I was watching the same game and picked up on that very comment! “He doesn’t care, and I mean that in a good way”. I seemed to know just what the announcer was meaning to convey. Sometimes (ok, frequently) I try to control each shot, believing before I hit the ball that I know what’s SUPPOSED to happen. Big expectations! But I’ve hit too many bad shots that are followed up by magnificent shots to know that there’s no telling what the next shot will bring. I try to give in to the rhyme and reason of the universe, if you will, and let go of expectations for each shot. Sure, I have a plan, a goal, a shape and outcome for each shot, but I can’t control the outcome can I? Have you ever done this? Play the course in your mind the night before teeing off? I do, and I think to a certain extent it helps me play smart golf through course management. But all the shots I visualize are positive, and so when I hit a bad shot the next day I have to scramble for an alternate shot that I didn’t prepare for in my previous night’s visualization. Here’s where my mental battle wages – do I feel frustration at not achieving the shot I imagined, or do I accept the result of each shot and resituate myself mentally for the next one? Most of my memorable shots have come from scrambling to repair a poor shot! I’ve pitched in, made 90 foot putts, had birdies, eagles, and pars come out of seemingly hopeless circumstances. What a metaphor for life! You never know what the next shot will bring! The unavoidable mystery of life played out on green fairways, concrete bunkers, and dizzying greens. So to return to the premise of your posting, I too try to prepare each shot, but then let go of the outcome, trying to avoid a negative attitude if I shank a shot or misclub or find trouble on what I thought the night before would be a sure G.I.R. “Bad shots” are actually opportunities, with the proper mindset, no? So a toast to golfers everywhere, who are one stroke away from greatness and don’t know it yet!