You’re cruising and up comes a blow-up hole. The round is trashed. For the rest of the day you can’t get over what happened.<\/p>\n
The mistake is that you were thinking about how well you have been playing up that point, and getting an inflated opinion of your true ability. You forget that even though your game can get you around the course looking pretty good for a while, it\u2019s not so good that an X can\u2019t pop out every now and then. <\/p>\n
In golf, you get what you deserve. If you go fairway, green, putt, putt, you deserve that because you\u2019re good enough to have earned it. Sometimes you get into a situation you just aren\u2019t skilled enough to handle, and you deserve the score you get there, too. You have to accept your weaknesses along with your strengths. <\/p>\n
So, when you write a few pars on your scorecard, don\u2019t think you have become a par golfer all of a sudden. Learn how to write \u201cpar\u201d on the scorecard when you get one, and then forget about it. That hole is over. Once you can do that, you can write an X on your scorecard and forget about that, too, and go back to enjoying yourself. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
You’re cruising and up comes a blow-up hole. The round is trashed. For the rest of the day you can’t get over what happened. The mistake is that you were thinking about how well you have been playing up that point, and getting an inflated opinion of your true ability. You forget that even though … Continue reading Don’t Let One Bad Hole Get You Down<\/span>