Club Championship Advice

[ThreeYellows]

Playing in my first club championship next weekend.  Any advice?

[Timothy Voyles]

Do you expect to win or even compete?.... doesn't matter just go relax and have fun! Hopefully you'll have the round of your life and win it! Good luck!

[ThreeYellows]

Originally Posted by Timothy Voyles

Do you expect to win or even compete?.... doesn't matter just go relax and have fun! Hopefully you'll have the round of your life and win it! Good luck!

I'd think i have as good of a chance any anyone...I've been playing better than my handicap lately.

[Yukari]

More often than not, they will double roll the greens for club championship.  I know my club does.  The speed of green will be very different from your usual rounds.  The sooner you get use to faster green, the better.

[LovinItAll]

[CODE][/CODE][quote name="ThreeYellows" url="/t/60325/club-championship-advice#post_741132"]I'd think i have as good of a chance any anyone...I've been playing better than my handicap lately. [/quote] Lol.....that would've gone over well at my old club (not). Man, there were more arguments during the club championship than at any other time of the year. Not in the championship flight, of course, but in the various flights? There was always some yahoo playing to a 20 in the seventh flight or whatever, crushing his opponents 8 and 7 all the way through the flight and then firing an 85 in the flight winners' medal play event we held every year. If everyone posted all of their scores the way they were supposed to, 'playing better than my handicap lately' just couldn't happen at our club. They wouldn't just grab the latest revision, but they'd also look at scores that were about to be included in the next revision. If there was an unreasonable disparity, it was adjustment time. Still, sandbaggers would always get through somehow.

[awmgolfer]

I have finally reached the point where I can start competing in larger tournaments in our area and finally played in a two day tournament a couple of weeks back. On average I am shooting 4-5 over par and I made this tournament into something much bigger in my head and just choked, shot an 84 and an 86. I went out with the golf pro after the second round as we play together all the time and shot 2 over on 9. As mentioned earlier, just go out and play your game, stick to your routine, and don't make it into something bigger then it really is, just a round of golf.

[David in FL]

I tend to sound like a broken record, but if you don't already, start putting everything out. If you're used to having yr buddies tell you to pick it up " inside the leather", those slimy little downhill 2 footers can eat your lunch when your playing competitors are watching, and even hoping that you'll miss them.

[Dave2512]

That's solid advice considering the number of people I see flub their tap in's.

[ThreeYellows]

Thanks guys

[BuckeyeNut]

Originally Posted by LovinItAll

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Lol.....that would've gone over well at my old club (not).

Man, there were more arguments during the club championship than at any other time of the year. Not in the championship flight, of course, but in the various flights? There was always some yahoo playing to a 20 in the seventh flight or whatever, crushing his opponents 8 and 7 all the way through the flight and then firing an 85 in the flight winners' medal play event we held every year.

If everyone posted all of their scores the way they were supposed to, 'playing better than my handicap lately' just couldn't happen at our club. They wouldn't just grab the latest revision, but they'd also look at scores that were about to be included in the next revision. If there was an unreasonable disparity, it was adjustment time. Still, sandbaggers would always get through somehow.

My old club was the same way.  LOL

[Aquaguru]

Originally Posted by David in FL

I tend to sound like a broken record, but if you don't already, start putting everything out. If you're used to having yr buddies tell you to pick it up " inside the leather", those slimy little downhill 2 footers can eat your lunch when your playing competitors are watching, and even hoping that you'll miss them.

Great advice here.  Start now putting them out.  It will only make you better

[Snowgolf]

Same goes for playing the ball down at all times. That means out of footprints in traps divots in the fairway and any other crap lie you get. If you do it every round it's second nature in a tourney.