IowaDiscGolf
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- Feb 23, 2007
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presidio hills said:i've been playing 4.5 years... started playing tourneys about a year into my game. for the most part i've played some of the worst golf in my life in tournament. i start out kinda bad... then i just get worse and worse till i'm on the bottom card and have no mental energy left, fighting some other guy in the same state of mind for DFL. hehe. all the while watching many people out there not as good as me who haven't been playing as long strolling through the course and getting pars because they're in the right frame of mind and having fun and taking it easy.
this year i'm not going to play a tourney until i feel like my game is consistent and locked into place. i need to have the confidence that i can stay focused and play good golf ALL weekend long in a tourney environment. i don't need to win... i just need to not play like crap for rounds and rounds.
lately my short game and putting have been very good. my driving game is all over the place... so once i get it down to where i feel good about it i'll start competing again. till then it's bag tag rounds and weekly league play for me.
i did have one tourney, about 2 years into my disc `golfing where i started off shooting a 989 rated round which got me tied for 2nd place and on the leader card (in AM2). the rest of the tourney i shot consistently 900 rated golf and ended up in the cash. it felt awsome! i was very relaxed and consistent the whole weekend, i can't tell you why, though... i wasn't killing it like the first round, but i held it together.
if i can learn to relax throwing off the tee... then i'll be a real fucking golfer.
I think that's the key, is staying relaxed, relaxed and CONFIDENT. And always stay vigilant to keep that mental energy and focus up.