Brian Harman was stressed the night time earlier than profitable the Open Championship. As a large Georgia Bulldog fan, he thought concerning the varied issues head coach Kirby Good has mentioned and located the good mantra to make use of.
“I used to be a wreck final night time. I imply, I’ve been a wreck the entire week,” Harman mentioned after his win. “However… I stored desirous about one thing Kirby Good mentioned, ‘I’m not gonna be hunted; I’m gonna hunt.’”
Brian Harman credit @GeorgiaFootball coach Kirby Good w/ serving to him get into proper mindset to win #TheOpen:
“I used to be a wreck final night time. I imply, I have been wreck the entire week. However … I stored desirous about one thing Kirby Good mentioned, ‘I am not gonna be hunted; I am gonna hunt.'”
— Brentley Romine (@BrentleyGC) July 23, 2023
Final yr when Good and the Bulldogs have been making an attempt to win a second straight nationwide championship, he offered a easy phrase on the 2022 SEC Media Days per DawgNation. Harman paraphrased, however he obtained the message.
“We won’t be hunted on the College of Georgia,” Good mentioned. “I can promise you that. The looking we do might be from us going the opposite course.”
That phrase can be the catalyst and major motto for the Dawgs all season as they finally received back-to-back titles. Georgia stored that aggressive mindset, and Harman channeled that en path to his first main championship.
Harman didn’t straight converse with Good this week, however with him being such an enormous fan, it wasn’t exhausting for him to discover a mantra to make use of.
“I’ve been actually impressed with the way in which that he’s dealt with success… I simply at all times concentrate when profitable folks speak,” Harman mentioned. “I’ve at all times admired the truth that even with all of the success that he’s had, it’s all concerning the subsequent play, the subsequent sport, the subsequent week of follow. He is aware of that the outcomes come due to what you do within the trenches.”
Good congratulated Harman on Twitter after his massive win together with a number of different Georgia-related folks. It’s clear the Bulldog Nation is happy for him.
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