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Originally Posted by fisher  I would call it a little bit of anger but mostly its just wanting to kick their asses on the golf course. I think the more I want to kick their butts, the harder I try and the more frustrated I get at any sort of a miss. For me its like a dominoe effect. Like I can't get relaxed and into my normal rhythm. I get tension in my shoulders arms and neck and also grip it harder.
When I get tight and off my game I revert back to old bad habits.....poor alignment and hitting pushes to the right. Putting goes down the toilet as well with stress/tension. |
That pretty much describes my emotions back then...plus coupled with KNOWING I've blown up before and knowing I am better, really amplified my frustrations...and destroyed my game with those guys.
I can't tell you how many times after I "bkew up" and we'd go back to the clubhouse and the crap would continue...
Finally, I made a few mental adjustments.
First off, when they started giving me crap...instead of talking smack back...I would say: "yeah, you guys are right...I suck"......or " My game is bad now...I expect nothing from my game now"...etc.
Then the other thing I did was not watch their swings...just very polite to them...ignored their svores..and concentrated strictly on playing the course.
It wasn't me against them...it was me against the course....and almost immediatly me scores started going down...and once they realized I was quieter and not playing their mental game...they too started reirecting their focus off of me and at eachother.
Finally...go get the AUDIO version of "Golf is Not a Game of Perfect" by Bob Rotella