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Originally Posted by Mattgolf68
Hello
Well, I feel really down today after yesterdays poor medal round. Does anyone else feel so strongly about their game that a good / bad round can really effect the whole week that follows?
My handicap is (was) 4.3 so I went into the medal thinking I really needed a good round to give me some breathing space in the 4 bracket.
Anway, without going through my whole round shot by shot, let's just say I blew it on the 8th. I actually took 4 to get out of a greenside bunker for the first time in my life!! 
I was +1 gross and boomed my drive on the par 5 8th, only have 8 iron in, so thinking it was eagle / birdie time I was in high spirits. Here's where it all goes wrong, 7 shots later and I walk off with a snowman.
I ended with a 78 and haven't even looked to see if I've gone up to 5 
So, now 24 hrs has passed and I've thought about it, do you think I put myself under too much pressure to begin with? |
You're placing way too much importance on a round of golf. It's a GAME. It's meant to be enjoyed, and if you can't find anything to enjoy, then it's time for a re-evaluation. Jack Nicklaus took 3 to get out of a famous bunker (that the language filter won't let me name
) in the Open one year at St. Andrews. I'm sure that it didn't exactly make his day, but he didn't go all suicidal over it either.
Stop worrying about the score or your handicap. That is not a productive labour. Instead, figure out what caused you to fail to extricate yourself from the bunker and what you need to do to ensure that it doesn't happen again (practice, strategy, swing thought - whatever it takes).