New Headline: Masters Champion Reveals Golfing Secrets for Success

When Dr. Bhrett McCabe answered his phone on Sunday night after his pupil Cameron Young had won The Players , he admitted that he was “giddy. ” “What I saw was a master class of the mental game of staying present in the moment,” he told Golfweek .

McCabe began working with Young last year after the WM Phoenix Open in February. “He was pretty low in belief, struggling like guys do,” McCabe recalled. “And we just got back to some basic processes.

It was just an evolution. ” Of Young, he said, “He puts a lot of expectation and pressure on himself because he knows his standard can be so high, but [players of Young’s caliber] don't realize oftentimes that that standard is not always achievable. Like, 80 percent outcome can be really good.

That doesn't mean we strive for 80 percent, but we have to accept it, not allow the negative shots to build up. ” McCabe credited Young’s hiring of Kyle Sterbinsky, his former Wake Forest University teammate, as his caddie beginning in May at the Truist Championship, as the catalyst for Young getting into a better mental space. Sterbinsky has given Young a much-needed outlet.