Duration 5:35

Competition golf is NOT FUN (Dear Rick) EP81

by The Rick Shiels Golf Show

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Published 25 Jun 2021

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@RickShielsGolfShow3 years ago Find the FULL EPISODE here on Apple Podcasts -> ... 2
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@YouthHockeyVids3 years ago I can totally relate with this Emailer if you replace 75 with 105 on a bad day. 15
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@roguecheddar3 years ago I've had plenty of bad rounds shooting 75, and it really pisses me off when my alarm clock goes off before I can redeem myself with my normal 4 under. Always puts me in a foul mood getting ready for work in the morning. 11
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@justinhall27113 years ago Have to be honest, I'm still getting used to the new jingle. But, LOVE the podcast!! Rick and Guy mesh perfectly. I listen on my way to the golf course. Keep it up!!!
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@1ifbyland2ifbysea3 years ago I hate competing at golf. I never do well under the pressure in our club money game. I normally shoot low 80s but during the money game I shoot 90+ because I have learned I can't handle the pressure yet. Thank you rick for getting me back into golf. It had been years. ...
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@FloridaManRacer3 years ago I'll be honest, I've had this discussion with friends before when I was playing at a much higher level than I do now about entering some competitions. I told them I play to be outside for a few hours, concentrate on nothing but hitting the ball straight, let out some anger and frustration with my driver and that's it... I'm not out here to make the US Open. If I was, I'd hate this game. Just tell them that. The pressure will stop pretty quick. ... 1
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@brianrice68633 years ago Rick your new music sounds like it came from an old Austin Powers movie 😂. Still a great show as always.
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@dberg19643 years ago There is nothing keeping this guy from entering competitions and still keeping it lite. I have a friend that use to enter bowling comps. He bowled in one league with his beer drinking buddies and that was it. Then two three times a year he paid the money and entered some tourneys. He came close to winning a couple. But he kept it light. He had no expectations going in so he was able to enjoy himself. ...
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@Loveofmuhammad093 years ago comp golf is too serious for me. played as a junior too but despise it now 1
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@lavin2143 years ago Competitive golf isn't for everyone. I play with this older guy who is hella good and would win money in our men's league every week easy but folds under the pressure of competition so he'll only play casual rounds. ... 2
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@MD20-203 years ago It really depends on the comp. Flighted comps give everyone a chance. Don’t need to bring the A game. Plus, in our adult lives when do you get that kind of buzz like you get standing over that 1st tee shot. Enjoy the comp for what it is. A change of pace with some serious golf. No fluffing up the ball. Not to mention as ams we’re playing for club house credit. ...
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@piranhaparran30073 years ago DO IT ROB!!! There is only one way to know.
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@CKGolfer3 years ago The guys you play with in a non-competitive round are much more enjoyable to play with. Keep enjoying the game.
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@lucashafford3 years ago Just do local fundraising low level comps. You get that competitive feeling but in an environment you know is mostly for having fun and raising money.
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@ecosse5433 years ago They should have preferred lies all year for club golfers. Would let high handicap golfers enjoy golf a more than having to hit from bad lies or trying to dig balls out the rough. Give them a chance to hit good shots. Plus it would stop the golf course getting churned up as much. We aren't playing The Open every sat😄. Make golf fun. ... 1
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@markemsworth42353 years ago There are so many psychological issues going on with this question! Great question! I'm liking the therapy Rick!...you need a couch for your guest to lie down on!
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@jasonhenry69953 years ago I miss when you and pete would compete in a golf bidder challenge
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@robertstibz95063 years ago Golf is what you want it to be, I used to see comps as a fun challenge, played like any comp, its as you make it. that was my view on it.
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@robertbogdan70583 years ago In a similar vein, I won't play men's nights or play for money anymore. Ever. Too many cheaters and sandbaggers. Who needs that aggravation? 1
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@roadhog293893 years ago I guess it depends how serious the comp is and how your mindset is. For a weekly club comp, If your still out with good people and the only thing that changes is that it's a comp, Then there should be no issue. If your with a person/people that take it super serious at even that level, Or the fact it's a comp makes you take it more serious and you stop enjoying it, Then nah. Could always get a 'fake' handicap through numerous programs to appease his friends ...
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@djfoxyt35433 years ago Soon as I play in a comp and it counts I wreck my card. I play off a 19 handicap and only put cards in from comps.
If I'm playing socially I can play so much better. Shot 78 three days ago in a mess about round with another clubmember. And normally can stay around 85. As soon as it counts for a comp or I know my card is going off to England golf I ruin it. ...
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@stevewoolf35023 years ago Dear Rick I really enjoy golf and I’m not that good my aim is to get down to 18 handicapp is that a fair goal to aim for
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@robh3163 years ago Just relax and don't take the comp so serious just see it as any other game
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@zekebones343 years ago This must be a European problem based on the differences I see I. videos I see from James, Pete, etc. 99.5% of Americans don’t play tournaments and have no interest in ever playing one. 1
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@waynepark44303 years ago Interesting discussion. I am not a good golfer at all, but let's face it, he sounds better than a good golfer, and the window to at least be competitive at the high level is short. I would say giv'er, better to look back and say I tried verses I wonder if I could have when you're that good. ...
