Jean Reynolds Receives her LPGA Tour Card

I have been giving you updates of Jean's progress through these blog posts.  The Final Futures Tour event of 2009 ended on Sept. 6 and afterwards there was a ceremony to award the Top Ten finishers with their LPGA Tour cards.  Jean finished 2nd on the money list after jockeying back and forth between first and second with Mina Harigae from mid-season on.  She is fully exempt for 2010 on the LPGA Tour season and is currently taking a much needed break to relax and recuperate.

Jean's improvement is significant.  She went from $10,000 in 2008 on the Futures Tour to $80,000 in 2009.  That is moving from 50th on the money list to 2nd.  That does not include the $42,000 she made for her finish at the Women's U. S. Open.

There are several lessons here.

  1. Perserverence - Learn from every situation and don't give up if you have early disappointments.
  2. Peak State of Emotion - Jean had fun this year.  She looked forward to every day of competition.  She was not worried, scared or fearful.
  3. Beliefs - Jean believed in her swing and we shifted several beliefs about what golf competition means and "why" she wants to do this for a living.
  4. Technique and Skill - We worked on her understanding her swing so she could self diagnose while at a tournament.  We also worked on competitive short game practice drills to make each practice as close to the actual tournament as possible.

Congratulations to Jean from the Reynolds Golf Academy.  Jean is truly a success story.  You could be next.