Golf on Tour: Overcoming the bad times
Why Sir Nick said: 'Golf is 90% disappointment'

IN MY OWN playing career on Tour, I felt that I had to deal with more adversity than And in a game where the mental side is so crucial to allowing yourself to perform to your potential, being able to deal with disappointment is vital to any Tour professional. Indeed Sir Nick Faldo once said 'golf is 90 per-cent disappointment' - and he David Drysdale, a good friend from years on both European and Challenge Tours is another who has had to deal with a couple of real body blows in | |
At the start of every season, all Tour golfers have one prime objective - to However, the longer the season goes on without a win or enough high finishes to secure those privileges, the pressure builds and A player can have had the worst season, missing a succession of cuts and then winning in the last week to jump a hundred places up the order of merit (Race to Dubai) as Christian Cevear did recently at the European Open. Twice in last few years Drysdale has been the victim of golf ruthless nature. The following year the Scot finished 116th one spot from exemption, so another This season has been ground-breaking for this very good ball-striker and all "There were two big changes I made during last season. I changed my coach and I changed my attitude. I now get help fron David Downie. He has been a good player and has worked with Bob Torrance for 15 years. That's a great education for anyone in golf "He has particularly helped my hip action and stabilized my lower half in the swing. I used to straighten my right knee and lift the club, but now I turn into the He told me he's really happy with the direction his game is taking and that has He recalls: " All our earnings were put on the big board walking onto the In the next month Dave is playing in Munich at the BMW, the French Open at The prospects look good for the next month for David Drysdale. Look out for him, he can really play and now he believes it, too! | |
What's in David Drysdale's bag | |
Driver: Callaway FT-5 (8.5 degrees) with Grafalloy shaft. Fairway metals: Callaway Steelhead 3+ and Steelhead 5+ (These are 10- year-old Irons: Callaway X-18 Pro series . (Using the same model for more than five years). Wedges: 48, 51.5 and a 57-degree lob wedge. |