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Over the past month I have played 5 rounds alone averaging +7 and 3 rounds with a playing partner averaging +19. I think I just play better when I don't have to wait on other people or get held up behind slow groups. My two best rounds 76&77 were first tee times of day solo rounds. Does anyone else play better alone, I mean I enjoy playing with friends but I hate that I blow about 10 shots in exchange for conversation or time with friends.
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Nope.  I don't enjoy playing alone, I don't concentrate as well, and I don't play better.  I certainly don't see the sort discrepancy that you do.  A difference of that much suggests to me an inability to adjust your game to changing conditions.  I used to have a similar problem, but simply playing under all sorts of different conditions and scenarios has made the variances mostly insignificant.  I can play equally well or poorly in just about any situation, but given my choices, I'd rather play with others.

I see golf as a social game, and I'd a heck of a lot rather do my socializing on the course than I would on Facebook.

Rick

"He who has the fastest cart will never have a bad lie."

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Well, I just shot my second best score ever by myself today. 116 is no great shakes for most. BUT I think being able to get into a rhythm was helpful for me. There were maybe 2 spots on the course that I waited at all, and even then, they were short waits. Also, nobody running up behind me.
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What really gets me off my game is being stuck behind a slow group or guys playing for money that will stare down each and every putt like its Tiger putting for the win at Master's.
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I've been where you are.  For years I was a member of a private club with my own cart and played a lot of evening golf by myself when the course was mostly empty.  I got used to playing at my pace (which was 2 - 2.5 hours for 18).  I noticed when I played with others and the rounds took twice as long I lost my rhythm and couldn't stay focused on my game for that long.

Now that I live in FL I play a lot of different courses and get paired with a lot of different people and I've gotten much more adjusted to playing with others in longer rounds.

I do, though, still enjoy the occasional evening round by myself.  It is a tranquil place to focus on something other than everything else in life when you have the course to yourself.

The most difficult distance in golf is the six inches between your ears.

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