Playing in a match play tie, would you....

[patricks148]

tell your oppo how well you were playing and run the risk of jinxing your round?

Played against the ex Handicap sec last night it a tie. asked how i was going in all the knock outs, to which i replied id been knocked out of all but this one.

He then ran though all his victories and how well he was playing and driving the ball at the moment.

well, what can i say.... he put the fist two tee shots in the moray firth, which took the gloss of my eagle at the 460 yard par 4 2nd to win the hole.

it was very slow behind three 4 balls of visitors with Caddies, luckily i had it wrapped up by the 12th so we walked in.

I felt he had brought his poor play on himself, due to saying how well he was playing, the golfing gods don't like that

so would you tell an oppo how well you are playing on the first tee??

 

[pbrown7582]

no I don't think I would you are only setting yourself up for a fall as your oppo did!

well played you though. :thup:

 

[dufferman]

I'm a stickler for jinxing myself. I was playing like a pro (well, not like a REAL pro) on Sunday, and said on the 16th tee how well I was going. Finished double, bogey, double.

I swear if I'd have kept my mouth shut, I'd of not lost my tee shot on the 18th at least...!

 

[Twire]

This made me smile.... Last year in our knockout I had a similar situation. The fella was telling me how good he was on the first tee, saying that in the roll ups he was down to 11 (his official h'cap was 17) He told me he'd taken the money the last few weeks blah blah blah. His first shot he snap hooked into the bushes, and it didn't get a lot better than that. The only hole he won I was 3 off the tee, and we shook hands on the 11th.

Looks like that gamesmanship didn't work then....

 

[Swinger]

Seen it done a fair few times!

Even if I'm playing well I would never say more than I'm playing 'ok' and feeling like good golf isn't too far away.

The golfing gods frown upon anything more in my experiences and golf is a very fickle game where any form is extremely temporary.

 

[Fyldewhite]

You mean you talk to your opponent when playing matchplay????

 

[Mastercracker]

Nowt worse than a bragger.

 

[virtuocity]

Why not be honest? Unless you put undue pressure on yourself by talking about how well or bad your form is, then I don't understand the problem. I would say that bragging is never a good idea as it only inspires your oppo more!

 

[Rooter]

the last time i told someone i was playing well, i didnt shoot under 90 for about 6 months...

 

[duncan mackie]

another thread I don't understand

jinxing yourself?

surely it's better to be in a positive frame of mind than a negative one? whether it's a simple response to the question 'how's your game?' such as 'I'm playing well thanks' or a more elaborate explanation doesn't really matter for the purposes of being in a positive frame of mind does it?

such things are generally an inherent part of ourselves; last thing you want to do is start changing/thinking about it when heading off to play.

there are some who would suggest that you influence your opponents play with what you say in such situations, and I think this is probably more the case than jinxing your own. how you influence them is, of course, more down to them than the words you choose!

I suspect I'm not the only one (out of the potential thousands that might read this thread) who see the irony in a golfer posting about his matchplay success under the auspices of a message that boasting about your matchplay prowess may not be the best thing for your next result...

 

[patricks148]

another thread I don't understand

jinxing yourself?

surely it's better to be in a positive frame of mind than a negative one? whether it's a simple response to the question 'how's your game?' such as 'I'm playing well thanks' or a more elaborate explanation doesn't really matter for the purposes of being in a positive frame of mind does it?

such things are generally an inherent part of ourselves; last thing you want to do is start changing/thinking about it when heading off to play.

there are some who would suggest that you influence your opponents play with what you say in such situations, and I think this is probably more the case than jinxing your own. how you influence them is, of course, more down to them than the words you choose!

I suspect I'm not the only one (out of the potential thousands that might read this thread) who see the irony in a golfer posting about his matchplay success under the auspices of a message that boasting about your matchplay prowess may not be the best thing for your next result...

not bragging at all, nothing to bragg about we didn't finish most of the holes, or at least he didn't. more a point about thinking you have cracked it, when in inevitably comes back to bite you.

Have you never said to a playing partner, gosh im playing well only to bugger up the next few rounds?

how about posting something more interesting yourself rather than picking fault with others posts?

