{"id":1390,"date":"2013-06-04T15:49:03","date_gmt":"2013-06-04T19:49:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/buffalogolfer.com\/wordpress\/?p=1390"},"modified":"2017-03-25T02:02:24","modified_gmt":"2017-03-25T06:02:24","slug":"golf-is-still-a-fickle-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buffalogolfer.com\/wordpress\/golf-is-still-a-fickle-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Golf is STILL a Fickle Game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A few years ago, I wrote an article entitled &#8220;Golf is a Fickle Game.&#8221; &nbsp;At the time, the subject of the article was short-game guru Stan Utley, and his shocking collapse at the Lake Erie Classic. &nbsp;After 3 effortless rounds of 68, 66 and 66, Utley seemingly lost his abilities in less than 24 hours. &nbsp;And we&#8217;ve had even more recent examples in major Pro Golf events. &nbsp;Just since June 2010, we&#8217;ve seen Dustin Johnson close with an 82 at Pebble Beach, Nick Watney&#8217;s 81 at Whistling Straits, and Rory McIlroy&#8217;s epic collapse at Augusta, and Graeme McDowell&#8217;s +9 over the last 19 holes at the Players Championship.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>As a reminder,the dictionary defines \u201cfickle\u201d as \u201cmarked by erratic changeableness in affections\u201d and \u201cliable to sudden unpredictable change.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But, the Good News is that the change can work in your favor. &nbsp;The same fickle nature that makes you want to give up the game forever, is the same one that surprises you with unexpected moments of glory. &nbsp;Today&#8217;s article is about this &#8220;wonderfully&#8221; fickle game.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>Moment #1 &#8211; Hoxsie&#8217;s Surprise<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When I play in Two-Man Events at Elma, the odds are high that my partner will be there before me. &nbsp;So when we were 10 minutes from our tee-time, and the normally prompt Eric Hoxsie was nowhere to be seen, I was a little surprised. &nbsp;Luckily, he came running over the hill a few minutes later.<\/p>\n<p>Scrambler: &#8220;Did you oversleep?&#8221;<br \/>\nEric: &#8220;No, but I&#8217;ve had the worst morning. &nbsp;I walked out the front door and stepped in dogsh*t. &nbsp;So I had to clean that up.&#8221;<br \/>\nS: &#8220;Is that why you&#8217;re late?&#8221;<br \/>\nE: &#8220;No, I was half-way here, hit a bump, and heard the truck bed door bounce. &nbsp;So I got out to close it, and my clubs were gone!&#8221;<br \/>\nS: &nbsp;&#8220;Oh Crap!&#8221;<br \/>\nE: &#8220;So I back-track towards my house and start picking up gloves and towels on the way. &nbsp;Someone was nice enough to stand my clubs up at the corner of Tschang and Rt 98.&#8221;<br \/>\nS: &#8220;Not the best way to start the day.&#8221;<br \/>\nE: &#8220;No, this probably isn&#8217;t going to be my day. &nbsp;How have you been hitting?&#8221;<br \/>\nS: &#8220;Haven&#8217;t swung in 3 weeks &#8211; I was counting on you. &nbsp;How&#8217;d you play in you&#8217;re league last night?&#8221;<br \/>\nE: &nbsp;&#8220;Worst round of the year &#8211; shot 46.&#8221;<br \/>\nS: &nbsp;&#8220;Well, at least we&#8217;ll get some exercise today. &nbsp;Hope we can avoid last place!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>At that moment, the Golf Gods must have felt Eric had suffered enough for one day, and gave him a break. &nbsp;Eric went out and shot a -1 under 34 on the front nine, rendering the Scrambler moot in Best Ball team event. &nbsp;On the back 9, we switched to a Scramble format, and I was finally able to chip in, en route to a completely unexpected Team Victory.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Moment #2 &#8211; Lightning Strikes<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In the 36 Hole Elma &#8220;A&#8221; Championship a few years ago, the Scrambler held the 18 hole lead with an opening 75. &nbsp;Through 5 holes of Round 2, all seemed well, as I was still even for the day. &nbsp;Unfortunately, the golf swing took a brief vacation, and the next 9 holes were played at 10 over, leaving me 3 strokes behind.<\/p>\n<p>After lipping out birdie putts on 15 &amp; 16, I was still two back. &nbsp;After the 17th approaches, I faced a 65 foot cross-country birdie putt, while the leader was staring at a 15 foot uphill opportunity. &nbsp;At this point, I had resigned myself to a loss, and even encouraged my competitor to &#8220;finish like a champion &amp; make it.