Padraig Harrington is apparently thinking about living in the wild. (Getty Images)
Padraig Harrington is apparently thinking about living in the wild. (Getty Images)

Padraig Harrington might be a little bit crazy. Ok, he probably is a little bit crazy.

Harrington, known for his quirks, recently discussed a book he read about psychology called the Chimp Paradox. He says it helped him find his golf game again which eventually led to him getting another Masters invite after winning the Honda Classic.

Here's what Harrington told the Guardian.

"I don’t generally tell people about The Chimp Paradox. It’s a hard one to explain, that one. I rather tell people about the subconscious and the conscious. My big mistake was that I read the book – as I read all the sports psychology books out there – and didn’t think it applied to me."

“I assumed the chimp was very aggressive, loud, always jumping out there, the type of guy who throws clubs and loses his temper. Which isn’t me. My chimp is a lot quieter, a lot more behind-the-scenes sort of guy but he needs serious quietening down and a lot of reassuring like everyone else."

"My chimp was definitely doing a lot of damage and still does."

Part of the theory is documented as the "separation of human mental function between the rational side of the brain or ego, the more emotional id or 'chimp' set of impulses which need to be managed to achieve high performance, and the super-ego or computer which governs automatic behaviour and memory and can greatly influence both."

So yeah, I would shoot 200 if I had these kind of swing thoughts.

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