BOUNCE BACK
The PGA Tour has a stat called “Bounce back,” which in my option is a great statistic to look at to see how a player deals with the adversities and challenges of a round. It measures what the player does on the hole following a bogey or worse.
As you can see from the Tour’s statistics, the leader in this statistic scores par or better almost 40 percent of the time after making a bogey or worse, which is mighty impressive.
So why are some players better at rolling with the punches of a round than others? It’s highly likely that they are using some of the following 10 mental game strategies to prepare for, and cope with, the ups and downs in a round of golf.
