These tend to be true in all rounds:
- I tend to make a lot of noise--probably too much, at times--on the golf course. Mostly it's a grunt of frustration at a bad shot, or loud pleading with the ball to get up or get down.
- I have terrible depth perception, allegedly. I yell "Get up!" to the ball, and it usually gets to the pin or goes long. I usually excuse it by telling my father or my teammates that the ball listened to me, but they roll their eyes after having heard it a bunch of times.
- I make some "rookie" mistakes on the course--be it playing out-of-turn, starting to say something to one of my partners while someone else is about to hit. I'm getting better, though.
- I hum and sing (a lot) on the golf course, though never while others are hitting.
These tend to be limited to competitive rounds--high school matches, junior tournaments:
- I tend to ride an emotional roller coaster during competitive rounds. In an effort to pump myself up, I have been known to fist-pump after making a five-footer. I don't do it for the detriment of my opponents, but rather use it as self-inspiration.
- I've become something of a legend in the Founders League (high school league) as someone who is difficult to play with. I have tended to blur the line in matches between light mind-games and going over-the-top with my antics. My gamesmanship is not like the Ballesteros cough-in-middle-of-opponent's-swing, because that is outright rude and a direct distraction. I tend to get inside my opponents' heads naturally, mostly because of the above bullet point. I guess they don't like the fist-pump.
But really, I'm not that bad (I hope)
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