[Oswczrdz]

So I have a problem. Actually, lots of them - but there's only one I'm going to cover here.

Growing up in my family, one of the absolute worst sins a child could commit was the sin of "BEING IN THE WAY". If I wasn't aware of what was going on around me, and a grownup had to stop and wait for me to clear a walkway - yikes, I shudder to think. This is one of the many reasons that I HATE crowds, and I hate standing in line.

How this manifests itself on the course is that I don't ever feel like I and slow down and think through a shot in my short game. Off the tee, you obviously have to wait for the group ahead to clear. There I get some time, I can take some practice swings, and relax a bit. But once I'm from my approach shot in, I stomp on the gas. I'm grabbing my wedge as I'm walking to the ball, taking a single swing, and then hitting a poor chip. I tend not to mark my ball as it takes time and holds up people behind me. I don't think putts through enough, and end up 3 or 4 putting even when I'm inside 12 feet to start. It's really killing me and my game.

How do you learn to slow down around the greens? When I look back and see people waiting for me to clear, it absolutely tears me up. And right now, looking at the scorecard, my short game is a place I could easily find about 20 strokes per round.

Advice? Prescriptions for alcohol or Valium?