Coaching notes on practice, player development, and what happens between lessons.
Aaron Rai won the 2026 PGA Championship with two layers of mental architecture working together: Sunday leaderboard discipline and a structural identity built over decades.
Jon Rahm shelved LIV funding news until after his round at the 2026 PGA Championship. The information discipline that protects a Tour pro's competitive state.
Justin Thomas was warned for slow play at the 2026 PGA Championship, then backed off his next shot to reset. The interruption clause inside a tour player's sequence.
Rory McIlroy ended his opening round at Aronimink with four straight bogeys after trying to manually fix his driver. What happens when conscious control replaces trained instinct?
Carrying three swing thoughts to the ball is one of the most common amateur mistakes. This is how to filter inputs, protect working memory, and swing with one clear thought.
Nelly Korda won the 2026 Chevron Championship by refusing to fix her putting between rounds. Acceptance, not adjustment, closed out the win.
Nelly Korda refuses to ask PGA Tour players about Memorial Park before the Chevron. It looks like stubbornness. It's expert cognitive load reduction.
Matt Fitzpatrick beat Scottie Scheffler in a playoff at the RBC Heritage by reframing crowd hostility as fuel and resetting to zero for the extra hole. What his football analogy, his four-iron commitment, and his honest self-assessment reveal about managing pressure without trying to block it out.
The 2026 Masters was decided by mental systems, not ball-striking. What McIlroy's evolving targets, Rose's indecision at Amen Corner, Young's Sunday collapse, and Scheffler's bogey-free weekend reveal about building mental architecture that holds under real pressure.
McIlroy's Masters defence nearly collapsed on Sunday — then a single number replaced his broken mantra and governed every decision on the back nine. What his 14-under target, Rose's lost commitment at Amen Corner, and Scheffler's bogey-free weekend reveal about building mental systems that survive real pressure.
McIlroy's six-shot lead vanished on Saturday at Augusta. What his Amen Corner collapse, Cameron Young's slow-build confidence, and Shane Lowry's post-ace reset reveal about building a mental system that holds when everything goes wrong.
Three players, three mental systems, one Masters leaderboard. What McIlroy's mantra, Reed's conviction architecture and Fleetwood's discipline protocol reveal about building a mental operating system that works under pressure.
Rory McIlroy's hands were shaking on the first tee at Augusta — and he talked about it openly. What the defending champion's honesty reveals about pressure changes how you should think about your own nerves.