'Disco' Dick Zokol Shares How Music Salvaged His PGA Tour Career

Two-time Tour-winner 'Disco' Dick Zokol joins the Modgolf Podcast to share stories from his career, including how in 1982 he came to realize how listening to music could boost his performance.

In this new episode, Dick Zokol, who was nicknamed "Disco Dick" after playing a 1982 PGA Tour event wearing a Sony Walkman, joins the show to share how listening to music on course to calm his hyperactive mind was the insight that led to the creation of MindTRAK Golf. The two-time Tour winner goes deep on how music helped relax him on the course. Here's a sample:

"My first year on the PGA Tour, like most rookies I felt really uncomfortable. I got there thinking 'Oh my God, I have my PGA Tour card but now what am I going to do?' I'm amongst Jack Nicklaus and Freddie Couples, Arnold Palmer and there's Lee Trevino. 

"For six months I couldn't make a cut and I'm getting all wound up. I knew I was playing well but my hyperactive mind was causing so much anxiety. I listened to music to calm down with a Sony Walkman, so I thought 'Why don't I listen to it on the golf course?' which I thought was a dangerous proposition. 

"The next week was Milwaukee so I put the Walkman in my bag and was playing with Larry Rinker. One hundred yards from the clubhouse I put the headphones on and Larry yells 'Look at Disco Dick!' So, I've got the rock and roll going, and I'm coming down the 18th fairway 7 under par and I'm so comfortable. I'm in my on little world listening to music and it's effortless. I led the tournament after the first round all the way up to the last hole on Sunday. This was a monumental discovery learning what music did to me."

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