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Stefan Langer, Bernhard's son shot 98-91 in the KLM Open, finished last by a good 28-shots and missed the cut by 49 shots.
I'm obviously not in a position to judge or critisise his performancem, and that's not my point, but I wonder how wise it is for his "team" to get an invite to a tour event and then blow out so badly? Surely, he can't draw too many positives but a lot of negatives.
I've been on tours, I've played in big tournaments (albeit a long time ago) and it took me a lot of effort and motiviation to get over my bad performances.
Some of my students who played in events and didn't perform well for whatever reason also took a long time to recover and get back into form. European Tour events are big league, lots of pressure, lots of attention (let alone all of that and being Bernhard's son!). I learned the hard way to turn invites down unless I was sure there would be a positive spin-off for my student. I never accepted for sake of accepting an offer of an invite.
What are your thoughts?
I'm obviously not in a position to judge or critisise his performancem, and that's not my point, but I wonder how wise it is for his "team" to get an invite to a tour event and then blow out so badly? Surely, he can't draw too many positives but a lot of negatives.
I've been on tours, I've played in big tournaments (albeit a long time ago) and it took me a lot of effort and motiviation to get over my bad performances.
Some of my students who played in events and didn't perform well for whatever reason also took a long time to recover and get back into form. European Tour events are big league, lots of pressure, lots of attention (let alone all of that and being Bernhard's son!). I learned the hard way to turn invites down unless I was sure there would be a positive spin-off for my student. I never accepted for sake of accepting an offer of an invite.
What are your thoughts?
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