Training keeps Catriona Matthew’s game in good shape
Scottish Catriona Matthew may be old enough to play in a line-up packed with stars much younger than her, but she still thinks that she can exhibit the kind of game she
did when she turned professional back in 1995.
The LET (Ladies European Tour) recently caught up with the star golfer and asked what makes her so sure that she is still as resilient and as she was a decade ago.
Matthew, who still has not halted her winning journey despite a performance slump, said what really keeps her going in professional golf even after several years is her
determination and a solid training on the practice range.
The Scottish golfer spends an average amount of her time on the practice range, working on every aspect of her game. She said swing plays a pivotal role in a player’s
performance and this is something she has focused on in the last several months.
In addition to fixing flaws in her swing, Matthew has also focused on her putting in the recent past.
“I've worked hard on my swing probably the last two or three year, just trying to get my ball‑striking a little bit more consistent; if I hit a bad shot, hopefully know
why I did it and build to correct it more quickly than I used to be able to do and been working hard on my kind of short game and putting,” she said.
The rigorous practice has been so helpful for Matthew that she recently racked up titles both on the LPGA (Ladies Professional Golf Association) and the LET.
“You're not going to hit it perfectly every day, so it's just getting up‑and‑down on the days you're maybe not hitting it as well and grinding out a decent score,” Matthew
added.
In the 2011, she displayed a stellar performance at the Lorena Ochoa Invitational and grabbed a 4-stroke victory against South Korean I.K. Kim and Swedish Anna Nordqvist.
In addition to the LPGA victory, she once again amazed her fans when she won the Ladies Irish Open — an LET tournament — in August 2012. She outrivaled Norwegian Suzann
Pettersen by one stroke.
Observers said that it is surprising to see that Matthew can keep herself in the limelight at a time when most of the veteran stars have gone behind the scene due to
not performing well on the course.
On the question of how women’s golf is doing compared with the men’s these days, she said that it is good to see that plenty of new players are joining the LPGA and LET,
but there is still a long way to go.
Mentioning the Olympics, which were recently held in Britain, Matthew said that female players in other sports are making their mark as the media coverage and fan following
play an important role.
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