To Find More Fairways, Keep Your Head in the Game

Narrow courses like Copperhead, host of this week's Valspar Championship, can play with a golfer's mind. Here's how to keep your head and find the fairway.

Marisa Messana | Mar 16, 2023

Innisbrook's Copperhead course, site of this week's Valspar Championship, is famously narrow. In a new episode of Marisa's Minute, golf pro Marisa Messana shares a tip on how to split narrow fairways. It all comes down to keeping your head in the game (and keeping it still).

Watch the video above for the full tip, and look for more episodes of Marisa's Minute coming soon to SI Golf.

Published Mar 16, 2023

MARISA MESSANA

Marisa is a professional golfer from South Florida with status on the Epson Tour. She loves the challenge of competing, contributing and connecting others along the way. Through her regimen as a 26-year-old professional golfer, she strives to achieve high performance in every aspect of her life while encouraging others to pursue a similar lifestyle regardless of their industry or goals. She emphasizes athleticism and high performance, and she has enjoyed partnering with more than 50 companies to increase exposure for those trusted brands. She completed her Masters in Human Resources and her undergraduate studies in Communication and Entrepreneurship at Clemson University while playing on the women's golf team. Marisa was the first female athlete in the school's history to receive the Elite 90 Award for her 4.0 GPA, and she was inducted into Clemson's Academic Hall of Fame as, "the most decorated student athlete in Clemson history."