So, today was my first day back on my home course after spending the past month in the Middle East playing on a rock hard dry course. My home golf course is in the UK, just outside London and needless to say, quite a difference in conditions to the sun baked course, today the course was wet and soggy, it was also freezing cold but I had so many layers on I was immune to the cold.
As I mentioned in an earlier post, I didn't enjoy playing golf last year, in fact, most of my rounds I wanted to be any where else but on a golf course.
This year, I WANT to play, and THAT is the difference. My golfing mindset is TOTAlly different! I missed playing with my team mates, our handicaps range between 10 and 14 and we're quite a competitive group.
My handicap is 13 at the moment, I used to be 10 but it has slowly crept up, ( see my handicap explanation here ).
I didn't start my round too well, but kept mentally VERY positive and kept patient.
Here's my score today, I'll use this as a benchmark for future rounds:
| Par | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 36 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 36 | 72 |
| My Score | 7 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 51 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 44 | 95 |
Well, at least I kept below 100! My back 9 was MUCH better than my front round and I was striking the ball really well once I got used to the mud and slush on the course.
What was important today was that I kept postitive the whole time and I didn't let the bad shots 'get to me' I literally played just one shot at a time and didn't think backwards or forwards.
A good start to my year and most importantly I enjoyed the round.
Next step for me is to start listening to the golf mental training downloads from the training course.
More on that next...................
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