Response to Setbacks & Recovery
"I lost a shot on 6. Obviously I'm getting it back on 7."
You probably know someone like this. You might be someone like this.
A hole goes wrong, a three-putt, a lost ball, a daft decision I regret before the club's even back in the bag, and something in me decides the very next hole is where I settle the score. Not play it sensibly. Settle it. As if golf owes me a shot back and I've got until the next tee to collect.
That's usually how one bad hole becomes two. I take on a driver I don't need, or a flag I've got no business at, all in the name of winning back something that's already gone. The damage from hole 6 was one shot. The damage from trying to fix it on hole 7 is often worse.
I'm not hot-headed. I'm just still playing the last hole while I'm meant to be playing this one, and that's an expensive habit over eighteen holes.
I don't leave a bad hole behind, I chase it. I try to win back what's already gone instead of resetting, I'll force a shot I don't actually have, and getting my tempo back after a setback takes me longer than it should.
If any of this sounds familiar, it's worth finding out how far it actually runs. The free assessment covers this alongside seven other areas that shape a round, and takes about eight minutes.
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