Alex Elias In golf, there are days when you may be firing on all cylinders, and on the contrary, days when nothing seems to be going your way. In fact, these two very different type of rounds may happen one followed by another. For example, Chris Gabriele, 1st Assistant Golf Professional at Sleepy Hollow Country, pointed to Scottie Scheffler, saying, "Scheffler last week followed up a round of 72 with a 62."
"The ability to take golf one round at a time is a skill. Each round is completely different and sometimes we can make the game more challenging on ourselves by getting in our own way," said Gabriele. In reflecting on Gabriele's comments, I recalled a moment from earlier this summer when I decided to play five or six holes before meeting my parents for dinner at the club. After six holes, I was two under and when I sat down for dinner, I began to wonder: Was I two under because I was simply playing well or was I two under because I knew I wasn't going to have time to play eighteen holes and therefore was playing pressure free? When I mentioned the story to Gabriele, he responded, this time using Dustin Johnson as an example, saying, "I think if more people treated the game of golf the way DJ does, then a lot more people would have fun out there and would be more successful." While rounds of 72 and 62 are certainly different, rounds of 75 and 75 can be entirely different as well. For example, one may record a round of 75 on Friday and say, "Everything was clicking and I was on cruise control hitting every fairway and green," while the same golfer may record a round of 75 on Saturday and say, "That was an absolute grind. I can't believe how many times I needed to get up and down." When Gabriele was asked about this notion, he immediately laughed and said, "Well, that's golf." He then continued, "There are rounds when you may hit six greens and make 25 putts and then there are rounds when you may hit sixteen greens and make 40 putts." Regardless of the scenario, Gabriele said, "Golf is never ending. You have to stay in it mentally. Trusting the never end progress and always wanting to get better is the only way you'll get better."
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