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

[Captainron]

Talking/thinking about how well you're playing is like kicking karma in the backside after sleeping with his missus. That's just going to get ugly.

Well played though.

 

[SocketRocket]

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...

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.

Thats where you said it!

 

[Twire]

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 I can see the irony (as I think your post was also pointed at me), but it's a little different boasting to your opponent on the first tee before the match and talking about it in a forum and in my case a year after the match.

 

[Foxholer]

ive just come back from playing a Tie.

teeing of a good hour before us there were three 4 balls with Caddies behind them were 4 two balls that they wouldn't let though. Luckily id won my match by the 13th so walked in, I imagine they are still out on the course now 5 hours later.

They were from Southern England by the way

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??

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...

There does seem to be a touch of irony about these posts! Even if we aren't the opposition. It was my immediate thought and made me chuckle!

I'd simply say 'Done ok up till now, but we'll see!'.

I'd also try to be consistent about what hole I'd finished by!

 

[jimbob.someroo]

At Hillside in the KoK I stood on the 8th tee one over gross after making a double on the 6th. I proceeded to say 'I know I'm going to jinx myself now, but I feel really good about my game. I feel like I can actually swing knowing where the ball is going to go' ....

8th tee shot, hook left, into fairway bunker .... many shots later .... 9.

Keeping my mouth shut from now on.

 

[Deleted member 1147]

You can't really jinx my recent play.
I either haven't been playing or have been awful when I have played.

But no, I wouldn't try impressing my oppo' with my recent good form if I had any.

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

In a match it is a rule of mine to keep my gob shut about how well or badly I have been playing as this can be interpreted by an opponent as 'mind-games'. In truth I should at all times keep my gob shut if I have been playing well as it is inevitable that I will immediately mess up - as I did on Sunday. Commented to a PP after my tee shot on our P4 17th that I'd been playing well. My tee shot had ended well down but lucky not to go in fairway bunker - so I too an 8! I never learn.

But I don't talk about my own golf in a match - never ever.