It will definitely get better as you play in more tournaments. Hopefully you got to feel the adrenaline rush and will learn how to use that to your advantage (it can really help on full shots and needs to be managed on finesse shots and putting).
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I’ve been hit or miss in competitive golf throughout my life. I’m getting better slowly. A few things that have helped.
- Lower your expectations. A buddy of mine is a +2 hdcp and went 83-80 in a big event this year. If someone that good can blow up in a tournament, you can too…so don’t set super high expectations and then be disappointed. Tournament golf is a totally different animal.
- stick to your normal routine pre round. I usually arrive 20 minutes before my tee time. I try not to change that much for a tournament. I like to show up, hit some putts and chips, get good and stretched and go.
- one shot at a time. Something good will happen and something bad will happen. You have to forget about everything that happened before and just keep focused on the shot at hand.
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Nothing out of the ordinary there! Glad you enjoyed it and loosened up - I think you’ll get comfortable the more you do these things.
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Thanks everybody! At the end of the day, if the pros can shoot 80+ every once and a while, I’m not going to get too upset with an 85.
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