As an inspirational sports speaker, I am always looking for success stories. Here is one about how Phil Mickelson uses his smile as a mental toughness tool. He smiles a lot, but it is not only to engage the audience, his smile acts as a pressure release mechanism.

His smile releases all that pent up pressure so that he can stay cool, calm and collected.

Do you have a pressure release in your golf game?

Please check out my article at PGATOUR.com about this cool mental game defense:

http://www.pgatour.com/tourreport/2013/02/03/the-mental-game–mickelson-s-smile.html