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I most certainly agree.
One example for myself was in high school. I had been seeing a girl for my freshman and sophmore years, and while obviously high school flings aren't that serious, still majorly sucked, after two years, she cheated on me the day before a big tournament.
Went out there angry and sad, relied totally on muscle memory, and played great. Quite the happening.
Another was regionals one year. I'm a stubborn boy, to a fault. I was running about 100 degrees but insisted on playing. Shot a 76, my low round for the year accounting for the courses par.
Felt miserable, but the game was there and the amount of focus I had to pour in, through all things, worked.
I regularly play at 4 different courses. UNM is my home, and play there the most, but I love to mix it up. I never play one sole course the whole week. Why? Because putting myself in different scenarios helps keep me fresh. There are another 4 courses that I play once every month, or few months, that are a tad more expensive, but same principle.
As Cypress said, one must be careful of falling too far into routine. Anyone notice that when you walk up and hit a shot, it's normally statistically the same or better than your routine? For those of us that have them, anyway. I have. So why have a routine? It's concrete, and rhythm. But, sometimes we need to shake it up a little, keep things fresh, and keep our game and mind challenged.
Monotonous golf is dangerous.
One example for myself was in high school. I had been seeing a girl for my freshman and sophmore years, and while obviously high school flings aren't that serious, still majorly sucked, after two years, she cheated on me the day before a big tournament.
Went out there angry and sad, relied totally on muscle memory, and played great. Quite the happening.
Another was regionals one year. I'm a stubborn boy, to a fault. I was running about 100 degrees but insisted on playing. Shot a 76, my low round for the year accounting for the courses par.
Felt miserable, but the game was there and the amount of focus I had to pour in, through all things, worked.I regularly play at 4 different courses. UNM is my home, and play there the most, but I love to mix it up. I never play one sole course the whole week. Why? Because putting myself in different scenarios helps keep me fresh. There are another 4 courses that I play once every month, or few months, that are a tad more expensive, but same principle.
As Cypress said, one must be careful of falling too far into routine. Anyone notice that when you walk up and hit a shot, it's normally statistically the same or better than your routine? For those of us that have them, anyway. I have. So why have a routine? It's concrete, and rhythm. But, sometimes we need to shake it up a little, keep things fresh, and keep our game and mind challenged.
Monotonous golf is dangerous.
