Joined the sub-70 club

[funk-like]

I'm a 6 handicap - down to a 4.2 now because of recent good play, and my lowest round ever and only sub par round was a 71, one under par. I've had a few 72's and 73's but could never really break through. I've had some good rounds lately, but found a way to 'fold like a cheap tent' on the last few holes.

Played in a doubles match last week at Predator, I bogied 1 with a 3 putt, birdied 2 and 3, parred 4 to 15, then birdied 16, parred 17 and made a 12 footer for birdie on 18.
Add it up for a 69!

My playing partners made sure to not mention my score (although I knew where I was) and really didn't look at me from 16 to 18, they just let me do my thing. It was an amazing day - the hole looked 8 inches wide, 8 footers felt like tap in's. I was in the zone for sure. I had 27 putts, hit every fairway, missed 6 greens but got up and down each time. Very cool day.

I followed it up with an 80 the next day- back to reality!

[nokids]

Congrats! Did you try thinking about something else down the stretch to avoid the cheap tent collapse?

[imozzie]

That's great, bud! May the golf gods continue to shine their light upon you...lol!

[funk-like]

Well to be honest, it was very hard not to think about score, and what it would feel like to be 2 or 3 under for the round, what it would fell like to tell my friends about it etc. After my previous 2 collapses in 2 weeks, I did start to read the Bob Rotella book 'Golf is a game of Confidence'. Its all about 'playing one shot at a time, focusing on the process and not the result etc'. I know those are cliche's but they are true - if you focus on the result and not the shot ahead of you, you won't have a result to worry about, because it will be poor. It was tough to keep my thoughts straight, and it was hard to focus, but I'm happy I was able to power through it and stay focused.

Thanks for the congrats - its was a cool feeling and that is the great thing about golf, it feels the same the first time you break 100, or 90, or 80 or 70.

[Roach]

Great job! I hope the season keeps going well for you