DiscussWorldIssues - Socio-Economic Religion and Political Uncensored Debate - View Single Post

**mealiusarses** · 10-25-2010, 11:40 PM

Brings back a lot of memories Steve! The original front nine (Island View nine) does. I have played that course many times and was a member there when I worked at Ft. Gordon. Beautiful layout and a tough track! I am very proud of you for having won the club championship ten times on this course. It will eat your lunch if your golf game is off. Even though you did not obtain your goal this year, I am proud of ya for past wins! You are a true champ buddy ....

Thanks for the kind words, Gray!

As usually happens when I have been in a tournament, I do some reflecting and try to figure out what went awry or what I could have done better. I have a theory about this past weekend.

My tee times were similar (0918 and 0942), roughly an hour and a half later than I usually play. Both days I got off to shaky starts but held it in the road and began playing pretty well by mid-front 9. After 10 holes I stood at +2 Saturday and at even par Sunday. Then both days I hit the 11th and 12th greens in regulation and 3 putted. Both days I followed those 3 putts with less than stellar pars at 13 and 14, then skidded in with lots of bogeys on the last 4 holes. I am Type 2 diabetic, and those 3 putts came about the time I normally eat lunch (I ate NOTHING after my early breakfast each day), and they were followed by the late crash and burns as I got more than an hour past meal time. I think I simply screwed myself up by not feeding my body something at the time it requires it, and simply lost some focus and maybe even a little co-ordination. I can promise you that in the future I will be keenly aware of this possibility and will prepare snacks/food for my round accordingly. The worst is that there was a beverage snack cart making regular rounds and the opportunity to feed myself was present - it just never occurred to me since I wasn't stomach-growling hungry.

10-25-2010, 11:40 PM	#16
mealiusarses Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 379 Senior Member	Brings back a lot of memories Steve! The original front nine (Island View nine) does. I have played that course many times and was a member there when I worked at Ft. Gordon. Beautiful layout and a tough track! I am very proud of you for having won the club championship ten times on this course. It will eat your lunch if your golf game is off. Even though you did not obtain your goal this year, I am proud of ya for past wins! You are a true champ buddy .... Thanks for the kind words, Gray! As usually happens when I have been in a tournament, I do some reflecting and try to figure out what went awry or what I could have done better. I have a theory about this past weekend. My tee times were similar (0918 and 0942), roughly an hour and a half later than I usually play. Both days I got off to shaky starts but held it in the road and began playing pretty well by mid-front 9. After 10 holes I stood at +2 Saturday and at even par Sunday. Then both days I hit the 11th and 12th greens in regulation and 3 putted. Both days I followed those 3 putts with less than stellar pars at 13 and 14, then skidded in with lots of bogeys on the last 4 holes. I am Type 2 diabetic, and those 3 putts came about the time I normally eat lunch (I ate NOTHING after my early breakfast each day), and they were followed by the late crash and burns as I got more than an hour past meal time. I think I simply screwed myself up by not feeding my body something at the time it requires it, and simply lost some focus and maybe even a little co-ordination. I can promise you that in the future I will be keenly aware of this possibility and will prepare snacks/food for my round accordingly. The worst is that there was a beverage snack cart making regular rounds and the opportunity to feed myself was present - it just never occurred to me since I wasn't stomach-growling hungry.
	Quote