{"id":3446,"date":"2014-06-19T12:45:53","date_gmt":"2014-06-19T12:45:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports_psychology_blog\/?p=3446"},"modified":"2025-06-11T08:37:12","modified_gmt":"2025-06-11T12:37:12","slug":"earn-from-martin-kaymers-us-open-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports-psychology-blog\/earn-from-martin-kaymers-us-open-win\/","title":{"rendered":"Learn From Martin Kaymer&#8217;s US Open Win"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6033 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports-psychology-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/golf-mindset-win.jpg\" alt=\"Winning the U.S. Open Mindset\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports-psychology-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/golf-mindset-win.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports-psychology-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/golf-mindset-win-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Your_Mindset_and_Playing_With_a_Lead\"><\/span>Your Mindset and Playing With a Lead<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2><div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 ez-toc-wrap-center counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-transparent ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Article Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #0769bf;color:#0769bf\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #0769bf;color:#0769bf\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports-psychology-blog\/earn-from-martin-kaymers-us-open-win\/#Your_Mindset_and_Playing_With_a_Lead\" >Your Mindset and Playing With a Lead<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports-psychology-blog\/earn-from-martin-kaymers-us-open-win\/#What_was_Kaymers_mindset_for_playing_with_a_lead_and_closing_it_out\" >What was Kaymer&#8217;s mindset for playing with a lead and closing it out?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports-psychology-blog\/earn-from-martin-kaymers-us-open-win\/#Related_Sports_Psychology_Articles\" >Related Sports Psychology Articles<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports-psychology-blog\/earn-from-martin-kaymers-us-open-win\/#Golfers_Mental_Edge\" >Golfer&#8217;s Mental Edge<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<p>Martin Kaymer went wire-to-wire to win the 2014 U.S. Open. Kaymer opened the tournament by shooting 65 on both Thursday and Friday&#8217;s rounds. His 10-under par score set the U.S. Open record for low scoring after 36 holes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What was Kaymer&#8217;s <strong>mindset<\/strong> that helped him win the U.S. open wire-to-wire and perform well with a big lead?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When golfers are playing from behind, they have no option but to be aggressive. But when you open a big lead on the field after two rounds, it can play on your mind. You might say, &#8220;Do I play safe and protect the lead or try to be aggressive and keep going for birdies?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Kaymer, you want to <strong>focus<\/strong> on the main objective: playing the golf course. &#8220;You always try to<strong> stay calm and focus<\/strong> on the main thing. And the main thing is really trying to challenge yourself and play your golf and play against the golf course and not too much against the other players,&#8221; Kaymer said after Sunday&#8217;s round.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Even the top golf pros feel pressure to finish off a tournament when they have a lead. Everyone remembers the player who blows the big lead in a major. Think Phil Michelson in last year&#8217;s U.S. Open. Greg Norman comes to mind also. Everyone knows who Van De Velde is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I would lie if I wouldn&#8217;t have felt pressure or if I wouldn&#8217;t have been nervous. Of course you&#8217;re nervous when you&#8217;re leading a Major championship. You can&#8217;t tell me that you are calm,&#8221; Kaymer said. &#8220;When you lead such a big tournament with five shots, it&#8217;s very, very difficult to keep going.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kaymer said the biggest challenge is to not think too far ahead about winning when you have a big lead. It&#8217;s hard to push out winning from your head when others are asking you about your big lead every day. &#8220;The challenge was not to think too much about that trophy, not to think too much about sitting in the media tent, about what you&#8217;re going to say.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;It goes through your head, and I&#8217;m sure a lot of players feel the same way. Not many talk about it, but it is what it is. We do think about it. We are humans, and we&#8217;re not robots. A lot of emotions involved, a lot of expectations, and that&#8217;s what I said to Craig [Caddie].&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When you are playing with a big lead, it&#8217;s not easy. If you think you have a cushion, the lead can disappear quickly because golfers tend to protect the lead. Just because you have a five or six shot lead, doesn&#8217;t mean you want to play defensive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_was_Kaymers_mindset_for_playing_with_a_lead_and_closing_it_out\"><\/span>What was Kaymer&#8217;s <strong>mindset<\/strong> for playing with a lead and closing it out?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;For me the challenge was to keep going, to stay aggressive, make birdies, go for some flags, and don&#8217;t hold back. And it&#8217;s very difficult to do, because at some stage you get a little bit tight and you want to &#8212; your body tells you, you should take it easy. I over came that feeling, I stayed aggressive, and I played very brave. So I&#8217;m very proud of that,&#8221; said Kaymer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can&#8217;t just say to yourself to play <strong>aggressive<\/strong> and don&#8217;t protect the lead. According to Kaymer, you have to believe it and then do it&#8230;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;If you want to keep going, how do you want to really do it from the inside, and that it comes &#8212; like it&#8217;s a true feeling. A lot of people can say &#8216;I want to keep going, I want to play aggressive.&#8217; But then somehow you hold back. And how can I treat that feeling that is true?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;You just have to do it. You have to convince yourself. You have to believe. 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