Why???

[shootin4par]

Why was a rookie at 11 under through 11 holes at last weeks buick and then he cannot shoot 5 under through the next 61?

[GregJWillis]

Re: Why???

He wasn't thinking...
He said that "The back nine" (he started there) "was a blur" - he shot 27.
He unfortunatly woke up, rasized what he did, and the self took back control saying "What are you doing? No one can shoot 27!". Then he was toast.

[Started2k3]

Re: Why???

He wasn't thinking...
He said that "The back nine" (he started there) "was a blur" - he shot 27.
He unfortunatly woke up, rasized what he did, and the self took back control saying "What are you doing? No one can shoot 27!". Then he was toast.

Exactly. The rookie has not had enough (if any) mental training.

[Scragger63]

Re: Why???

72 holes over 4 days is an awfully long time for anyone to stay in the "zone"...

He can obviously hit the thing well, does he now need to realise that Golf is 110% mental...???

Cheers

[golfseeker]

Re: Why???

72 holes over 4 days is an awfully long time for anyone to stay in the "zone"...

He can obviously hit the thing well, does he now need to realise that Golf is 110% mental...???

Cheers

IMHO golf is 85% half mental.
Golfseeker

[LowPost42]

Re: Why???

72 holes over 4 days is an awfully long time for anyone to stay in the "zone"...

He can obviously hit the thing well, does he now need to realise that Golf is 110% mental...???

Cheers

I'd say that at the PGA Tour level, golf must be 95% mental, and 5% caddie.

[shootin4par]

Re: Why???

is golf really that mental? I thought tiger just has that much more athletic ability then everyone else

[GolfJunkieSr]

Re: Why???

That's why they are called "rookies". GJS

[bdbl]

Re: Why???

In a way I take comfort from the rookie story posted here and from the fact on Tour a significant number if not the large majority of players will have a spread between best and worst rounds of at least 5 and maybe 10 or shots over the 4 days.

It helps me set my own expectations better.

When we say we wish we were "mentally stronger" or "more consistent" we might need a reality check - do we really expect to be more consistent than the pros? We might want our spread to start and end lower but that's a different thing.

Sometimes we lose momentum on a best ever round and "blow it" but so what? we are in good company; even a rookie will have far far more experience of mental pressure than us and it still happens.

[shootin4par]

Re: Why???

Tiger as a rookie would have done this?

[bdbl]

Re: Why???

Seeing as how the same tournament is on just now it might be worth quoting from the Dubai Classic Website...

"However, the most famous victim to the 18th is none other than world no.1 Tiger Woods. Seemingly on his way to victory in the 2001 Dubai Desert Classic, Woods punched his third shot into the lake allowing a grateful Thomas Bjorn - his playing partner - to see out the hole and win the magnificent Desert Classic trophy while Woods rued what might have been."

Yes so, since he made mistakes under pressure as World No.1 I suppose its not impossible that as a rookie on Tour that he made as many whoopsies as he does as a Ryder Cup player.