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**AlissBart** · 07-23-2009, 01:22 AM

I think it depends on how good you are. The better you are, the less of an impact his mental game would have for you. If you're a 90 shooter, with his head, I reckon you could well be shooting in the 70s. Jack Nicklaus I think once made a bet with someone that if he could go round with a 15 handicap and tell them what to do at every point, that they would score in the 70s. As I remember the story, he won too.

If you're shooting 70, it's probably more like 3 or 4 shots per round. Obviously it also depends on how good your mental game is as well.

For me, I can play pretty well at times, but have a yip problem with my long putts and chipping. When I don't yip, my short game is very good, but when I do, I miss greens from 5' away. It's horrific. If Tiger's mind would take that away from me, I think it could save me around 8+ shots a round. For example, I played Bethpage Black before the US Open and shot 89. I worked out that had I got up and down from just off the fringes of the greens every time, that would have been 76. Down in three from just off the edge would have saved me about 5 shots. Gah!!!

07-23-2009, 01:22 AM	#10
AlissBart Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 480 Senior Member	I think it depends on how good you are. The better you are, the less of an impact his mental game would have for you. If you're a 90 shooter, with his head, I reckon you could well be shooting in the 70s. Jack Nicklaus I think once made a bet with someone that if he could go round with a 15 handicap and tell them what to do at every point, that they would score in the 70s. As I remember the story, he won too. If you're shooting 70, it's probably more like 3 or 4 shots per round. Obviously it also depends on how good your mental game is as well. For me, I can play pretty well at times, but have a yip problem with my long putts and chipping. When I don't yip, my short game is very good, but when I do, I miss greens from 5' away. It's horrific. If Tiger's mind would take that away from me, I think it could save me around 8+ shots a round. For example, I played Bethpage Black before the US Open and shot 89. I worked out that had I got up and down from just off the fringes of the greens every time, that would have been 76. Down in three from just off the edge would have saved me about 5 shots. Gah!!!
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