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Modern Tour Pros' Accomplishments Accredited to Their Team


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http://www.golfdigest.com/blogs/the-loop/2015/08/they-say-golf-is-an-individual.html

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After Jordan Spieth and Zach Johnson won their majors this year, you heard them credit “team.”

It’s not like the days when Jack Nicklaus relied only on the eyes of instructor Jack Grout and the guiding hand of wife Barbara. Or going back to the generation before that, when Ben Hogan took deep pride in self-reliance. The old guys never said “We.” They said “Me.”

While still only the player hits the shots and makes the putts, the fractional difference that leads to excelling at 21st-century tour golf could be provided by what Johnson calls the “foundational trusses” of having a team. Johnson believes it’s a crucial part of how a 39-year-old non-prototype player coming off the mini-tours can own two majors and be on the cusp of a Hall of Fame career.

It makes sense to me on a whole bunch of levels. It's almost like running a business; there's a lot at stake and mistakes can be costly. Best to have multiple sets of eyes on it.

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These guys have agents, PR reps, mental coaches, personal trainers, swing coaches, caddie, club fitters, etc so it is a team effort.  I think we're just so accustomed to thinking of golf as an individual sport we forget how much support they get from others.

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It's definitely easier when you have a team. Trainers, coaches, accountants; every time someone else takes a task that you'd otherwise have to figure out for yourself makes the ultimate goal a little bit easier.

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http://www.golfdigest.com/blogs/the-loop/2015/08/they-say-golf-is-an-individual.html

It makes sense to me on a whole bunch of levels. It's almost like running a business; there's a lot at stake and mistakes can be costly. Best to have multiple sets of eyes on it.

With the competition as tough as it is now I think it makes sense to have a team. Why not try to give yourself every opportunity to be at your best, even Nicklaus had a team. Having said that, Zach and Jordan are ones hitting the shots so at the end of the day it is a "me" accomplishment.

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