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@naitsirk323 years ago He has to do it on his own terms because at the end of the day he also will take the blame too.
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@datdude30303 years ago You're either made for competition or you're not...I love crushing 10 handicaps in our men's league giving 10 strokes as a scratch player... And I enjoy being beat by a better player...
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@markcampbell17083 years ago The equation is simple: a handicap derived from playing competitive golf - whether that’s your club’s regular strokeplay events or at a higher level - is a real handicap. A handicap derived from casual rounds with your mates and is artificially low because of: the lack of pressure, the abundance of dodgy gimmies and lack of proper application of the laws of golf, is not a real handicap, it’s an ego exercise. It gives people the ability to state ‘I am a single figure/scratch player’ when they are nothing of the sort.
You are not a handicap golfer until you’ve applied yourself to the game, suffered its slings and arrows of misfortune, holed a pressure putt and held your nerve on both the first tee shot and the last under pressure.
Everything else is just fake, like Rick’s +1 handicap.
Claiming to be a +1 handicap like he did based on 10 rounds playing outside competition is an insult to all real +1 handicaps out there who have sweated and slogged their way to that mark.
This is the biggest problem with the new WHS process, it allows fakers to make themselves look big with their mates.
They know they would look silly topping their first tee shot with the clubhouse watching in the monthly medal, so they avoid it.
Similarly Rick applies this thinking to himself; if he actually thought he was a +1 hcp he would enter PGA or local pro events.
He won’t, because we’d all be looking, from the You Tube clubhouse.
Fair play to Peter Finch, James Wiltshire and Alex Evans. They’ve all got bottle and actually play.
I can’t respect where Rick is at on this, it smacks of cowardice. ... 1
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@robertday73403 years ago I personally disagree and think this is something I find totally wrong, all us amateur golfers are listening to people like you Rick, James Robinson(not mate) and taking everything in and all these youtubers don’t even play golf anymore,
to me it depends on what sort of competition, if it’s only a home club competition then it shouldn’t matter except to himself, I would say don’t get sucked in to playing for club in bigger comps like pennant or county golf,
Personally find it sad that so many golfers in this world don’t wanna be part of a club and have no desire to win big club events, these events are privileged and should feel privilege to win,
I personally will be giving up golf for good shortly because my home course will be closing due to lack of numbers and this makes me sad that my home club of 70+ years will be just gone because people don’t wanna join clubs anymore and just wanna play socially all over the place, where I’m from courses are closing fast because no members means no golf, sad but the truth ... 1
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@RickShielsGolfShow3 years ago Find the FULL EPISODE here on Apple Podcasts -> ... 2
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@YouthHockeyVids3 years ago I can totally relate with this Emailer if you replace 75 with 105 on a bad day. 15
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@roguecheddar3 years ago I've had plenty of bad rounds shooting 75, and it really pisses me off when my alarm clock goes off before I can redeem myself with my normal 4 under. Always puts me in a foul mood getting ready for work in the morning. 11
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@justinhall27113 years ago Have to be honest, I'm still getting used to the new jingle. But, LOVE the podcast!! Rick and Guy mesh perfectly. I listen on my way to the golf course. Keep it up!!!
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@1ifbyland2ifbysea3 years ago I hate competing at golf. I never do well under the pressure in our club money game. I normally shoot low 80s but during the money game I shoot 90+ because I have learned I can't handle the pressure yet. Thank you rick for getting me back into golf. It had been years. ...
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@FloridaManRacer3 years ago I'll be honest, I've had this discussion with friends before when I was playing at a much higher level than I do now about entering some competitions. I told them I play to be outside for a few hours, concentrate on nothing but hitting the ball straight, let out some anger and frustration with my driver and that's it... I'm not out here to make the US Open. If I was, I'd hate this game. Just tell them that. The pressure will stop pretty quick. ... 1
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@brianrice68633 years ago Rick your new music sounds like it came from an old Austin Powers movie 😂. Still a great show as always.
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@dberg19643 years ago There is nothing keeping this guy from entering competitions and still keeping it lite. I have a friend that use to enter bowling comps. He bowled in one league with his beer drinking buddies and that was it. Then two three times a year he paid the money and entered some tourneys. He came close to winning a couple. But he kept it light. He had no expectations going in so he was able to enjoy himself. ...
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@Loveofmuhammad093 years ago comp golf is too serious for me. played as a junior too but despise it now 1
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@lavin2143 years ago Competitive golf isn't for everyone. I play with this older guy who is hella good and would win money in our men's league every week easy but folds under the pressure of competition so he'll only play casual rounds. ... 2
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@MD20-203 years ago It really depends on the comp. Flighted comps give everyone a chance. Don’t need to bring the A game. Plus, in our adult lives when do you get that kind of buzz like you get standing over that 1st tee shot. Enjoy the comp for what it is. A change of pace with some serious golf. No fluffing up the ball. Not to mention as ams we’re playing for club house credit. ...
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@piranhaparran30073 years ago DO IT ROB!!! There is only one way to know.
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@CKGolfer3 years ago The guys you play with in a non-competitive round are much more enjoyable to play with. Keep enjoying the game.
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@lucashafford3 years ago Just do local fundraising low level comps. You get that competitive feeling but in an environment you know is mostly for having fun and raising money.
@

