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Need golfers opinion: question I've never heard asked before
Posted on 3/20/13 at 5:00 pm
Posted on 3/20/13 at 5:00 pm
I play about 50 rounds a year on a rotation of 8 courses in NW La. and East Tex.
I keep a lot of my statistics on a spreadsheet. Just for fun and I've always been interested in math tendencies.
Well, over the last 5 years I've noticed that 90% of the time my score is better on the front 9 than on the back 9. This is not a 1 or 2 stroke difference. More like 10.
My partners have noticed this and have two explanations:
1. You get tired on the back, so have some peanuts at the turn.
My answer: I don't feel tired. I'm not hungry. We're riding in a cart.
2. It's psychological. You play well on the front and expect a collapse on the back so it's a self fulfilling prophecy.
My answer: I can't afford a psychologist.
Any help would be appreciated.
I keep a lot of my statistics on a spreadsheet. Just for fun and I've always been interested in math tendencies.
Well, over the last 5 years I've noticed that 90% of the time my score is better on the front 9 than on the back 9. This is not a 1 or 2 stroke difference. More like 10.
My partners have noticed this and have two explanations:
1. You get tired on the back, so have some peanuts at the turn.
My answer: I don't feel tired. I'm not hungry. We're riding in a cart.
2. It's psychological. You play well on the front and expect a collapse on the back so it's a self fulfilling prophecy.
My answer: I can't afford a psychologist.
Any help would be appreciated.
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Posted on 3/20/13 at 5:02 pm to Zach
For the next few years, play the back 9 first, then report back.
TIA
TIA
Posted on 3/20/13 at 5:02 pm to Zach
too many beers? 
I would say it's probably some kind of fatigue, or you're trying to fix your swing flaws on the course thus your swing is changing in the middle of your round
I would say it's probably some kind of fatigue, or you're trying to fix your swing flaws on the course thus your swing is changing in the middle of your round
Posted on 3/20/13 at 5:02 pm to Zach
Is this true when you start off the back 9? (if you ever do).
Posted on 3/20/13 at 5:02 pm to Zach
You are more focused on the front nine than the back. You are just losing your concentration. Take a little more time on the back nine.
Posted on 3/20/13 at 6:18 pm to Zach
What clubs are you using...May be too stiff or heavy....Are you slicing more on back?
Posted on 3/20/13 at 7:29 pm to Zach
Your muscles are loose and warmed up after the turn. You have more control of your swing when you're tight and not warmed up. Try hitting the range after a round and work strictly on aim. Don't worry about distance. Do that and you should learn more about how to control your swing when you're warmed up.
Posted on 3/20/13 at 8:30 pm to Zach
It has to be mental. If I stand over a chip and in my head I'm saying "don't chunk, don't chunk"...I almost always chunk. Once I was playing with a friend of mine who is on the web.com tour...he told me if that is the case maybe I should say "don't go in the hole, don't go in the hole".
Posted on 3/20/13 at 9:51 pm to Zach
you're letting your back nine score reflect the player you THINK you are instead of the player you really are. Start believing you're a better player and you'll start playing like one.
Posted on 3/21/13 at 1:36 am to Zach
Your problem is probably that you are splitting up the 18 holes as "front 9" and "back 9".
This almost makes it seem like you are playing 2 different games of golf.
You'll put everything you have into the front 9, and then since you are picturing the back 9 in your mind like a "new game", you aren't concentrating the same as you were on the front 9.
If you picture a round of golf in your mind as 18 holes, and don't split it up between front and back 9, you will be able to concentrate better the whole way through.
Put it in your mind before you play that 18 holes makes a round. There is no such thing as 9 holes and another 9 holes. It's 18 holes all the way through.
This almost makes it seem like you are playing 2 different games of golf.
You'll put everything you have into the front 9, and then since you are picturing the back 9 in your mind like a "new game", you aren't concentrating the same as you were on the front 9.
If you picture a round of golf in your mind as 18 holes, and don't split it up between front and back 9, you will be able to concentrate better the whole way through.
Put it in your mind before you play that 18 holes makes a round. There is no such thing as 9 holes and another 9 holes. It's 18 holes all the way through.
This post was edited on 3/21/13 at 1:41 am
Posted on 3/21/13 at 7:12 am to Zach
Just play each hole and don't total anything until you're done. Knowing you shot a score on the front may lead you to be less focused on the back thinking "I've got this". Concentrate on each hole and don't worry what your buddies shoot.
Posted on 3/21/13 at 1:33 pm to Zach
I score about three strokes better on back than front. So I am of no help. It surely isn't because of superior fitness or mental toughness on the course 
Posted on 3/21/13 at 2:02 pm to Zach
10 strokes? That's absurd if you really average 10 shots worse over a several year period, like 43, 53. Are you really out of shape? My swing generally starts getting a little tired around 15 or so when I haven't played in a long time or am kind of out of shape. Not 10 shots worth though. Maybe one or two.
ETA: Forgot to ask if you're one of those guys that hits two buckets of balls before teeing off. If so, obviously stop.
ETA: Forgot to ask if you're one of those guys that hits two buckets of balls before teeing off. If so, obviously stop.
This post was edited on 3/21/13 at 2:04 pm
Posted on 3/21/13 at 2:41 pm to Zach
i find it to be more of repetition of good and bad shots. i don't get fatigued playing golf.
But i find that if i shank a ball i'll get on a string of garbage for a bit. Almost like I have to re-adjust myself.
But i find that if i shank a ball i'll get on a string of garbage for a bit. Almost like I have to re-adjust myself.
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