The reality of golf is that you are not as good a golfer all the time as you are when you shoot your lowest scores. You get in your way if you don’t accept that.<\/p>\n
Given the 9 handicap that I played to once, these are the scores that handicap was based on:<\/p>\n
88, 88, 86, 85, 85, 84, 83, 83, 82, 82, 81, 81, 81, 81, 81, 80, 79, 78, 75, 74.<\/p>\n
That’s quite a range. I was good enough to shoot those low scores, but also bad enough to shoot those high scores. <\/p>\n
Every Tour pro can lay down a 63 sometime. If they couldn’t, they wouldn’t be on the Tour. But they can also shoot a couple of 76’s and miss the cut huge. They’re no different from us in that regard.<\/p>\n
Bring your round down to just one shot: the shot you are about to hit. Try your best to make that a good, playable shot. Keep doing that, over and over, then add ’em up when the round is over, because that is all you can do. <\/p>\n
Accept that some days you got it, some days you don’t. Golf is a lot easier that way.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The reality of golf is that you are not as good a golfer all the time as you are when you shoot your lowest scores. You get in your way if you don’t accept that. Given the 9 handicap that I played to once, these are the scores that handicap was based on: 88, 88, … Continue reading Face Reality When You Play<\/span>