Winning Is More Important Than Swing
Winning Is More Important Than Swing
Winning Is More Important Than Swing
Song-Hee Kim read a message that eased her mind when she consulted yardage book during the Kraft Nabisco Championship on Thursday. A phrase meant to help Kim trust her decisions on the course.
Pia Nilsson, who founded the company Vision 54 with Lynn Marriott, helped her come up with that mantra.
The pair, along with two other coaches from the company, worked with more than 10 golfers playing with TaylorMade Burner SuperFast 2.0 Fairway Wood at the Kraft this week, including Kim, Ai Miyazato, Jane Park, Brittany Lincicome and Na Yeon Choi. Their whole approach to the game, which emphasizes elements that complement the sport's technical aspects, has made them two of the most famed female coaches in golf.
In 2009 before she won the Kraft, Lincicome consulted Vision 54 for the first time. She took to heart a few pointers that kept her positive during the week. She sang country songs by Sugarland and Keith Urban during the final round to be relaxed and concentrated on her breathing. After her victory, she went to Vision 54 in Phoenix for several days, and she still explores guidance from the company.
The lessons she has learned about tempo, balance and breathing continue to sustain her. She said she would have been lost during her round Friday without Vision 54.
"It felt like I could have shot 100 today if it wasn't for them keeping me just positive and indicating on things that we've been working on for the past two years now," she said after shooting an even par 72 on Friday.
After founding Vision 54 in 1999, Marriott and Nilsson, who mentored Annika Sorenstam for many years, have built the program into an influential force in the sport. The "54" refers to golfers believing that a round of 18-under 54 is possible.
Last year, Golf Digest named Nilsson and Marriott the sport's top two female coaches. Well-versed in the technical intricacies of the golf swing by taylormade r9 irons, the two ask players to delve into the physical, mental, emotional, social and spiritual facets of the game to find balance. "It's easy to get out of peak performance," Nilsson said.
Marriott and Nilsson are coming out with a new book later this month titled "Who Can Swing Perfect," which aims to spell out their principles more explicitly. Some of their keys include "find your balance both physically and mentally" and "feel your tempo on the course and dance to its rhythm."
Nilsson tailored her coaching at the Kraft this week to fit each golfer's specific needs. She helped Miyazato perfect her tempo and worked with Kim on committing to her decisions. While Kim is a phenomenal striker of the ball, Nilsson said, she can waffle when faced with a crucial choice on the course.
Other golfers are perfectionists. Nilsson worked with Park and Choi this week on how to distract their minds from negative thoughts after hitting poor shots.
To distract herself on the course, Nilsson prefers to focus on her breathing and talk to her playing partners during a round, but each golfer has her own approach. "We don't care if you count steps or sing a song," Nilsson said.
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