@ecosse5433 years ago They should have preferred lies all year for club golfers. Would let high handicap golfers enjoy golf a more than having to hit from bad lies or trying to dig balls out the rough. Give them a chance to hit good shots. Plus it would stop the golf course getting churned up as much. We aren't playing The Open every sat😄. Make golf fun. ... 1
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@markemsworth42353 years ago There are so many psychological issues going on with this question! Great question! I'm liking the therapy Rick!...you need a couch for your guest to lie down on!
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@jasonhenry69953 years ago I miss when you and pete would compete in a golf bidder challenge
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@robertstibz95063 years ago Golf is what you want it to be, I used to see comps as a fun challenge, played like any comp, its as you make it. that was my view on it.
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@robertbogdan70583 years ago In a similar vein, I won't play men's nights or play for money anymore. Ever. Too many cheaters and sandbaggers. Who needs that aggravation? 1
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@roadhog293893 years ago I guess it depends how serious the comp is and how your mindset is. For a weekly club comp, If your still out with good people and the only thing that changes is that it's a comp, Then there should be no issue. If your with a person/people that take it super serious at even that level, Or the fact it's a comp makes you take it more serious and you stop enjoying it, Then nah. Could always get a 'fake' handicap through numerous programs to appease his friends ...
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@djfoxyt35433 years ago Soon as I play in a comp and it counts I wreck my card. I play off a 19 handicap and only put cards in from comps.
If I'm playing socially I can play so much better. Shot 78 three days ago in a mess about round with another clubmember. And normally can stay around 85. As soon as it counts for a comp or I know my card is going off to England golf I ruin it. ...
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@stevewoolf35023 years ago Dear Rick I really enjoy golf and I’m not that good my aim is to get down to 18 handicapp is that a fair goal to aim for
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@robh3163 years ago Just relax and don't take the comp so serious just see it as any other game
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@zekebones343 years ago This must be a European problem based on the differences I see I. videos I see from James, Pete, etc. 99.5% of Americans don’t play tournaments and have no interest in ever playing one. 1
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@waynepark44303 years ago Interesting discussion. I am not a good golfer at all, but let's face it, he sounds better than a good golfer, and the window to at least be competitive at the high level is short. I would say giv'er, better to look back and say I tried verses I wonder if I could have when you're that good. ...
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@naitsirk323 years ago He has to do it on his own terms because at the end of the day he also will take the blame too.
@

@datdude30303 years ago You're either made for competition or you're not...I love crushing 10 handicaps in our men's league giving 10 strokes as a scratch player... And I enjoy being beat by a better player...
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@markcampbell17083 years ago The equation is simple: a handicap derived from playing competitive golf - whether that’s your club’s regular strokeplay events or at a higher level - is a real handicap. A handicap derived from casual rounds with your mates and is artificially low because of: the lack of pressure, the abundance of dodgy gimmies and lack of proper application of the laws of golf, is not a real handicap, it’s an ego exercise. It gives people the ability to state ‘I am a single figure/scratch player’ when they are nothing of the sort.
You are not a handicap golfer until you’ve applied yourself to the game, suffered its slings and arrows of misfortune, holed a pressure putt and held your nerve on both the first tee shot and the last under pressure.
Everything else is just fake, like Rick’s +1 handicap.
Claiming to be a +1 handicap like he did based on 10 rounds playing outside competition is an insult to all real +1 handicaps out there who have sweated and slogged their way to that mark.
This is the biggest problem with the new WHS process, it allows fakers to make themselves look big with their mates.
They know they would look silly topping their first tee shot with the clubhouse watching in the monthly medal, so they avoid it.
Similarly Rick applies this thinking to himself; if he actually thought he was a +1 hcp he would enter PGA or local pro events.
He won’t, because we’d all be looking, from the You Tube clubhouse.
Fair play to Peter Finch, James Wiltshire and Alex Evans. They’ve all got bottle and actually play.
I can’t respect where Rick is at on this, it smacks of cowardice. ... 1
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@robertday73403 years ago I personally disagree and think this is something I find totally wrong, all us amateur golfers are listening to people like you Rick, James Robinson(not mate) and taking everything in and all these youtubers don’t even play golf anymore,
to me it depends on what sort of competition, if it’s only a home club competition then it shouldn’t matter except to himself, I would say don’t get sucked in to playing for club in bigger comps like pennant or county golf,
Personally find it sad that so many golfers in this world don’t wanna be part of a club and have no desire to win big club events, these events are privileged and should feel privilege to win,
I personally will be giving up golf for good shortly because my home course will be closing due to lack of numbers and this makes me sad that my home club of 70+ years will be just gone because people don’t wanna join clubs anymore and just wanna play socially all over the place, where I’m from courses are closing fast because no members means no golf, sad but the truth ... 1