&#8221; &nbsp;At that point, Golf&#8217;s fickle nature asserted itself.<\/p>\n<p>Just trying to avoid another bogey, I watched in disbelief as the putt kept tracking towards the hole and barely climbed over the front edge for a stunning 3. &nbsp; It must have shocked my competitors, as both leaders 3-putted from their more advantageous positions. &nbsp;With an up-and-down par on the 18th, I had secured a title that appeared lost just 20 minutes earlier.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Moment #3 &#8211; Just Get It Over With<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In the semi-finals of the Elma Match Play Championship, the Scrambler was 3 up with 3 to play, and seemed on track for the finals. &nbsp;That was until the normally routine act of two-putting became a foreign concept. &nbsp;First from 15 feet on 16, then from 30 on 17, and then only needing a two putt from 10 feet on 18 to close out the match. &nbsp;After missing the 18 inch second stroke, we were headed to a playoff.<\/p>\n<p>I was still in a mental fog on the first tee, and my mind was reeling when my snap hook bounded deep into the trees. &nbsp;I located the ball, but it was so deep, a punch out was still only a 20\/80 option and I was still 220 out. &nbsp;With my opponent in the fairway, I figured I would need a large dose of luck just to save bogey and perhaps survive another hole.<\/p>\n<p>And then I saw one of those &#8220;theoretical&#8221; possibilities that often compound my score. &nbsp;You know, the type Phil Mickelson visualizes, and still gives Bones heartburn (and Phil has consistency, unlike me). &nbsp;There was a little clearing in my forest that might allow me to get up &amp; over the trees back onto the hole. &nbsp;If I could sky a 3-iron quickly, and then have it slice 40 yards, I might have a chance. &nbsp;If Cheech Marin had been there listening to my thought process, I would have had a snapped 3-iron.<\/p>\n<p>Honestly, I had only a 5% belief I could pull it off, and really was just determined to &#8220;get this match over with&#8221; after blowing a sure victory with my consecutive 3-putts. &nbsp;But with nothing to lose, I pulled the trigger&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/buffalogolfer.com\/wordpress\/golf-is-still-a-fickle-game\/elma-shot-hole1-revised\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1466\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1466\" title=\"Elma Shot Hole1 - Revised\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/buffalogolfer.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Elma-Shot-Hole1-Revised.jpg?resize=163%2C300\" alt=\"\" width=\"163\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/buffalogolfer.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Elma-Shot-Hole1-Revised.jpg?resize=163%2C300&amp;ssl=1 163w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/buffalogolfer.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Elma-Shot-Hole1-Revised.jpg?w=431&amp;ssl=1 431w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 163px) 100vw, 163px\" \/><\/a>I felt the unmistakable &#8220;click&#8221; of solid contact, and then encouraged the ball to &#8220;get up&#8221; until it cleared the tree tops by a foot or so. &nbsp;And then it started curving right and I lost sight. &nbsp;I bent down to look under the trees and waited anxiously to see the landing&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Finally, it returned to view, landing just short of the bunker and bounded up 10 feet past the hole. &nbsp;I was stunned and mentally drained from the emotional roller-coaster of 3-putting away a tournament to hitting the best shot of my life within a span of 30 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>And really, that is the essence of this incredible game. &nbsp;The capacity for this sport to surprise me at the most unexpected of times is mind-boggling. &nbsp;While we will more often encounter the &#8220;negative&#8221; fickle nature of the game, those rare moments when you are rewarded beyond your expectations will never lose their charm.<\/p>\n<span class=\"et_bloom_bottom_trigger\"><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A few years ago, I wrote an article entitled &#8220;Golf is a Fickle Game.&#8221; 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