The Starter - Paddy's Duff & Why I'm Glad It Happened

by Ryan Ballengee on Aug 10, 2009 10:16 AM EDT

Waggle Room is starting a new daily feature called The Starter. It's a minute or two of golf commentary in the morning. Today, Ryan talks about Paddy's duff at 16 yesterday and why he is glad it happened now.

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Ummm…since when can you get a shot “out of your system” in golf ? Just because a thing happens one week doesn’t mean it won’t happen again the next shot…or the next hole…or the next round…or never again.

How often do you want a bad shot sticking in your short term memory…much less your long term memory ? Good shots build confidene…bad shots kill confidence. As good as these guys are, even they can be affected by things like this.

"this ball will fit in that fairway"

by courtgolf on Aug 10, 2009 6:15 PM EDT reply actions

Paddy said after his 64 on Thursday that he didn’t take a lot of confidence from the number. He wanted to play consistently, and if he won, then great. That’s why I say he can get it out of his system. He won’t really keep this with him because he held it together so well for 71 holes. What he got out of his system is the big number.

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by Ryan Ballengee on Aug 10, 2009 6:47 PM EDT up reply actions

Ok – you completely lost me there. What he was saying was that he can’t get too excited over one very good, low round because of the way he has played since last year’s PGA.

So – are you talking about the round on Thursday or the 16th hole on Sunday that he was “getting out of his system” ?

Oh – he kept it together for 69 holes – that’s through 15 on Sunday.

"this ball will fit in that fairway"

by courtgolf on Aug 10, 2009 8:33 PM EDT up reply actions