practice sessions
Question
I'm a senior in high school and I will be playing golf in college at a smaller D-III school. I shoot around the low 80s and while I have shot in the high 70s a couple times it doesn't happen often. I am looking for a good daily practice routine that I can do over the summer. I will have mornings and afternoons to practice every day of the summer excluding the days I have tournaments. I would like to start consistently breaking 80 as this would greatly benefit my college team and make the game more fun for me. I am pretty knowledgeable about mechanics and the game.
Also, as a side note, my mental game seems to be one of the biggest obstacles for my game. Last year the best tournament round I played I was even through 10 and at the time I didn't know until someone in my group told me. At that point the pressure set in and I blew up to shoot a final 82. I started forcing shots and trying to play it safe instead of playing my game. I thought you could use some information about my tournament play. Thank you for your time and sharing your information with me.
Answer
Hello Zac:
Send me your personal email address and I'll send you my Short Game Practice sheets to give you structure to your practice sessions this summer. As far as your blow up occuring, you simply were out of your comfort zone. Even through 10 holes is fantastic, especially when you've only broken 80 a couple of times. Until that person mentioned something to you, you were just on auto-pilot, playing each shot as it came, not thinking very much, just seeing the shot, grabbing a club and hitting it. You were in a groove. Then, you're right, as soon as something was mentioned, you immediately went into a defensive moad, trying not to make a mistake......100% opposite of the first 10 holes you just played. It's easy to talk about this stuff, but the only way to overcome it is to put yourself in that position again and again and again. You will learn how to keep your foot on the gas pedal instead of letting a stupid thought take you out of what you were doing all along. It's called experience. And when you get more of it, you'll be fine. Send me your personal email address.
Eddie Kilthau
PGA Member
THREESOME AND FOURSOMES PLAYING POINTS
Schedule