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Playing in a local country club member/guest later this week. This is the fourth year we've played together and we've won our flight once and came in 2nd a couple of times. It's a serious tourney with good competition and lots of $$, but there's booze/cigars/food everywhere (which isn't a bad thing).

To prepare, I've been playing practice rounds (focusing less on scoring and more on club/shot selection, hitting extra balls on the course, etc.) and hit the driving range yesterday to work out a few kinks.

Wed. afternoon is the putting/driving contest prelims followed by steak dinner and a texas hold-em game (with more cigars/booze). The first match is Thursday morning early, so I need to be sharp.

What do you do to prepare for something like this, and do you do anything different during the tourney? I know of some who won't have a drink until the day's play is done, and I know others (who have won the whole thing) who start with bloody mary's in the morning and don't quit until the taxi's there to take them home.