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When you are playing, do you consider yourself mentally strong? Can you rebound? Do little things start a spiral? You tell us, what is your mental game like?
 
If I'm walking, yep. It forces me to wait between shots and relax.

I get awful if I can roll my cart up to the next ball and swing away at it.
 
I'm much stronger than I used to be. If it's just 1-2 bad mistakes, I can easily shake those off and keep going. If it gets much higher than that, though, you can pretty much count me out for the round. I used to blow up at the first mistake, but now it takes quite a while longer, and most of the time, it never happens.
 
Several years ago, no. I'm stronger now. Playing in a weekly league helped that. People are their HDCP for a reason. Wait long enough and they'll come back to you.
 
I like to think I'm getting a lot better. I used to really let bad shots/holes get to me but I tend to try an shrug them off now, to good effect. Or even just make light of the situation and laugh at myself.

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I'd say so. Not if, but when I screw up I make a quick assessment of what went wrong and move on. At my skill level it's expected to make mistakes.
 
Not the strongest part of my game. I can dwell on poor shots and it carry over. I've gotten better but not to where I'd like to be.


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I can settle down and focus. I am still stringing together a complete round of avoiding "dumb" mistakes so I would say I am training my mind in the right direction.


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I think I have the mental strength to deal with a shaky game and try to get things turned around.
 
Probably the best part of my game. I just show up and play my game no matter what the situation. I don't really care if I am getting strokes or giving them. Controlling my emotions is something I am pretty good at, and I love competition. I look at errant shots as opportunities to recover. I really am the type that will just bore you to death, and hang around in a match waiting.....I rarely make birdies but I can steer clear of the doubles too.

I lose my sh*t every once in a while, just like everyone. It is usually because I made a bad on course decision.
 
When I slow down and just enjoy myself I find that I can handle bad shots or mistakes. If I'm rushing through a round or otherwise distracted I find that it's harder to come back from mistakes.


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I honestly don't take myself too seriously on the course so it's very easy to rebound from a bad shot or hole. Of course I want to play better but I don't dwell on mistakes.
 
I believe I am, sometimes!!! There are times things just seem to spiral out of control and my game is horrible!!
 
I am more mentally strong in a competition setting. When I am with my buddies I can absolutely get in my head or worse let them in my head. Poochgolfer is great at getting in my head but I typically can let it go after 1 or 2 holes and be ready to rock again.


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Yes I think I am mentally strong on the course. The Grandaddy last year was a huge test, especially in my singles match. Got off to a big lead, only to watch my opponent chip away at it due to his great play. Went from 4 up to 1 up with a few holes to play, despite playing well. It was frustrating, but I was able to bear down and come out with the win. Golf, especially match play, really requires a strong mental game in my opinion, and its something I have worked very hard on over the last few years. THP events have helped a lot in that regard.
 
I think I'm mentally strong. I can be emotional, but I don't let my negative emotions take over. I realize I can't undo a mistake and just make sure it doesn't repeat itself.
 
I've gotten a lot better in the last year. Before I could completely implode and nothing would work, now I've figured out I need to lean on other parts of my game when something just isn't firing and work around it. Usually it's driver or irons, I can usually bail myself out with the 3W or wedges and putting. So I'd say as part of my game have gotten better, so has my mental strength.
 
I guess I'll be the first to admit that I fold like a lawn chair. I'm hoping to get some more competitive rounds in this year, but want to at a minimum be comfortable over the ball once my swing changes stabilize. Not there yet.
 
No, I usually tend to make the unwise choice and try to hit the heroic shot.
 
I like to think so. I don't fret too much on the course and try to stay positive.
 
Things can spiral but I never give up. I never stop fighting when I am in a match. I feel that I am mentally strong
 
I think i am. Slow play used to really get me off my game, but I deal with it much better now.
 
I'm a lot better than I was. When I was young and dumb, I had no control over my emotions or mental state on the course. It was rarely brought up either. I kind of wish my family had been tougher on me on that aspect then they were. I was really tough on myself too though, which didn't help. If I made a bogey I would get frustrated and that obviously didn't help me with the next hole, or following holes. But I wanted so much to be really good at the game and to win the junior golf events I played in.
Today's day and age, I am much more level headed. I'll get frustrated on maybe one or two hits but it is nowhere near as catastrophic as when I was younger. And one or two hits is WAY less than when I was younger. But I guess it is a lot easier to remain level headed when playing while trying to set an example for my daughter. Bogey's don't effect me as much as they used to, and my occasional 7 (read at least one per round) just kind of gets left at that hole.
It's quite interesting how much the mental side of the game can affect the overall round. I started reading the book Golf is Not a Game of Perfect. It is all about the mental side of the game, and I have been trying to implement a lot of the points from that book into my rounds.
 
In the past I was horrible but I actually think it's a strength for me now. I tend to not let things get me down and if I have a tough stretch can usually fix it without getting ticked at myself.
 
Sometimes when I'm on a high I can string together holes like its no one's business. I think as I've progressed as a player I've been able to get mentally stronger, but I do think that I can get into my own head at times and not play to my ability. I find that when I'm playing against someone else as opposed to just keeping my own score that I have the ability to grind and make more shots. My weak point in my game always seems to be not being able to string together 2 consecutive sets of 9 holes.
 
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