I played in the Captain’s Day today at our club Mill Green. I had the best front nine I’ve ever had followed by the worst back nine I’ve ever had. I often talk about sportsmen not having the winkle to win and I think this applied to me today. Instead of pushing on from the great front nine I started to worry about making a mistake and of course the mistakes started to happen. I went from putting like Tom Watson on the front nine to putting like a fool on the back nine ending up three putting five greens. I think the problem was I really wanted to win this for my Dad and I put myself under too much pressure. Chip Beck would’ve been proud.
The crucible of humiliation
I played in the Captain’s Day today at our club Mill Green. I had the best front nine I’ve ever had followed by the worst back nine I’ve ever had. I often talk about sportsmen not having the winkle to win and I think this applied to me today. Instead of pushing on from the great front nine I started to worry about making a mistake and of course the mistakes started to happen. I went from putting like Tom Watson on the front nine to putting like a fool on the back nine ending up three putting five greens. I think the problem was I really wanted to win this for my Dad and I put myself under too much pressure. Chip Beck would’ve been proud.