“I’m going to feel it tomorrow, I’m going to be nervous.” Jaeger would rather lean on advances he’s made in his game over the past six months, mainly the mental strides under the direction of sports psychologist Julie Elion, who has taken off in popularity on Tour ever since one of her pupils, Wyndham Clark, won the U.S. Open at Los Angeles Country Club. With Elion’s help, Jaeger better structured how he sharpened his mind. A couple years ago, Jaeger began reading more, listening to podcasts and journaling. He also got into a habit of meditating.
“Every day,” Jaeger says of his meditation routine. “Ten, 15 minutes.”
For Jaeger, the impetus for adding to his routine wasn’t solely golf.
“Not everything I work on is because of the golf course, right?” Jaeger explains. “That’s kind of the stigma that like we golfers just work on mental stuff because we want to win tournaments. I wanted to be a better husband, I want to be a better father to my child, I wanted to kind of be a little more mellow. I used to get pretty angry and frustrated. Wanted to kind of start that trend in the right direction. That’s what kind of started it and it really helped with, you know, like golf as well.
“Now, there’s a million other things that can be done for the golf course, but it didn’t start because of that.”
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