”I think pressure is a privilege and I have earned the right to feel that pressure. That is the way I try to view it and not to overcomplicate it too much“– Ludvig Åberg [3]

During our training together, Ludvig captured the essence of an elite mindset under pressure. But why does pressure in golf intensify so quickly, often leading to the notorious “choking under pressure”? One reason lies in the extremely tight margins in professional golf, where many players may be tied in rankings, sharing prize money for a given position. When the tournament reaches its climax, it often comes down to the final putts. Since professionals excel in their long game, a single missed or made putt can determine the difference between winning a title or losing hundreds of thousands of dollars. That there is truth behind this saying in golf ”Drive for show, putt for dough“ proves a dataset from the 2022 PGA Tour, that putting is more important in earning money than driving off the tee [4]. The pressure professionals are feeling with so much money on the line for one single shot can be overwhelming and shows that even elite athletes can be susceptible to pressure. This showed a study using a dataset from the PGA Tour from 2004 to 2012, that on the last hole of a tournament, the likelihood of making a putt significantly reduced, the more money, making the putt, could be earned [5].