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Last weekend I attempted to qualify for The Senior British Open and it turned out to be quite the weekend for various reasons.
Its been over 30 years since I last played in an event of this magnitude so I knew I was throwing myself in at the deep end.
While playing my practice round the day before the draw came through and I realised I had been paired with former PGA European Tour rookie of the year Scott Henderson and Len Mattiace who lost in a play off for the Masters to Mike Weir in 2003.
At 1st glance this felt like it was going to be an amazing experience but in reality it was incredibly intimidating and I just never settled down during the whole round.
I felt ok warming up before hand but as they introduced themselves on the 1st tee and recognised them I became overcome by a feeling of imposter syndrome and the nerves ramped up massively and they never really went away which has never happened to me before.
Thankfully they both shot -2 and qualified, they were both very nice to play with although at times I felt terrible about the way I was playing.
Golf is very much a part time hobby these days and that came to the forefront because unlike when I was younger and playing a lot of high competition golf I had no plan B to fall back on when things started to go wrong.
Moral is that golf is a brutal game when you lose all sense of where your swing is regardless of your handicap.
I posted 2 videos from the weekend where ive tried to be brutally honest about the whole experience.
No Regrets though as had a great weekend with my brother who is a pro caddie and lives in the USA, so to spend some quality time with him was wonderful.
Practice Round -
Qualifying Day -
Its been over 30 years since I last played in an event of this magnitude so I knew I was throwing myself in at the deep end.
While playing my practice round the day before the draw came through and I realised I had been paired with former PGA European Tour rookie of the year Scott Henderson and Len Mattiace who lost in a play off for the Masters to Mike Weir in 2003.
At 1st glance this felt like it was going to be an amazing experience but in reality it was incredibly intimidating and I just never settled down during the whole round.
I felt ok warming up before hand but as they introduced themselves on the 1st tee and recognised them I became overcome by a feeling of imposter syndrome and the nerves ramped up massively and they never really went away which has never happened to me before.
Thankfully they both shot -2 and qualified, they were both very nice to play with although at times I felt terrible about the way I was playing.
Golf is very much a part time hobby these days and that came to the forefront because unlike when I was younger and playing a lot of high competition golf I had no plan B to fall back on when things started to go wrong.
Moral is that golf is a brutal game when you lose all sense of where your swing is regardless of your handicap.
I posted 2 videos from the weekend where ive tried to be brutally honest about the whole experience.
No Regrets though as had a great weekend with my brother who is a pro caddie and lives in the USA, so to spend some quality time with him was wonderful.
Practice Round -
