How to score well
during a bad round. That might sound like a contradictory
statement, but it might be the greatest teaching you'll ever
hear. Here is how it works. Some days you got
it, and some days you don't. You know you can normally
hit the ball, and on the range you might hit it super.
But get out on the course, particularly during a game where
you really want to perform well, and it just doesn't feel
right, you don't hit the shots you know you are capable of.
You have three choices in this scenario:
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Try to find
it, change something, do something.
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Complain,
find excuses (my back, or my clubs, the flu, whatever). |
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Accept that
every day on the course is different, you don't always
have your A game. |
Figure out a
way to get around the course with the tools you have that
day, get the most mileage out of your B game. That
means don't hit shots that are risky, don't be a hero.
Go for the middle of the green, swing easier, hit 3 wood off
the tee rather than driver. If you are slicing, play
for the slice rather than trying to fix it. There's a
saying attributed to Sam Snead that sums it all up, "Dance
with the one you brung!" What often happens when you
stop struggling and be yourself, your A game will reappear
and you end up with the best game of the year!
Successful
people are the ones who make the best of plan B!
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