Carl Yuan of China may have believed that he discovered the key to success after winning a tied 5th place at the Valspar Championship, his second top 10 achievement of the year. He successfully chipped in twice on his route to a final round 3-under 68, finishing four shots behind the winner, Peter Malnati, who then triumphed over Cameron Young with a two-stroke victory after a 67.
Yuan admitted: “It was challenging and definitely played tough. I really hung in there, just trying to commit shot by shot. Don’t really let one bad shot or one poor result took my mind off it, just keep trusting it, committing it. Fortunately enough, I had a couple of chip-ins and that was very exciting.”
He is now expected to climb the FedExCup list standings to 74th place.
Yuan – no sports complexities
Yuan is very grateful to his wife Cathy for always reminding him to enjoy himself and not get bogged down by the complexities of the sport. He took this advice to heart because he knows he frequently displays follow-through actions after finishing his games.
“Like my wife said, you just got to have fun. If she sees me out there not looking like I’m having fun, she’s going to be pissed..I did a good job just keep myself entertained, just really having fun. Not making golf swings, just hitting golf shots. It’s a really challenging course already and people are going to make mistakes. I just make sure I don’t spiral down on mistakes,” Yuan declared.
Yuan aims for his first-ever PGA Tour championship but admitted that he was not confident despite his solid start of the season. However, he believes that swinging freely might be the solution to his problems.
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