How to play your best golf...

[Oggie41]

After reading a couple of Rotella books recently it got me thinking about when I had played my best golf in the past. I was suprised to realise that my two best rounds were on mornings when I was massively hungover after big nights out. On both occasions I staggered up to the first tee struggling to walk, let alone swing a club, and believed I was destined to have a shocker - then bizzarely walked off the 18th having played some great stuff!

On many of the days when I've stayed off the beers the night before, got to the practice ground early, spent time practicing pitching/chipping/putting and felt like I was ready to put a geat round together I've ended up with some of my highest scores

I guess I'm generally guilty of being way too technical, and tend to try and analyse every shot I hit/every mistake I make etc. When playing hungover I don't tend to care about the mechanics at all; in fact I don't even really care about what scores I'm hitting. I think there's a lesson for me there! Playing without really caring about what you're doing when your feeling well is easier said than done though!

Has anyone else found this?

 

[Imurg]

Ask CVG.

He's halfway through a course of lessons and although he's scoring ok its in spite of not because of the lessons.
The man has so many things going on in his head its quite frankly amazing that he mananges to connect sometimes.

We all think too much about this game.
Get to the ball, pick a shot, swing the club, get out again quick.

 

[LPW]

I play my best golf when I don't keep track of my score. If I do I have too much pressure on myself too try to keep it down.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

I have to agree that playing when you don't feel brilliant seems to produce some good results. As an enforced teetotaller these days I can't use the hangover as an excuse but I did win a medal not so long ago feeling like crap (man flu). I didn't have a thought in my head and didn't even think I hit the ball that great but managed to chip and putt. Mind you even on the putts I couldn't really read the greens. Just goes to show that sometimes the hit and hope policy is the best

 

[Dodger]

If you have the chance to go out on the batter the night before a competition take it,that way if you play crap you have something to blame but at least you'll have had a good night....not so if you stay in!

Rotella needs to have a chapter in getting rubbered the night before,he's missing a trick.

 

[DMC]

I am playing better now than i have all year,must be because i have stopped thinking (obsessing) about each shot.

 

[drawboy]

I play my best golf when I don't keep track of my score. If I do I have too much pressure on myself too try to keep it down.

I have a similar problem, When i play in our winter league my partner constantly keeps reminding me of the score and telling me "we need a birdie on here, par on this" etc. It really piles on the pressure, I keep telling him I do not want to know the score until the 18th but it wont sink in.