Does anyone have any weird golf supersitions

[Jeepthrills]

I have a persistent superstition that does not make any sense but it bothers me to no end. Like most of you I have a closet full of very nice golf shirts and related apparel but I almost always wear older, almost threadbare shirts and shorts because I score better! huh? If I wear my classy stuff I play poorly but if I dress like a ragamuffin I, for some reason, feel like I can shoot lights out.

It may not be that nuts. If I play well with a certain hat, shirt, shorts combo I will wear it again. Wednesday I played well wearing an orange Adidas ClimaCool shirt and my new Scotty Cameron Camo Trucker Cap. I threw the shirt and shorts in the wash that night and come Sunday wore the same shirt and hat. I had another decent round. The best part is the people I played with on Wednesday were not going to be there on Sunday so I didn't have to worry about looking like a bum. Now I can safely wear it again Wednesday and keep the streak alive.

[tomas216]

i play the first two holes with my shoes untied.

[mjbartow]

My glove has to be off and in my back pocket before I step onto the green to putt.

Lastly;

The headcover of my driver never enters the tee box, it is off before I bring the driver through the "threshold of the teebox", I don't know, just someting soft and squishy doesn't belong in a place where I'm trying to think of crushing the ball I guess.

[ChiChiIsMe]

If I'm scoring, I don't wash my ball. When I bogey, it gets cleaned to wash the bogey off. I'm always happy if my ball is filthy.........

[rubior]

"I ask Jobu to come, take fear from sticks. I offer him cigar, rum. He will come. "

Pedro Cerrano, Major League

I am looking to sacrifice a chicken on Sunday ...

[jon_allsopp85]

i have too many!

1. always use a brand new ball before i start
2. i never take my glove off during a round
3. i always wear a white glove, never black! urgh!
4. i cannot play without wearing a cap
5. always take 3 practice swings at least (more routine than superstition though)

i cant think of the rest, i like this thread! some interesting ones on here.

[philipy]

Several tees, one extra ball, one dime, and one nickel in right pocket.

Only use broken tees on par threes.

Have to wear my old dirty FSU cap.

[The Rambler]

Think about nothing but the shot when standing over my ball

[Flexin]

I don't think I have any, just some things I need to do before playing. I won't wear a watch while playing. I also empty my pockets (I always have to much change in my pockets and I keep my wallet in my front pocket) because it would drive me nuts. I only keep one tee in my left pocket.

James

[StrmStlkr]

Don't think I do it because of superstition but because it is rather convenient. I always slide my tee between my head and my hat in front of my right ear after I’m done with it. A good place to hold it and I always know where its at.

[lamebums]

I sprayed the grips of my clubs with body spray - the same kind that girls use. It started as a crappy joke a buddy pulled on me earlier this year, covering my putter grip in the stuff - but I proceeded to get up and down about ten times that day, so I figured something must have clicked.

Imagine myself (6'5', about 300 lbs and a beard that threatens to turn me into a yeti if I don't hit it with a blow torch every morning) in a Bath and Body works buying a bottle of the stuff.

[TheNextBen]

Don't think I do it because of superstition but because it is rather convenient. I always slide my tee between my head and my hat in front of my right ear after I’m done with it. A good place to hold it and I always know where its at.

Jesper Parnevik? is that you?

[iacas]

Think about nothing but the shot when standing over my ball

That's not really a superstition...

Mine are... I don't have many. I mark my coin with a foreign two-tone coin because it's practical. My pre-shot routine is my pre-shot routine, so that's not superstition. Hmmm... I'm trying to think of any. I had a ton in baseball, but none in golf? I guess so.

[Puttin4Bird]

I have to have my pockets completely empty, aside from my ball marker, divot tool, extra ball, and 2 to 3 tees (no more). All of these items have to be in my right hand front pocket also.

I forget to remove my wallet from my back pocket occasionally and even if it doesn't screw me up I swear it can/will so I promptly remove it upon discovery.

Another is if I have a certain tune stuck in my head I always find myself reciting it while in my pre-shot routine. Not sure that's a real superstition though. It can be rather annoying actually, imagine Bananrama, or the Go-go's every shot....no wonder I'm a hack sometimes!

[Hackman61]

Yo bartender! Jobu needs a refill!!

[SergioFan23]

That's not really a superstition...

Fortunately, I never have to mark my coin while on the greens.

[iacas]

Fortunately, I never have to mark my coin while on the greens.

You don't mark your coin?! Good GOD man, what's WRONG with you!?!?!!

[Big Lex]

Not weird ones, I don't think...

If I'm hitting it well, I try not to change anything. I keep hitting the driver, for instance, even if it's a hole where I usually hit a 3 wood. I will use the same tee, the same ball. I consider these supersitions because they are in some cases irrational choices based on the assumption that there may be some super-natural force guiding my success at the moment, and I don't want to disturb the good "karma."

Now, a more specific way to put it are whether you have any golf _quirks_, things that you just like to do all the time, but not which you necessarily believe are helping you.

My golf quirks:

1. I love clean clubs. I rub the faces and scrape out the grooves, clean the sole and the number stampings on the sole, etc. I wipe all the ball marks off, and the paint that the tee leaves on the faces. Ditto with golf balls--love clean golf balls, and won't generally use a scuffed ball (except in the case of the superstition above).

2. I am a clothing and shoe freak. I'm not overly trendy and stylish, don't wear J Lindberg or anything like that, but I like to have nice-fitting, color coordinated clothes on, and love the new 'tech' fabrics that don't get all wet and sweaty. I have 4 pairs of golf shoes, and am always looking for more.

3. I love playing run up shots. If I have an 60-80 yard shot to a green which is open in front, I love trying to play it with a 7 iron or 8 iron. I'm not sure how this preference developed, and I'm not sure I save any strokes doing this, but I just love doing it.

4. I have a habit of always checking where the ball mark is on the face of the club after hitting. Usually you can tell from the feel of impact, but the first thing I do after watching the ball land is to bring the club face up to my face and check where the ball mark is. I hate impacts way out on the toe, especially scratchy/sandy ones that mar up your short irons.