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Post by cwdlaw223 on Apr 28, 2012 17:17:37 GMT -5
How can one trick their brain to get the same focus on birdie putts as par putts?
I have great focus on par putts, not the same for birdie putts. I make way more 10-15 footers for par than I do for birdie. I guess it's like time deadlines as a motivator at work.
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Post by rohlio on Apr 29, 2012 0:28:11 GMT -5
How can one trick their brain to get the same focus on birdie putts as par putts? I have great focus on par putts, not the same for birdie putts. I make way more 10-15 footers for par than I do for birdie. I guess it's like time deadlines as a motivator at work. I was having this exact coversation with myself on the course a few days ago. I putt birdie and eagle putts so much more tentatively than I putt par and bogey putts. If I putted as well for birdie as I do to save par/bogey I would shoot in the 60's regularly. As it is I struggle to break par because I just can't seem to capitalize on hitting it close. For example on Wednesday I had 6 birdie putts of less than 10 feet and one eagle putt of 11'. Of the 6 birdie putts 5 of them wear left woefully short, and 1 was made barely over the front edge of the cup. The eagle putt was left on the front edge. I made all but one of the par putts I had with relative authority. I don't want to try to hit my birdie putts harder because harder to me normally equates to 5 feet past. Something in my brain needs to change, but I just haven't quite figured out what it is. |
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Post by dcell on Apr 29, 2012 3:41:46 GMT -5
This reminds me of a paper I saw awhile ago. wsb.wharton.upenn.edu/documents/research/IsTigerWoodsLossAverse.pdfApparently it's a study on professionals birdie putts vs par putts and they tie it to the economic and decision theory called Loss Aversion. They say the golfer tends to strongly prefer avoiding loss to acquire gains. So maybe the brain needs to change. |
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Post by cloran on Apr 29, 2012 8:29:33 GMT -5
I have the exact opposite problem... but it's only because I have so few birdie putts per round. When I get them I focus and get aggressive. Par putts I think "great, another left-to-right, down hill, 30 footer... just don't three putt!"
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Post by jamo on Apr 29, 2012 9:47:49 GMT -5
This reminds me of a paper I saw awhile ago. wsb.wharton.upenn.edu/documents/research/IsTigerWoodsLossAverse.pdfApparently it's a study on professionals birdie putts vs par putts and they tie it to the economic and decision theory called Loss Aversion. They say the golfer tends to strongly prefer avoiding loss to acquire gains. So maybe the brain needs to change. I've heard that applied to other sports, but not golf. Great find. |
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Post by cwdlaw223 on Apr 29, 2012 16:04:18 GMT -5
Thanks decell.
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Post by Richie3Jack on Apr 29, 2012 18:01:34 GMT -5
I was thinking about this in a similar line. I call it 'mental momentum.' Ever flush a shot into a green and expect it to be close, only to find it off the green? Even though it may be an easy up-and-down under normal circumstances, the fact that you hit what you *thought* was a great shot that didn't go like you expected, it kind lets the air out of your sails. You can't let yourself be sabotaged by the momentum of your mental state throughout a round of golf.
3JACK
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Post by cwdlaw223 on Apr 29, 2012 19:21:21 GMT -5
I've always made birdies in bunches. Probably from momentum.
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Post by rohlio on Apr 29, 2012 20:19:39 GMT -5
I was thinking about this in a similar line. I call it 'mental momentum.' 3JACK I think people undervalue playing a low stress version of golf just to keep from fatiguing their mind...which is why I think Phil should have gone back to the tee after hitting it off the grandstand at the masters. |
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