Hi, I'm Graham Ricky and I'm from Auckland, New Zealand and I play at Tyro Golf and Country Club.

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Golf Smarter, number 462, originally published on November 14, 2014.

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If it bothers you that much to card a 95 versus a 91, get lessons. It's not about the score.

I read recently, Ben Hogan said before every round, he knew he was going to have four bad shots.

Okay, now, this is a professional. I kind of go out thinking, I'm going to have four bad shots okay now this is a professional i kind of

go out thinking i'm going to have four good shots and it just is what it is when i first started playing by

the rules my scores went up dramatically but i knew at the end of the day that that was my true score

and i could tell people that with accuracy and not be ashamed

because that is what I shot. It doesn't make me any less of a golfer or any better golfer

by saying you shot something lower. That's kind of one of my pet peeves about that. But you have to

hit anyhow. Some people drop a ball immediately and just hit right away. Actually, the rulebook

says you don't hit right away,

unless, of course, you're the last one teeing off. So if you're first and you put yours in the woods,

pick up your tea, walk back to the bag, let the other three players play, and then you can hit your

provisional.

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