Ben Crane
Ben Crane
Benjamin McCully "Ben" Craneis an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour...
ProfessionGolfer
Date of Birth6 March 1976
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OK, let's see. I love to go to Montana, and stand in the river in my waders, and listen to the water rush past my legs as I'm casting a dry fly with mountains on either side of me. Beyond that, winning a few more tournaments would help.
restaurant walk
To this day, the first thing I do when I walk into a restaurant is take off my cap.
ball ready sure trying turn
I am. I'm trying to get to my ball faster, and make sure that when it's my turn to hit, I'm ready to go.
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My agent called me this week and told me that, and I said, 'You know, I wish the ball knew that, because it's not like it's going in the hole any easier.'
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Right. Well, I think playing faster is going to help my game, because the more when I get up over a shot, and know what to do, and just let my body do it, instead of having all this stuff going through my head, and having to process it. That day's coming, and I'm excited about that.
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If I'm going to shed it, ... No. 1, have a sense of humor about it and, No. 2, continue to try to play faster.
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Get it? I'm the one who started the joke! I was walking down the last fairway with Kenny Perry , and it had been a long day, and I go, 'You knew I was slow, but you didn't know I was nine hours slow!' At first he was just flummoxed. But then he said, 'Don't sell yourself short. You weren't slow today.' I went, 'Thank you.'
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We've been trying to pick up the pace and start playing a little faster so we put something in place this week that's allowed me to pull the trigger a little faster. This was just kind of a trial week to see what would happen, and obviously it was a great result.
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He likes to come at it from a different angle. He likes to get to the root of the thought and tries to expose your fears and understand why you fear something and maybe then you won't fear it so much.
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We've tried to shave maybe 10 or 15 seconds off each shot, and we're pretty close, ... It's gotten to the point where I'm not in violation when I'm hitting shots like I probably would have been a few months ago.
head pulling seemed tend thoughts work
I'm doing something to try to override the thoughts that tend to get in my head and keep me from pulling the trigger. It seemed to work this week.
slip unexpected
I just wanted to see if I could slip in there and make the cut, ... Sometimes unexpected things happen.
hard helps lighten root tend worry
I tend to be hard on myself and worry about things. Dr. Waddington helps you get at the root of why you think the way you do and to lighten up on yourself and relax. That's valuable.
coach thinking
That is pretty sweet, having a coach who is always thinking of you like that. He is a big part of my success.