Driving at low speeds is difficult, but this strategy will make it a little easier.
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This story is so familiar. You performed great, paraded the last nine games and didn’t even know you scored. Then, once you figure out your position, everything will collapse. We’ve all been there and it’s not interesting.
Low speed is Difficult – Not only because it requires 18 solid holes. Sometimes, the psychological aspect of the low position is as difficult as the physical aspect. Often, we don’t like “in-depth” so we panic when we find ourselves in this situation.
Staying low-key is a knowledgeable skill. That’s why Bryson DeChambeau advises junior golfers to kick forward and try their best to break the 60. It may not be exactly the same as the number of posting tips, but it satisfys your brain because its idea is what it thinks under PAR.
Not all of us are looking for comfort, but everyone has a goal to shoot. Once we get closer to this number, things often go wrong.
For me, this goal has been breaking the standards. I even played a few times in my life, but I haven’t broken through and posted a number in the red. This season, though, I’m using the strategy I’ve seen on X, called @mlehman9436.
The idea is very simple. Start a year with a forward T-shirt and then start the race from there until you reach your goal. After doing this, you can move a T-shirt backward and restart the process.
I like this idea for several reasons:
1. It will teach you how to be satisfied with a low-point shot. Of course, this might be from a shorter t-shirt, but the simulation feels great to work on the low rounds.
2. It develops the habit of making more birds. Birds are rare for many golfers, and when they get the bird look, they put a lot of pressure on themselves to affect performance. But when you play it forward you get more birding looks and get used to the idea of having a birding putt.
I will adopt this strategy when I take a family class at Ocean Park in Brooklyn, New York. Hopefully by the end of the season, I will be able to get rid of the par-breaking goal.
