Jekyll and Hyde

Played a round with my brother-in-law who is about a 9 handicap. I am about a 20. I shot a 42 on the front, then absolutely fell apart on the back with a 59. I believe a lot of it had to do with knowing that I had shot a 42 on the front. I began to think about the possibility of a sub 90 round. I had 3 8's; 2 6's and 2 7's on the back. At least I know I have a 42 in me. Maybe I can string a couple together in the same round!

Just let your self play the 57 ins and outs first:-)

A lot of coaches are saying that just have fun and don't think about your score. Score will fix it self when it is ready.

I am very motivated in lowering my score so that advice is not good for me. (I can't help thinking about my score.) But I can concentrate on one single swing/shot at a time and try to get my feeling of success on single shots - not the hole round and the score.

Other advice has been to divide a round in sets of 3 holes. Think on a score on three holes and not the full round.

I am sure that most of us have the same feeling - we just can't believe that our good luck will carry through a full round. BUT what happens if we start to think that a good round isn't good luck, but more like our regular play? Why should we be able to continue something that is easy to us?

Hope you will get your 2 x42 round as soon as possible and the start breaking 80.

Hannu

I *never* keep track of my score until the end of the round. I don't even add it up after nine. My game is bad enough without adding another level of expectations to it! When I finally broke 100, I had a vague sense that things were going pretty well, relative to my usual performance, but no clue as to my total. The way I see it, my score at any given point in the round is utterly irrelevant to whatever it is I need to do next. Even on a hole by hole basis, I often tune it out. The first time I birdied a hole, I didn't realize it until I had putted in, and my partner yelled out "Birdman!" Granted, most of the time I can't really help knowing how many strokes I have on the hole I'm playing, but sometimes I just click my counter and forget, and that's just fine. And it's utterly easy for me not to tally the numbers from hole to hole. I hope it stays that way.

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Todd
Philadelphia, PA
USA

The reason the pro tells you to keep your head down is so you can't see him laughing. ~Phyllis Diller

Hmmm, counter. That'd be a good way to get a score, but not tally the score. Unfortunately, I love stats and numbers, so I have to be painfully aware.

Hi,

The idea of not counting a round is to forget about the total score?
Would we get the same result by keeping a very exact statistic on every shots?

Like evaluating every shot by how much it goes to left of right and how accurate is the distance. Your notes might look like:
1W 250 -15,f ( Driver, distance 250 and slice 15, fairway)
I7 130 +5, g (i7, distance 130 and draw 5, hitting green)

This way you keep on think about every shot and do not concentrate on score - and you can get the stats from the notes... I have not tried this, but I will as soon as our season opens.

Hannu