I had played in a tournament with the captain of the University of Minnesota's golf team, and he thought I was good. He called his coach, and the coach called me and recruited me. A five-minute phone call changed my life. Tom Lehman More Quotes by Tom Lehman More Quotes From Tom Lehman Having nerves and feeling the pressure just gets you focused and gets your concentration level where it needs to be. I harness that nervous energy into a positive way. Tom Lehman nerves feelings golf To have faith doesn't mean you get any less frustrated when you don't do your best, but you know that it's not life and death. Take what you're given, and when you continue to work hard, you will see results. That will give you the confidence you need to keep going. Tom Lehman life-and-death hard-work mean I think that major championships are as much about attitude as they are anything else. Tom Lehman championship attitude thinking I think if you look at most successful people, if you ask most of them, their biggest influence was their dad. Tom Lehman dad successful thinking I think you only hold U.S. Opens on great courses. Tom Lehman courses thinking I think its easy to enjoy anywhere that you play where you feel like you got a chance to win a lot. Tom Lehman winning play thinking I was way more nervous on the opening day of the Ryder Cup than the first round of any major. Every Ryder Cup match is like being in the last group on Sunday in a major. Tom Lehman groups sunday way Like most kids, my dad played. He would drag us out to the course and make us shag balls for him and caddy and all that kind of stuff. Tom Lehman balls dad kids I've got one Aussie flag on my car. It would be nice to have two. Tom Lehman car nice two I think if you are going to base your whole life on what you do on the golf course, you are up for a lot of ups and downs. Tom Lehman whole-life golf thinking I think the attitude I was trying to learn myself was to really try hard, to give a great effort, to really care, and to let the results go where they are going to go. But at the same time, I don't have to be happy, and I shouldn't be happy, with less than my best. Tom Lehman best myself time attitude The most satisfying accomplishment for me was winning the British Open in 1996. But the most rewarding times were the times on the mini tours. Tom Lehman open me accomplishment winning I started playing golf because I wanted to be good. After a while, you have to come to a decision of, 'Am I good enough or not?' If you say 'yes,' then it's a simple step towards deciding to be as good as you can be. Tom Lehman good you decision simple The game itself, I think, plays into the strength of my game, which has always been tee to green, hitting the ball consistently in play and managing my game. Putting has always been the one thing that's been a bit more erratic. Tom Lehman game think green strength When I putt well, I do very well. When I putt poorly, I struggle to be in the game. Tom Lehman well very game struggle When you - when you play golf with somebody, you spend four hours or more walking with somebody, usually, you learn something about them that you didn't know before. Tom Lehman know you walking golf I play with a lot of guys who say they're a five handicap, and they shoot 110. And then you play with guys who say they are a 20 and they shoot 75. Tom Lehman say who you play I just can't stomach playing poorly. More than anything, I hate not getting the most out of my game. Tom Lehman more game just hate I think that more than the winning, the weeks where I don't play well are what drive me the most. Tom Lehman drive think me winning I think one of the big issues with, you know, people who have strong faith in addition to competing is that conflict between accepting things the way they are, and wanting to compete and get better, and at what point are you in the right balance. Tom Lehman you balance faith people
