García returns to the top with a great win at the Wyndham

What a great win by Sergio Garcia at the rain delayed  Wyndham Championship, that finalized this Monday morning. In the end he won comfortably by two, after a string of birdies on the second nine opened up a four shot lead.

And Sergio´s win makes it even more interesting at the top of world golf, considering the Fedex Cup playoffs, and Sergio´s almost sure participation in the upcoming Ryder Cup, all to be played in the next five weeks.

Is it the time for Sergio Garcia´s long awaited comeback, so many times delayed due to poor putting and a suspect mental attitude when faced with pressure?

All of us who admire his fantastic golfing ability and superb shot making certainly hope so.

The truth is that there have been many encouraging signs in the last few months. After a severe slump last year and a very real possibility of not making the 2011 British Open field, Sergio made the playoff in the BMW German Championship, and his second place earned him one of the last spots in the field. Afterwards came two excellent year end wins on the European Tour.

And during the first part of this year, his name has been on top of the leader boards frequently.

Interestingly enough, García has been talking very positively about his golf all year, with the unfortunate exception, of course, of the Masters, where he stated that he thought that he didn´t have the necessary ability to win a Major.

As far as we know, Sergio doesn´t really believe in working with a Mental Coach, but recently he speaks as if he indeed was working with one.

A couple of examples:

For the last few months, García stopped hitting full practice shots on the range before competitive rounds ( he would always practice the short game and putting, though). He explains his thinking in an video interview to a Spanish journalist ( entrevista) and feels that it has the benefit of starting play "fresh", without the mental burden of potentialy poor full swing practice shots on his mind.

The second example comes from his victory press conference this morning, when he was asked if his local "non professional" caddie had helped him in his great play. (García recently broke off with his long term caddie and plans not to make a final decision until the end of the year).

His reply, explaining that he took no advice from his caddie this week, is very interesting from the mental angle:

"Caddies are great, but sometimes I feel like I depend too much on them," Garcia said. "Instead of making a decision myself, I would wait for the caddie to make a decision for me and then maybe I don't feel comfortable with that and still try to do it. I wanted to start making decisions for myself, right and wrong," Garcia said. "Not all my decisions were good this week. Obviously misread some putts. I hit a couple wrong clubs here and there. But at least I was pretty much a hundred percent committed to most of my decisions and that was nice to see."

Not allowing doubts about our swing when starting play, and never, never hitting a shot without a full commitment, are key elements of any sound on course Mental Method.

Good on "el Niño", Sergio García.

At 32 years of age he isn´t a kid anymore, but has plenty of time to fulfill his great potential, and to win several Majors.