Q: How can we keep pressure from affecting our shots?
A: I like Hal Sutton’s advice on this. He says the smaller muscles do not work under pressure, so use your bigger muscles to swing. In other words, a wristy swing is more likely to break down under pressure than an arm/shoulder swing. This is especially true for putting, chipping, and pitching. Other ideas that might be worth trying are a consistent pre-shot routine such as a “waggle” or a “forward press”, or taking a deep breath and exhaling half way before you begin your stroke.
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