Going low is difficult, but this strategy will make it a little easier.
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The story is very well known. You are playing brilliantly, navigating together on nine rear and you don’t even know you are the result. Then, once you realize where you stay, everything comes down. We’ve all been there, and the situation is not fun.
Low going is firm – and not just because it requires 18 solid holes. Sometimes, the mental aspect of the low going is as difficult as the physical aspect. Often, we are not happy with “taking it deep”, so when we find ourselves in that situation, in panic.
Being quiet with the low go is a learned skill. Is why Bryson Dechambeau recommends that new players play ahead and do their best to break 60. It may not be completely the same as posting a number of tips, but it gets your brain quiet with the idea of being well under it.
Not all of us are seeking to be quiet being under it, but everyone has a number that they intend to shoot. And after we approach that number, things often go wrong.
This goal for me has always been separating. I have also shot a small part of my life, but I still have not to cross and post a red number. This season, however, I am adopting a strategy I saw on X by a user called @Mlehman9436.
The idea is simple. Start the year by playing from Tees forward and continue playing from there until you meet your intended purpose. Once you do this, you can move a box with a tee again and start the process again.
I love this idea for several reasons:
1 This teaches you how to get comfortable with shooting low results. Of course, it may be from a shorter Tea group, but it is great to simulate what you feel to work in a low round.
2 It takes you in the habit of making more birds. For many players players, birds are a rarity, and when they take a look of the birds, they put so much pressure on themselves that it affects performance. But when you play it ahead, you will get a lot more poultry views and accustomed to the idea of having a bird’s stroke.
I’m going to adopt this tactic in 2025 when I play my home course of Marine park In Brooklyn, New York. Hopefully by the end of the season, I will be able to overcome my intention to break before.
