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TIL Major James Nesmeth, a POW in Vietnam for 7 years, used golf visualization to stay sane. Every day he played a full 18 holes in his head as if he were actually there. After being released, he tried golf again for real and shot a 74 which was 20 strokes off his previous average.

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