When do you start feeling it?

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hi, a couple of days ago me and my friend/playing partner were discussing when in a good round do you start feeling pressure. What i mean is on what hole do you begin to realise that you will be in for a great round if you carry on playing the same. Personally i would say the 15th at my club it's 200+ yards (par 3)with big water to the left, this is normally the hole i self-imploded on.
Also how do you handle the pressue just play the same or slow down?
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Usually around the 14th or 15th when I realise I could be on for a low-ish score (despite not actually knowing what I'm currently shooting).

I usually handle the pressure by having a complete collapse on the last 3 or 4 holes and getting really mardy. :D
 
T'is a good question, something I also find hard.

Case in Point........19 Pts on Front 9 last Sat, a great Par4 on our Stroke 1 10th, then 4 straight bogey's, before imploding on 17th. 34pts total .

*shakes head*

I think you have to really forget about that damn card/score.
 
There's no set answer.

It is a constant battle not to get ahead of yourself and to try to "stay in the moment" and just think about that shot.

Experience helps.

The more times you put yourself in a position that you are doing well, the more likely you are to "get home".

Every time you blow up, you've got to learn from your mistakes. I had a massive blow up on Saturday which was sparked by a couple of bits of bad luck and my head went.

My decision-making went to pieces and my swing disappeared for a hole or two after I dropped my pre-shot routine as my head was in bits.

But I've learned from it and, hopefully, won't make the same mistakes again......for a while! ;)
 
The moment I think about my score. Case in point, this Sunday (friendly game) properly looked at my scorecard for the first time on the tee at 12, noted I had a nice few pars and the rest bogeys, thought "wow I haven't doubled or worse today".

Have a guess at what I did next.

Clue, out of bounds on the left.

I hate golf. Na I love it. No actually I hate it. Na I love it really.
 
Mine is usually at the turn.

Case in point. At the weekend for my front nine I shot to my handicap, decided to attack for the back nine and ended up shooting 3 under my handicap.

If I was 3 shots under my handicap for my front nine, I would have not been as aggressive after the turn. If i had been 3 over, then i would need a measure of aggression to try and get those shots back.

I dont chase a score per say. I try and shoot to, or around my handicap.
 
It just builds though doesnt it, you know yourself that it is going well.
Best way to start is badly I have found as it takes the pressure off instantly then you can still have a good result but importantly, you feel better afterwards for building a card rather than destroying it.
 
It just builds though doesnt it, you know yourself that it is going well.
Best way to start is badly I have found as it takes the pressure off instantly then you can still have a good result but importantly, you feel better afterwards for building a card rather than destroying it.
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doesnt help me :mad: started medal with double the other week got it back together went through 15 holes 3 over , happy days youd think . ha no way in the midst of thinking what id be signing for i bogeyd the last 3 , 16th is index 1 so not so bad , 17th index 3 but not that hard so fair enough , last is par 5 , should be easy enough par , SHOULD.... doh .. still good score & handicap cut (only .2 darnd sss) so happy enough but went home thinking what could been ha ..
 
Normally when I get to our 14th.

From there on in are holes that, under normal conditions, I play very well and regularly to par or better (e.g. last night was -1 for these holes).

If I am on a good round to that point I tend to relax too much thinking it's in the bag and have a 'mare round them!!

Although they do give you the opportunity to get something back if you've had a bad start which is good.
 
Would say at the turn!

Got to 10th tee at +2 gross for front 9 then partner told me what I had, This is something I don’t like to know while playing as what happened next is what always happens when know my score. Ended up taking 9 on our par 4 10th and the rest of my round went to the gutter even tho I think back 9 much easier.

Just seem to be if you know your playing well and your card you get ahead thinking I could have a cracking score here and everything goes out the window. Need to learn to think one shot at a time when this happens
 
If I par the first......
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Exactly the same for me,im always a slow starter and its never until the 4th that i get everything together and start picking up shots.

Got a par 4 for possibly the first time ever a couple of weeks ago, its not a particularly difficult hole either, and immediately i started feeling the pressure cos id set an early benchmark. Underhit 2 iron shots at the 2nd and walked off with a double bogey 6.

Played my first ever competition about 4 weeks ago and played great,swinging freely and scoring well below my unofficial handicap. That was until my partner tells me what my score would be if i finish with 2 bogey 5's. Tee shot at the 17th went left into the rough,only tee shot i hooked all day and had it stayed straight id have won the longest drive competition, and tee shot at 18th was badly sliced and ended up a fairway and a half away. Ended up with 2 scrambled 6's that i did really well to get. Missed out on the win by 3 strokes.
 
the thing is even if you don't count and add it up at the end you still know your doing well, also as soon as i think "hey im playing well just do the same" i completely do the opposite, frustrating to say the least. Its a good job the last couple of holes aren't too hard at my course.
 
I don't normally consciously implode. If I've had a good front 9 then there's no reason why I can't have a good back 9. Any bad shots aren't the result of pressure per se, they just crop up when they crop up. There's as much chance making birdie/par on any hole on the course regardless of your score.

Only time it gets difficult (maybe) is when you know you need a birdie up the last for a personal best score..... cue a triple bogey :)
 
Most times I have a bad round it's the first 6 holes that do me, so if I get through them no worse than 3 over I think I'm in with a chance of a decent round.

I think it's ok to know your score, or that you're doing well, but you HAVE to forget about it while you're playing your next shot.

As JustOne said, I don't implode because of the pressure (I think I'm over that) but it can happen at any time if you lose concentration or make a bad shot choice.
 
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