scratchwannabe

I was B-FIt for Bridgestone Tour B330-RX golf balls Jordan Spieth -13 Rory McIlroy -13 Rickie Fowler -13

This thread title describes me to a tee, almost always. Fortunately (and finally), it didn't happen today. One of two scenarios almost always plays out for me. I either start really rough, like a string of doubles or triples on the first three holes, then never really get better and want to kill a man, quit golf or both by the end of the round. OR, I start off pretty well, maybe a couple strokes over through 7 or 8 holes then fall apart. But almost always, regardless of how good or bad the front 9 is, the back 9 almost always manages to get worse. Today I played a very consistent round the whole way through. Pars, bogeys and only 1 blow up hole. I think the reason was because I had zero expectations for today's round and had no expectations for myself. I'm working on some major swing changes and we just made a big change last Saturday. I played the worst round of the year (over 100) the next day. I was so mad even though I tried to let it go. But I was thinking about so many different things during my swing that I gave it no chance to be fluid. Today I really only planned on going out to practice for 9. I wasn't going to keep score. I just wanted to practice on the course instead of the range so that I wasn't hitting the same shots over and over. I wound up getting paired up w/3 others and found a way to condense all of my swing thoughts into one thought. I hit some bad shots but just kept following my routine and managed to get back on track. And I brought plenty of snacks and water. Also the conditions were perfect. The course was in phenomenal shape, the weather was cool with no breeze and there was nobody on the course. Plus I was playing with strangers and could not care less what they thought about my game. We were also walking, allowing me to appreciate being out there and think more about my next shot rather than racing to the next shot in the cart while being distracted by conversation from one of my buddies who I'd usually play with. All of those conditions made it much easier to stay in a zen-like, peaceful frame of mind. The bottom line is that it's really hard to maintain focus for 3-5 hours with so many distractions. Weekend rounds are probably the worst. You're distracted by your friends, slow play, bad playing partners, looking for bad players' lost balls, sometimes weather, conversation, pressure to play well in front of your peers, among other things. I'm going to try to play in more tournaments on the weekends so that I can play more dialed in on those rounds moving forward.

I want outrageous speed with a Callaway XR Driver”! Rory McIlroy -5 Phil Mickelson -3 Jordan Spieth -5