Posts Tagged ‘Bob Parsons’
Go Daddy Genie Commercial feat. Anna Rawson
Sunday, June 21st, 2009Springfield
Tuesday, June 9th, 2009
Why is it when I come off my busiest off-week of the year, I have my best playing week of golf? I guess I am built to be a busy person! So many people have asked me what led to such a good result in Springfield (T13 – rounds of 71, 71, 69, 65). To be honest there are numerous reasons.
First, I am so lucky to have such a great sponsor in Go Daddy. Bob Parsons gave me a wonderful pep talk in the off-week. He told me he believes in me and knows I can do this. I cannot tell you how great that feels. It’s so important to have that kind of support and he really made me feel he was behind me 100%.
Second, I put a call into my sports psychologist Bob Rotella. He reminded me that I play best when I am having fun. He said I play the worst when I grind and spend too much time at the golf course. This was such great advice. I flew into Springfield Tuesday afternoon and I only saw about 12 holes of the course and just practiced a little. I rested, had fun and surprise, surprise I got results! It’s so funny how I can make the game so hard for myself. I’ve watched what other top players were doing and tried to mimic them, but it just doesn’t work. I have to prepare in a way that makes me feel good and that is definitely not grinding out there for days on end.
Thirdly, I went back to basics with my swing. With so many off-weeks this year I had been getting too mechanical. I was trying to get my swing into a better position. For some reason I couldn’t trust this new position under pressure. I finally decided I don’t care what it looks like as long as I can hit it where I want. And that I did! It was so fun to hit punch shots, draws, fades and know that I could trust it. In Springfield my confidence and mental trust grew with each round. Last week was so fun to be near the top of the leader board. I am also excited that I shot my career low round 65 in the final round!
As my coach Ron Stockton says “Anna, champions go low on Sundays.” I like the sound of that!
Don’t forget to tune into the McDonalds LPGA championship this week!
Anna
SpringfieldGo Daddy Commercial Shoot
Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009Last week was a very busy off week, so perhaps I should call it an on week! After arriving back from Corning I took two days to just relax and get my mind on track. Saturday I caught up with friends and Sunday I went to the Dodgers game. I was back to work on Monday with swing coach Dana Dahlquist, before heading out to Industry Hills for a practice round for US open qualifying.
My tee time was at 12pm on Tuesday and I decided to carry my own bag for the qualifier. I figured it was time to appreciate my caddy!! (And I sure did). The greens were a bit rough at Industry Hills, but I trusted my stroke and swing and shot a great round of 68. The tune up with Dana really helped, as well as a quick call into sports psychologist Bob Rotella.
Wednesday I headed to Phoenix to shoot my Go Daddy commercial. I was so excited and nervous all at the same time. After a yummy dinner with Bob Parsons at Mastros I had a quick 5 hours of sleep. My call time on Thursday was 5am and from that time on it was pretty much non-stop till 7pm that night. In between shots I spoke with local TV and radio stations and even ESPN came out to check out the shoot. The crew was awesome and all the people at Go Daddy made me feel very comfortable. The commercial is so funny, especially Bob’s costume. I had such amazing time shooting and I can’t wait for you all to see it!
Don’t forget to tune into the LPGA state farm classic this week on ESPN!
Anna
Go Daddy Commercial Shoot
