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08-24-2007, 07:38 PM
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| Shame, Poor Guy Stefan Langer, Bernhard's son shot 98-91 in the KLM Open, finished last by a good 28-shots and missed the cut by 49 shots. I'm obviously not in a position to judge or critisise his performancem, and that's not my point, but I wonder how wise it is for his "team" to get an invite to a tour event and then blow out so badly? Surely, he can't draw too many positives but a lot of negatives. I've been on tours, I've played in big tournaments (albeit a long time ago) and it took me a lot of effort and motiviation to get over my bad performances. Some of my students who played in events and didn't perform well for whatever reason also took a long time to recover and get back into form. European Tour events are big league, lots of pressure, lots of attention (let alone all of that and being Bernhard's son!). I learned the hard way to turn invites down unless I was sure there would be a positive spin-off for my student. I never accepted for sake of accepting an offer of an invite. What are your thoughts?
__________________ Golf is easy ... once you know how. Graham Arnott, teaching professional Kelrosa Golf Studios www.kelrosagolf.com Class 'A' PGA Member Full Member: World Golf Teachers Federation (GB&I)  |
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08-24-2007, 11:29 PM
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| Re: Shame, Poor Guy I would agree not to accept a invite for the sake of an invite, but a lot I think depends on the personality of the student. A lot of students would and could come away with some positives even with the poor play. Wether it is a realistic perspective of what they need to work on, playing and preparing for a tour event, getting used to the crowds, pressure etc. I also think personality has a lot to do with how a person deals with such poor play, some people it might just motivate to practice harder, figure out what went wrong, what part of the game fell apart.... Also to a certain degree his expectations entering the event also may factor in, wether to make a cut, have a nice round with dad or simply to win the event. I would guess his dad and/or teachers will go back over things with him and now have something to move forward with in his development. |
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