Are you a left brain golfer or a right brain golfer?
When it is their turn to hit, a golfer who takes 10-15 seconds to complete the shot is a right brainer. When they take 15-20 seconds to complete the shot they are a left brainer.
Why does this matter. When you stray 5 seconds or more from your time you will hit a bad shot.
You will hear yourself say, well, I rushed that or I took too much time. And that is correct.
Your goal is to understand your time that produces the best result. Now, if the people you are playing with are all left brain and you are right brain, eventually their pace will destroy you pace.
And you will shoot a higher score. And vice versa.
Golfers who have a favorite foursome is primarily due to them being all the same brain type. However, 4 left brainers will play slower and just need to move faster in between shots.
There is no wrong answer here, you just need to know what you are so you can maximize your mind to body connection. Some are faster, some are slower.
Greg Norman is a left brainer. Lee Trevino a right brainer. In the 1986 Masters, Norman has a chance to tie Jack Nicklaus with a par on the last hole. His second shot time took him 30 seconds, this created a major mind to body malfunction and a terribly errant shot. No playoff.
Neither brain type is wrong, it's just yours. If you understand that and play within it you will play better. A more current term for this is your routine hitting a golf ball. If your routine strays more than 5 seconds from your time, you will hit a bad shot.
And yes you can blame the people you are playing with if you are in the minority of brain type for that foursome. They will either speed you up or slow you down and wham! Bad round.
You can predict what kind of a day you will have by analyzing your foursome. A 2 and 2 combination works best. BUT, if you are outnumbered you will shot 5-8 shots worse.
You are entitled to your routine time, don't stray or you will pay the price.
Know thyself and play your best golf. Shibumi Golf.
P.S. if you run into casual golfers, be patient for they are just no brainers.
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