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Tiger Woods Can't Match the Mental Toughness of a 14 year Old Girl

What is mental toughness? Is it being able to
grind out a good score when things aren'tShe has a mental toughness that keeps her in
going so well on the course? Or is it theher game and completely centered in each
mental ability to stay strong and committedmoment. Regardless of the circumstances. She
in spite of distractions and on-coursehas decided to play with a mindset that says,
circumstances?"I determine how I feel and how I'll perform,
not the other player or what might be
Of course it is both of these things andhappening around me." MacKinzie Kline's
more. Yet mental toughness isn't somethingmindset is the epitome of what mental
you simply acquire in the spur of the momenttoughness  is.
or when you "think you need it." No, it's
more of an overall mindset. A perspective onIt's almost routine to watch some frustrated
the game that allows you to tap another levelwhiner on the course toss his club 20 yards
within  your  mental  game.down the fairway after a bad shot. Or
complain about all the bad breaks they get,
Mental toughness is developed and built overwhy the bunker wasn't raked properly, how the
time. Once you have a degree of mentalcup wasn't cut right, and on and on. Player
toughness, access to it when it mattersafter player, when faced with some adversity,
becomes easier and easier. Like any new skillfold like a cheap suit and succumb to the
it habituates over time. An increased innerinertia  of  their  own  inner  weakness.
resolve that generates consistent, confident
swings.And then there's this 14-year-old girl with
only three valves in her heart with more
Do you have the mental toughness of acharacter and heart than any of us could hope
14-year-old-girl? I don't think even Tigerto  have.
does.
Mental toughness is a state of mind that
Seriously. Is your golfing mindset solid andkeeps your attention on each task. Each shot.
committed in the many scenarios that unfoldEach moment. MacKinzie Kline is committed to
in your game? Do you have as strong a mind asher mental game. She is committed to herself.
young MacKinzie Kline, the 14-year-old
golfing phenom? She is incredibly mentallyShe accepts complete responsibility for her
tough.results and places no blame outside of
herself for her circumstances. Amazing. Most
She was born with only three valves in hereveryone would agree she has a right to feel
heart and her kidney was on the wrong side ofself pity. That doesn't happen with her for
her body. Having gone through severaleven a moment. Her diminutive stature
operations in her life, she built adisguises  a  towering  mental  game  giant.
toughness. She went on to qualify for the
Women's Amateur at the age of 14. She'sShe chooses how she'll experience herself on
already had three aces - and one of them wasthe golf course. Knowing mental toughness is
caught  on  film!a decision. A commitment to an inner ideal
that is bigger then the outcome of any one
Yet as she continued to play she began toshot, or game. She chose to accept ownership
feel extremely short of breath. She wasof her internal state and how she'll perform.
forced to take an oxygen tank with her as she
played and use it between holes. NothingTiger is unquestionably the dominant force in
would stop her from competing. Imaginethe game and is so mainly because of his
lugging an oxygen tank around the course withmental toughness. Yet I would place young
you  and  remaining  focused  on  each  shot!MacKinzie Kline along side him any day if
forced to choose the mental game giants in
Concerned, the doctors investigated whatgolf.
might be causing her shortness of breath and
discovered she had a hole in her heart whichIt sure makes our own weakness on the course
they had missed some time before that. So sheseem pathetic, doesn't it?
underwent  another  operation.



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