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Originally Posted by BrianW  Mox,
Play a safe game and leave hero shots for another day. If your opponent plays a shot out of bounds then play a safe shot into the fairway, even if its with a shorter club. If he hits the water then lay yours up. If he plays a hero shot that comes off don't be tempted to follow it, play safe. If he putts way past then lag yours up. Watch how his ball rolls on the green and make any allowance in your putt. If he winds himself up over bad shots then ignore it and make sure you don't do the same. |
Hi Mox,
Regarding match play, this advice from Brian is as good as it gets, match play is wonderful, very exciting at any level. You are actually playing eighteen mini tournaments, play one hole at at time and never get ahead of yourself. I won the match play championship at my club a number of years ago playing off a seven handicap, I was three down after six holes. My competitor got way ahead of himself and that was his downfall, remember even if you took a quadruple bogey eight on a par four and your competitor makes a birdie three it's only one hole you lost, not five shots. Play it one hole at a time and follow Brian's advice, good luck, buteman.