AUDIO: How golf helps New England Patriots kicker Stephen Gostkowski make game-winning field goals

Stephen Gostkowski has channeled the lessons he's learned on the golf course to help him become one of the best kickers in the NFL.  Recently, Gostkowski, who plays to an 8.3 handicap index, was on SiriusXM PGA Tour radio talking about the connection between playing the two sports. Take a listen:

Here are a some quotes we can all relate to:

"There’s a lot of similarities," Gostkowski said. "You can leave the club face open and spray it to the right, you can have your foot close off too much, hit off the wrong part of the club or your foot, and the ball can go any which way."

"In golf and in field goal kicking, most of the times I screw up is when I try to hit the ball too hard."