 

[duncan mackie]

not bragging at all, nothing to bragg about we didn't finish most of the holes, or at least he didn't. more a point about thinking you have cracked it, when in inevitably comes back to bite you.

Have you never said to a playing partner, gosh im playing well only to bugger up the next few rounds?

how about posting something more interesting yourself rather than picking fault with others posts?

how about reading peoples responses rather than jumping in at them ? where have I said you were bragging?

of course I've followed good rounds with bad; my point was that I cannot see how that is related to whether or not I've said it to anyone, or how I've said it.

it is an inevitability based on the fact that no-one can play equal to or better than their last round every time.

 

[patricks148]

I suspect I'm not the only one (out of the potential thousands that might read this thread) who see the irony in a golfer posting about his matchplay success under the auspices of a message that boasting about your matchplay prowess may not be the best thing for your next result...

i suggest you read what you put down dear boy

 

[Scrindle]

I've not played in enough competitive matches to know, though I do know that the last 3 times I have broken my PB and thought to myself 'wow, I am really turning a corner' and proceeded to let me mates know that I've had a good round, I have then shot embarassingly high the very next day (3 Saturdays and Sundays in a row now, including shooting my lowest ever score this Saturday just gone, followed by one of my worst ever rounds while having a complimentary game at a club I'm thinking of joining! Somewhat embarassing...).

 

[MashieNiblick]

If anything I'd play down my game. Nothing worse than putting pressure on yourself and giving your opponent the incentive to get focused and play well. If I say I'm not playing well there's no pressure on me and he'll think he won't have to try too hard and put pressure on himself by feeling that he ought to win.

A bit like Mourinho always saying the other team are favourites.

 

[FairwayDodger]

Earlier in the season, when I was in the form of my life, I bumped into someone from another club who I was due to play in a match a few weeks later. Didn't mean to do it but, in chatting, I told her that I'd been on fire since the start of the season and my handicap had tumbled.

Regretted it immediately. More so when I "lost it" in the intervening weeks before the match. When we teed off for that match I remembered my boastful remarks and knew that I wasn't playing anything like as well any more, I feared the worst. Fortunately, I still managed to win but hope to avoid ever making the same mistake!!

 

[HomerJSimpson]

I always play my game down. At the moment the minute club meets ball proves I was right to do so

 

[williamalex1]

tell your oppo how well you were playing and run the risk of jinxing your round?

Played against the ex Handicap sec last night it a tie. asked how i was going in all the knock outs, to which i replied id been knocked out of all but this one.

He then ran though all his victories and how well he was playing and driving the ball at the moment.

well, what can i say.... he put the fist two tee shots in the moray firth, which took the gloss of my eagle at the 460 yard par 4 2nd to win the hole.

it was very slow behind three 4 balls of visitors with Caddies, luckily i had it wrapped up by the 12th so we walked in.

I felt he had brought his poor play on himself, due to saying how well he was playing, the golfing GODS don't like that

so would you tell an oppo how well you are playing on the first tee??

Could be a new thread needed, what would be the name of your golf god, i think the god PAR has a ring to in. Well played BTW.:thup:

 

[evahakool]

If I was on a good run and my matchplay opp asked how I was playing, I would never say I'm playing well,as we all know how this game can come back and bite you.

Well done on the win.

 

[Joff]

another thread I don't understand

jinxing yourself?

surely it's better to be in a positive frame of mind than a negative one? whether it's a simple response to the question 'how's your game?' such as 'I'm playing well thanks' or a more elaborate explanation doesn't really matter for the purposes of being in a positive frame of mind does it?

such things are generally an inherent part of ourselves; last thing you want to do is start changing/thinking about it when heading off to play.

there are some who would suggest that you influence your opponents play with what you say in such situations, and I think this is probably more the case than jinxing your own. how you influence them is, of course, more down to them than the words you choose!

I suspect I'm not the only one (out of the potential thousands that might read this thread) who see the irony in a golfer posting about his matchplay success under the auspices of a message that boasting about your matchplay prowess may not be the best thing for your next result...

Yep. In one. Out next round, lad.