Libre
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- Jul 29, 2007
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The pros practice more than they play, I'd expect. But do you practice? I don't mean a 15 minute warm up before the round. I mean hours of working on structured exercises and specific things. I've done so. I usually prefer to just go play, but I have spent significant time, practicing on the range and the practice greens and sand bunkers. And in practice I do seem to accomplish better contact and consistency. But no matter what I do, when I face that same shot on the course during a round - I still fear that I might (and often do) muff it. If I'm playing alone, when I blow a shot (and if the round is shot to hell anyway), sometimes I'll throw down a ball in disgust, and often make an excellent shot. So that gives me a smidgen of hope. It's clear that it's a mental thing, but it's not clear how to solve it.
So do you have a practice routine? Does you find it leads to greater success on the course, or like me, find that no matter how much you practice, every shot you play is an unique experience, whose outcome is completely unknown until the ball finally comes to rest. Somewhere.
So do you have a practice routine? Does you find it leads to greater success on the course, or like me, find that no matter how much you practice, every shot you play is an unique experience, whose outcome is completely unknown until the ball finally comes to rest. Somewhere.
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