Bailey Shoemaker's Pre-Shot Routine at ANWA

[iacas]

Oy.

I get what Brentley is saying, but if this is your pre-shot routine… then you're not ready to play high-level tournament golf. It's unfair to your fellow competitors (particularly those in the group with you, and those in the group behind you).

P.S. Watch the video. She does eventually hit the shot. After 1:17.

[Ty_Webb]

I saw this on reddit golf. I had to check at least twice that it wasn't posted on r/howtokeepanidiotbusy - I'd lose my mind playing with someone who did that. Then I read about why and I feel pretty bad for her, but I agree she probably shouldn't be out there. Sounds like she's pretty good too, but this has to get fixed.

[saevel25]

Yea, it sucks she got injured and basically has a mental block to pull the trigger. 

Injuries are part of sports and knowing when to come back physically and mentally is part of that. Clearly, she is 100% back mentally if this is what she has to do. 

Yea, this is unfair to her competitors. 

[GolfLug]

Just when we were starting to not miss Kevin Na..😋

Jokes aside, I think this is tough all around. Tough for the competitors and her. But I would have to side with the competition too.  

[bkuehn1952]

We had a member of our senior club who developed a mental block on pulling the trigger. I played with him to see what the membership was talking about. I timed him a few times when he would get over the ball. 45 seconds. He knew he had a mental block and would chide himself, “Just hit it!”

Once on the green he was okay and chipping was a bit better. It was painful to watch him struggle. Our “bandaid” was to put him in the last tournament  tee time with two understanding players. We should have suggested to him to take a break from our tournaments.

I agree with the idea that when a player realizes they have a problem, the answer is to go fix it and not return until they are able to play at an acceptable pace.

[GolfLug]

21 hours ago, bkuehn1952 said:

We had a member of our senior club who developed a mental block on pulling the trigger. I played with him to see what the membership was talking about. I timed him a few times when he would get over the ball. 45 seconds. He knew he had a mental block and would chide himself, “Just hit it!”

Once on the green he was okay and chipping was a bit better. It was painful to watch him struggle. Our “bandaid” was to put him in the last tournament  tee time with two understanding players. We should have suggested to him to take a break from our tournaments.

I agree with the idea that when a player realizes they have a problem, the answer is to go fix it and not return until they are able to play at an acceptable pace.

Yeah.. for golfers like this Hick's law is real and a b**ch. Induces paralysis that hits crescendo causing a freeze every time they 'gather up' to pull the trigger. There's cognitive therapy if it's bad enough. 

[RickK]

One has to wonder what in the world could be going thru her mind standing over the ball and with each one of those take aways and not hitting the ball.  My brain would lock up completely.  If she played with the guys and gals I play with someone would inevitably yell "While we are young" (which we are not) or "just hit the damn thing"