Tiger Woods is the only golfer in the history of the game who played better when holding a lead (rather than when trailing); he achieved this by benchmarking himself against Jack Nicklaus's record rather than the current tournament position, keeping himself psychologically in 'chase' mode even when winning.
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Dr. Gio ValianteEvidence Quote
“Tiger Woods is the only golfer and I mean this in the history of the game who's ever played better with a lead... he was playing against history so even when he was leading the tournament he was still trailing Jack necklace so he benchmarked he would index his thinking to the fact that he hadn't caught Jack he was in his mind always chasing”
Created: 8/11/2026, 1:28:39 AM
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