This weekend, I played a course I've played at least 50 times. The original author of this thread was a member there. Going into the round, I knew that the first 6 holes had historically beat me up sufficiently. I also knew that I haven't been playing as much lately and that my game is slipping. I devised a plan, nearly shot by shot, to get around those first 6 holes in no worse than +6. In my imaginary round, I ended up with an 84. (A few on this site are familiar with my legendary performance in imaginary match play - I am deadly in that format!)
In reality, I got to the 2nd hole, and hit three different shots in the water. I lost a ball and picked up on the 6th. I posted a 48-47 for a 95 and without ESC that would have probably been a 99.
To sum it up, my round this past weekend was 100% strategy and 0% execution.
I look forward to a long winter of imaginary results that will build my confidence for 2011.