Woods for the 2009 PGA Championship comes to mind.

In every case there was a golfer who held up to the pressure to grasp an unlikely win. They had “The Clutch Factor” that week.

You’ve probably seen or experienced the clutch golfer at one time or another. The clutch golfer is the player who gets the job done from everywhere. He or she may not have the prettiest game, but they’re in the hunt for the lead and they’re not letting that lead slip away. The clutch golfer can shoot 2 over on the front 9 and 6 under on the back to ruin your day if you’re anywhere near the lead.

And you probably wonder, “How do they do it?”

Some of the more famous clutch golfers were Arnold Palmer, Ben Hogan, Jack Nicklaus, Nick Faldo, and more recently, Tiger Woods. Watching them perform on the golf course made golf exiting. They all had different styles of play and different golf swings, but they all had the one ingredient that came out under pressure to turn up the heat even when they weren’t in the lead. They all had “The Clutch Factor”.

Whether you like him or not, Tiger makes golf exiting to watch because (until recently) he’s been able to turn it on at any time. Once he gets his new swing down, I’m sure he’ll be back to form. When he’s not in a tournament, golf is often boring…unless someone is making a move.

It’s the clutch golfer that makes professional golf worth watching.

The problem is that few professional golfers who have a big move one day can bring that momentum back to the course for the whole tournament, which is a letdown. It also tells me that they’re not a true clutch golfer because they don’t have control over “the clutch factor”.

So, what is this “Clutch Factor”?

After 25 years of hard-headed research, I have finally discovered the clutch golfer’s secret.

I’m Tracy Reed, and I turn Good Golfers into Clutch Golfers. As former military interrogator, I specialize in how the mind and body interact under pressure. After watching too many leads slip from my grasp, I decided to find out what was missing. In the process I also became a golf biomechanic. Combining my specialties plus lots of research uncovered the Clutch Golfer’s Secret.

The Secret isn’t in the physical golf swing, and it’s not in the mental game. The secret I uncovered is between these two realms of golf in a place nobody has ever looked. The secret of the clutch golfer is in their ability to prevent “glitches” in communication between the mind and body under pressure. I know it doesn’t sound dramatic, but it makes the difference  between hitting 1000 balls in practice and still not feeling good and hitting 40 balls and knowing you’re game is right where you need it to be.

Over the last 10 years, I’ve developed a training program to give golfers the Clutch Golfer’s Secret.  It’s a 10 lesson program that if followed in order, will show you how to play your best and be in the Zone for every shot on the golf course. That sounds like a big promise, but testing using the Focus Band with mini-tour professionals in Australia has proven the results to be just as I promised.

If you are a low handicap or professional golfer who is tired of watching the lead slip from your grasp, check out Bio-Visual Focus to become a Clutch Golfer.

I’ll be posting articles on the blog about clutch golfers past and present as well.