The yips can happen at any time. It is dreaded by all golfers and like a winter cold, it can linger for weeks. Through my many years of playing, I have experienced my fair share of putting yips for no rhyme or reason. Needless to say, I hope that they do not come back this year. Continue reading
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How to Win a Golf Tournament!
I have a story, but cannot tell it right now! I will elaborate in the next post!
What are your thoughts?
I am a grateful golfer! See you on the links!
2-Person Scramble at Roundel Glen Golf Course
Today, I played in a 2-person scramble. It was a fantastic day and I plan to recap all the highlights in tomorrow’s post. But for today, I will set the stage and go into all the details later. Continue reading
First Leg Complete
A couple of weeks ago, I was talking about my attempts to make the Base Golf Team. Well, I was successful. I shot a combined total of 161 over two days, which was good enough to finish first overall. I am extremely grateful to have made the team and hopefully I will play even better during the Regional Championship in July.
We have five men and two women on the team and it is an honor to represent your military base at any competition. The golf competition is extremely tough because of the number of participants. Usually, each base has 15-30 players tryout – the total number of players in my region will be upwards of 200 overall. This is whittled down to about 40 players for the regional competition. It is very difficult to win the team competition and even more difficult to win the individual event. I have finished second or third about seven times over the past 20 years and won the regional competition once. Overall, it is going to be every exciting to play in the three-day competition.
As the competition unfolds, I will keep you posted. I am a grateful golfer! See you on the links!
Shooting to Make the Team
Tomorrow, I am entering a competition to represent my military base at the Ontario Regional Golf Championship in July. This tournament is a two-day combined stroke event where the top five male and top two female players will move on to the next level. Once the base team is chosen, it is off Regionals.
Regionals is a three-day event with several competitions in one. First, there is the overall team competition. Each day, the lowest four scores of the seven players are used to determine the total score for the base on that day. (For those who think that the female scores do not count, think again; they are usually used a couple of times during the tournament) After three days, your three-day total team score will be use and lowest team score wins the event. That base is crown Regional Team Champions. The receive a pennant which proudly displayed at their base.
Another event inside of the team competition is the singles competition. The person with the lowest score after three days is crowned regional individual champion (men and women). Additionally, the lowest five male and two female scores make up the Regional team that represents their region at the National Competition.
The National Competition is the same format as the Regional Competition except the players are significantly better. It is an exciting time of military golfers and believe me, bragging rights are as important as the hardware.
So here is my question of the day: Any hints on how to prepare for this three-tiered event?
I am a grateful golfer! See you on the links!
The Grateful Golfer 