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Obsession with scores will only lead one way.
I've noticed that.
It's all fine until the wheels come off, then the added pressure you put yourself under and thoughts don't help get you back on track!
It's all fine until the wheels come off, then the added pressure you put yourself under and thoughts don't help get you back on track!
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Take it that was with VP at club you joined? Where did you end up?
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I think its natural for newbie golfers to be obsessed with their scores and setting personal bests. Of course as we know, the closer to beating a target, say 100, the more pressure you put yourself under and more often than not the wheels come off. If I was starting over I would try and ignore keeping scores and learn to play the game especially from 100 yards and in and around the greens. I'd learn to play from up/down slopes and heavy rough and try and be as much of an all round golfer as I could get in the first 6 months
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How is he going to measure any progress without keeping score????
Of course he needs to be keeping score, that's the only true measure of your overall performance.
Of course he needs to be keeping score, that's the only true measure of your overall performance.
The issue with keeping scores is the way you can crumble once you know you are doing well. As I said if I was starting again I'd focus more on learning to play the game without the pressure of card and pencil. Hit it, learn to keep it in play, and learn how to score from around the greens. Once your competency improves then test yourself regularly and score and try and beat your best score each time
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So how are people supposed to get used shooting better scores than before if they don't keep scores?? That's not really a question by the way.
Also you only learnt to deal with pressure by creating it.
It is a personal choice to keep score and look at it as you go.
The only time you don’t need to create pressure is when you want all that practice handling pressure to pay off.
It is a personal choice to keep score and look at it as you go.
The only time you don’t need to create pressure is when you want all that practice handling pressure to pay off.
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...in golf your definition of "crack it" changes as you improve, and the gap between your good score and bad score gets closer!! 
If you are so score obsessed, what will happen when you miss out on your Tour card? Will you pack it in? (if you see what I mean.) Score is very important, but not necessarily all of it.
If you are so score obsessed, what will happen when you miss out on your Tour card? Will you pack it in? (if you see what I mean.) Score is very important, but not necessarily all of it.