If you watched Gary Woodland during his final round of the U.S. Open, you might have noticed he kept repeating the phrase “I\u2019ve got this” to himself.<\/p>\n
The phrase seems simple enough, but where he found it was something truly inspirational.<\/p>\n
Earlier this year, during a practice round at the 2019 Waste Management Phoenix Open, defending champion Gary Woodland asked Amy Bockerstette from Special Olympics Arizona to play the infamous 16th hole at TPC Scottsdale.<\/p>\n
Bockerstette hit her shot into a bunker, but she wasn’t fazed. Instead she told herself “I got this” and kept going. Woodland offered to hit it out of the sand for her, but she refused.<\/p>\n
Instead Bockerstette persisted, and she knocked the ball in. The video quickly went viral, along with Bockerstette’s catch phrase.<\/p>\n
\u201cAmy’s attitude is phenomenal. That’s something I want to teach my kids\u2026 positive energy is contagious,\u201d Woodland says.<\/p>\n
Woodland went on to win the U.S. Open, feeling an incredible amount of inspiration from Bockerstette.<\/p>\n
Amy recently became the first collegiate golfer to compete with an intellectual disability such as Down Syndrome.<\/p>\n
You can watch the special moment between the pair below.<\/p>\n