April 8, 2005

Chris Dimarco : Not your average PGA'er

He paved the way for Phil last year by giving him a nice read on the winning putt and once again this year, he's already in the mix after day one... below is a short exchange from a 2002 Golf Digest interview.

You don't have a teacher?

Or a trainer, or a psychologist, or a nutritionist. Golf to me is a feel game, and I believe in just doing what I do. If Allen Iverson has a bad night shooting the basketball, how does he fix it? By shooting the next night. And I'm not knocking the guys who have people around helping them. It's just not for me.

You don't spend too much time on the range, either.

My swing has never changed. I hit maybe 20 balls to warm up before a round, and none after. I'm not a video guy, either. It's just the ball and me. How can I take advice from an instructor about making a putt in front of thousands of people on national TV when that instructor has never been in that situation? How can he tell me how I should feel?

So, how do you deal with pressure?

I might close my eyes and think of my children [Amanda, 4, and Christian, 6]. Something funny they did. Helps me remember what's important. Life isn't golf for me. These kids in school who are all golf all the time, I say, live a little. The hardest thing is staying grounded. There's not a lot of reality on tour. Some places, they'll take your shoes off for you in the locker room if you let them.

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