{"id":4892,"date":"2016-03-10T19:03:04","date_gmt":"2016-03-10T19:03:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports_psychology_blog\/?p=4892"},"modified":"2025-06-10T07:20:52","modified_gmt":"2025-06-10T11:20:52","slug":"garcia-and-the-confidence-roller-coaster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports-psychology-blog\/garcia-and-the-confidence-roller-coaster\/","title":{"rendered":"Garcia and the Confidence Roller Coaster"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5531 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports-psychology-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/confidence-in-golf.jpg\" alt=\"Confidence in Golf\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports-psychology-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/confidence-in-golf.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports-psychology-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/confidence-in-golf-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=\"Develop_Stable_Confidence_In_Golf\"><\/span>Develop Stable Confidence In Golf<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\/garcia-and-the-confidence-roller-coaster\/#Develop_Stable_Confidence_In_Golf\" >Develop Stable Confidence In Golf<\/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\/garcia-and-the-confidence-roller-coaster\/#There_are_three_things_that_many_commentators_point_to_as_evidence_that_Garcia_has_low_confidence\" >There are three things that many commentators point to as evidence that Garcia has low confidence:<\/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\/garcia-and-the-confidence-roller-coaster\/#Tip_for_Developing_an_Effective_Confidence_Mindset\" >Tip for Developing an Effective Confidence Mindset:<\/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\/garcia-and-the-confidence-roller-coaster\/#Want_more_ideas_to_improve_your_golf_confidence\" >Want more ideas to improve your golf confidence?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports-psychology-blog\/garcia-and-the-confidence-roller-coaster\/#Golfers_Mental_Edge\" >Golfer&#8217;s Mental Edge<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Confidence<\/strong> is necessary to play great golf, but confidence doesn\u2019t guarantee winning or even shooting your best score.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is an important distinction to make&#8230; If you believe confidence guarantees success, a few unsuccessful shots, bad breaks, or unlucky bounces might cause you to question your abilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The \u201cconfidence guarantees success\u201d mindset is merely fair-weathered confidence&#8230; When things are not going perfect, your <strong>confidence<\/strong> level plummets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For example, when you had a good warm up and feel ready on the first tee, you might feel confident. You jump ahead and think, \u201cI\u2019m going to win this tournament&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then, that one shot happens (the tee-to-tree drive, the flub shot or the three-foot missed putt), you become tremendously hard on yourself and you slip back to that dark world of doubt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What <strong>confidence<\/strong> does for golfers is it puts them in position to play their best golf during a round.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>True, <strong>stable<\/strong> confidence allows you to focus on the process and puts you in position to play your best golf.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Confidence is a pathway to optimal golf, not a promise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sergio Garcia has seen ups and downs throughout his 18-year Tour career.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"There_are_three_things_that_many_commentators_point_to_as_evidence_that_Garcia_has_low_confidence\"><\/span>There are three things that many commentators point to as evidence that Garcia has low confidence:<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>He hasn\u2019t notched a PGA Tour victory since 2012.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>He has been known to have occasional outbursts after poor shots during tournaments.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>He can\u2019t close out tournaments. Garcia second place finishes in the last three years including his recent runner-up finish at the 2016 Honda Classic.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>But does this mean that Garcia hasn\u2019t had <strong>confidence<\/strong> for the last four years?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the positive side, Garcia succeeded in pulling out six second place finishes and owns the longest streak of consecutive major championships at 66.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You could make a case that Garcia doesn\u2019t have the confidence to pull out close victories but there is another alternative&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In recent years, a slew of young guns have been dominating the Tour and Garcia\u2019s confidence has kept him competitive in battling the best in the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Confidence is not an all-or-nothing proposition as the \u201cconfidence guarantees success\u201d mindset would suggest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>GARCIA<\/strong>: <em>\u201cIt&#8217;s just confidence. It&#8217;s feeling comfortable with what you&#8217;re doing and feeling comfortable with feeling fluid when you do the swing, and it&#8217;s just as simple as that. It comes and goes. I&#8217;ve had my moments where I&#8217;ve felt like I could hit any shot I wanted, and then I&#8217;ve gone through stretches where I&#8217;ve struggled a little bit more, but I think it happens to everyone.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Confidence requires diligence in your thinking, attention in your preparation, trust in your ability, and an understanding that perfection is unattainable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Tip_for_Developing_an_Effective_Confidence_Mindset\"><\/span><strong>Tip for Developing an <\/strong>Effective<strong> Confidence Mindset:<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Thinking makes it so &#8211; How you view your game and what you say to yourself influences your emotions, determines your level of confidence, and impacts your performance on the course.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can stabilize your confidence by understanding that you will make some mistakes, get some bad bounces, and others might just play better than you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Understand that confidence puts you in position to succeed but is not a promissory note that guarantees winning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Golf confidence is about celebrating your talents and success instead of holding onto your shortcomings.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Golf confidence is focusing on what you have instead of what you don&#8217;t have compared to other players.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Golf confidence is about staying on the steady wave of self-confidence instead of losing it with every bad break or missed green.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Want_more_ideas_to_improve_your_golf_confidence\"><\/span>Want more ideas to improve your golf confidence?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Check out my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/golf-psychology-programs\/\"><strong>golf psychology programs<\/strong><\/a> are peaksports.com.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Subscribe to my <a href=\"httpss:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/WebObjects\/MZStore.woa\/wa\/viewPodcast?id=253984147\"><strong>golf psychology podcast<\/strong><\/a> at iTunes.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Watch my golf confidence videos on YouTube.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Golfers_Mental_Edge\"><\/span>Golfer&#8217;s Mental Edge<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/www.peaksports.com\/sports-psychology-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/golfers-mental-edge20.jpg\" alt=\"Golf Psychology CD\" class=\"wp-image-4169\" style=\"width:228px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>What\u2019s the <em>big sign<\/em> that <strong>your mental game is the weak link<\/strong> in your golf game? When you can\u2019t play consistently as well as when you play a practice or casual round\u2013or your <strong>range game<\/strong> is way better than your game on the course. If you suffer from <strong>lack of focus, low self-confidence, poor composure or other mental game obstacles on the course<\/strong>, you can\u2019t reach your true potential in golf.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The<em> Golfer\u2019s Mental Edge 2.0<\/em> Audio and Workbook program is ideal for any <strong>amateur, collegiate, junior, and tour professional golfer.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Golf coaches and instructors<\/strong> would also be wise to teach \u201c<em>The Golfer\u2019s Mental Edge 2.0<\/em>\u201d principles to their players. 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