Keeping score while you play can make you do things you shouldn’t do because you are thinking about the result rather than the process. <\/p>\n
After about four holes I am no longer keeping track of my score. It’s in there, when the round is over I’ll be able to fill out the scorecard, but while I’m playing is not the time.<\/p>\n
If you really have to keep score, and you’re not a single-digit golfer, keep score relative to 5s. Write down on the scorecard the difference between your score and 5. <\/p>\n
You bogey a par-4 hole, that’s 0 on your card. You par a par 3, that’s a -2.<\/p>\n
See if that isn’t a more encouraging way to fill out your scorecard.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Keeping score while you play can make you do things you shouldn’t do because you are thinking about the result rather than the process. After about four holes I am no longer keeping track of my score. It’s in there, when the round is over I’ll be able to fill out the scorecard, but while … Continue reading The Way You Keep Score Could Be Costing You Strokes<\/span>