Paul McGinley

And there's a period of adjustment until he's got to just go into a tournament, play well again under pressure, get that renewed confidence, and then start building the momentum in the other way.

Because that's what fuels your mind.

And you can go out all you want and think, I'm confident, I'm confident, I'm confident.

Being validated with performance is what gives you the most confidence.

You go out and you play great the last five or six holes and you finish well in a tournament.

You're walking off that green going, oh, that's great.

That was a great finish.

I know I didn't win, but man, I hit some great shots coming down the stretch there.

Next time you get in contention again, you're kind of relishing it.

to get in contention again.

Then you do well again.

Now you're really fuelled and then you move on and you move into a situation then and, you know, then the door falls down and you do win a tournament and you can get on the wrong train as well too and go the other way and just Shane is going through a period in time.

We've all done it in our careers.

There's nobody who hasn't done it in their careers where that element of doubt is just a little bit of a noisy voice in your ear at the moment and...

So expect to see a couple of solid performances from Shane before you see him roar back into contention again and win a tournament.

Because these are the natural ebbs and flows of playing a very, very difficult, complex game that is very reliant on your mind.

And as we all know, the mind is a very complicated thing, even for an elite athlete.

Yeah, I think you make good points.

He is an emotional player.

And I think that's why he's such a great team player and how brilliant he was under severe pressure in the Ryder Cup.