{"id":3455,"date":"2014-06-26T13:50:14","date_gmt":"2014-06-26T13:50:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports_psychology_blog\/?p=3455"},"modified":"2025-06-11T08:32:08","modified_gmt":"2025-06-11T12:32:08","slug":"wies-mental-game-lessons-for-winning-us-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports-psychology-blog\/wies-mental-game-lessons-for-winning-us-open\/","title":{"rendered":"Wie&#8217;s Mental Game Lessons for Winning US Open"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6014 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports-psychology-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/mental-toughenss.jpg\" alt=\"Mental Toughness in Golf\" width=\"500\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports-psychology-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/mental-toughenss.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports-psychology-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/mental-toughenss-300x180.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Wies_Mental_Toughness\"><\/span>Wie&#8217;s Mental Toughness<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\/wies-mental-game-lessons-for-winning-us-open\/#Wies_Mental_Toughness\" >Wie&#8217;s Mental Toughness<\/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\/wies-mental-game-lessons-for-winning-us-open\/#However_shes_learned_since_then%E2%80%A6\" >However, she&#8217;s learned since then&#8230;<\/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\/wies-mental-game-lessons-for-winning-us-open\/#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\/wies-mental-game-lessons-for-winning-us-open\/#Golfers_Mental_Edge\" >Golfer&#8217;s Mental Edge<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<p>Michelle Wie won her first U.S. Women&#8217;s Open last Sunday, but not without more tension than Kaymer&#8217;s nine-shot victory the week before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After making a double on the 16th hole, Wie stated she was shaken. &#8220;It was pretty scary. I gave myself a nice heart attack,&#8221; Wie said. &#8220;I think I aged about 10 years in a span of 15 minutes there.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After the win, she admitted, when she was 15 years old, she&#8217;d try to drive the green on the first hole of a tournament&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"However_shes_learned_since_then%E2%80%A6\"><\/span>However, she&#8217;s learned since then&#8230;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>On Sunday, &#8220;I spent a lot of time before I came out this morning figuring out a game plan and I was really happy, I was really proud of myself for sticking with it,&#8221; Wie said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I think the fact that I struggled so much, the fact that I kind of went through a hard period of my life, the fact that this trophy is right next to me, it means so much more to me than it ever would have when I was 15,&#8221; Wie said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What are the biggest mental game lessons Wie learned?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><b>Lesson #1: Stay in the Present.<\/b><br>Not thinking about the trophy in your hands when you are trying to win your first US Open&#8211;or any tournament&#8211;is very difficult. After making double on 16, she said, &#8220;I think that I felt a tinge of panic. I would be lying if I would say I was calm and collected.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><b>Lesson #2: Don&#8217;t be a Perfectionist.<\/b><br>&#8220;I just wanted to control everything. Have the perfect swing. Have the perfect putting stroke. And if something wasn&#8217;t perfect, then I would start to freak out.&#8221; Wie said that she decided to let go of it, have fun, and focus on improving every day. &#8220;I think over the years I started to learn, notice, that you can&#8217;t be perfect.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><b>Lesson #3: Shut Down the Doubt.<\/b><br>&#8220;Oh, my God, I&#8217;m going to make a triple. I&#8217;m going to make a quadruple. What&#8217;s going to happen? I&#8217;m going to lose the U.S. Open. I just shut that off. And I&#8217;m just really proud of myself for being able to do that,&#8221; said Wie after the final round.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><b>Lesson #4: Stay Patient with Improvement.<br><\/b> At the highest level in the game, improvement can be slow and sometimes had to perceive. That&#8217;s when doubt can kick in. &#8220;I just got down on myself when I didn&#8217;t see it [improvement]. When I was in doubt, and my parents never let me doubt myself.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Any golfer who has struggled at one time in his or her career has a lot to learn from Michelle Wie. She was under a lot of pressure very early in her golf career when the media hailed her as the &#8220;Tiger Woods of women&#8217;s golf.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She learned a lot about herself and how to win in the process. 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