![]() ![]() There were moments when some tournaments I had blown were creeping into my mind - I just didn’t want this to be another one.” But each day I played, I got a little bit more confident. “Heading to Oak Hill, no expectations of winning. “It was the Thursday and Friday to make the cut, and then the Saturday and Sunday. “I always looked at the game as two different tournaments,” Micheel says. Micheel though sat top of the leaderboard alongside Chad Campbell at the end of the third round, a lofty perch that he had not even considered a few days earlier. There had been little opportunity to reflect on missed putts or wayward tee shots up to this point in the week, with several late-night drives required to find a pharmacy for his pregnant wife. ![]() This was only the third time Micheel had teed it up at a major, his appearances at the US Open amounting to a missed cut in 1999 and a tie for 40th two years later, and he was yet to win on the PGA Tour. ![]() “I was afraid of losing, my mind was cluttered with a lot of negativity and I was sick to my stomach. ![]() It’s Sunday at the 2003 PGA Championship and Shaun Micheel has arrived at Oak Hill with a share of the lead and a mindset that would give most sports psychologists sleepless nights. Shaun Micheel won the 2003 PGA Championship after hitting his approach shot to two inches (Getty Images) ![]()
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