Bad Round After A Great Round Theory

Every week I hear announcers say how hard it will be for a golfer to shoot another low round after that golfer just shot a 63 or some other phenomenal score.

Think about why for just a second or two and you’ll see why it’s so tough.

One reason and one reason only. The golf course that golfer will play the next day is not the same one as he just played.

The pins will be in a different location and may not allow him to feel like he can hit his natural shot shape and let the ball naturally release towards the hole.

Because of the field size and his spot in it, he’ll play at a different time in different conditions.

Today it was 74 degrees, sunny and no wind. Tomorrow it may be 66 degrees, overcast and windy.

Maybe today he went out a 8 AM. there were no spike marks or ball marks to throw his putts off line.

The greens were freshly mowed and rolled true.

There were 10 or 11 pins that he was able to shoot at, with his fade and had 10 putts of 10 feet or less and made 9 of those for his 63.

Tomorrow those pins will be on the other side of the greens and he’ll have 14 putts of 20 feet or more and he’ll 3 putt 2 of them and make no others for a 74 and hit the ball just as well as he did today.

There’s no reason that a golfer can’t follow up a great round with another great round, if the PGA Tour will just leave the pins in the exact same spots and let a golfer play at the exact time 2 days in a row.

Outside of that, it just ain’t gonna happen very often.

If you’ve got a better theory, let’s hear it.