I play by feeling. But during the second round of the 2001 Phoenix Open, he found emotional bliss while shooting a career low 60 and he went on to shoot a TOUR record 28 under for the week. Support of hometown fans, familiarity with the course, momentum, positive emotion, ability to stay aggressive, and not paying attention to score were all factors that helped him go low. He got off to a good start and had momentum on his side, which he believes helps him go low. It's hard to keep the round going.
Amateurs have the same problem with their own comfort zones.
They start to play better than expected and then play defensively coming down the stretch, which usually leads to a bogey, double bogey, bogey finish. My swing felt great, I did not have to worry about it. But as he said, if you knew how to get into the zone every time you played, everyone would play in the zone. That's the elusive part of the mental game that golfers are always chasing. You can't make yourself get into the zone, but you can set the conditions mentally for it to happen more often.