[12 piece bucket]

Ellis,

Couldn't agree with you more! My posting was in response to the (seemingly) opposing views that Donn had about getting out and actually playing a lot of golf, as opposed to just practicing all the time. The only area that you and I seem to disagree is the manner in which you acquire not only the skills to play well, but the ability to actually shoot good scores. You do, however, raise some good points with regards to what HB said about "act(ing) like you know what you are doing." Hopefully he can chime in too if he has an opinion on the matter. I'd be interested to hear it.

That being said, I feel that a big part of the reason tour pros are able to do things like:

- come back from a birdie with a bogey
- come back from a bad nine holes to shoot a good one, salvaging your score
- continue firing at pins when you are already 7 under
- "get it in the house" when you're off your game
- follow up a 32 with another 32 (or 31)

is because they have done it before, many many times. Most of them have also failed at doing those things before too. And they learned from it.

I think it was Michael Jordan who said, "Nothing prepares you for handling pressure, like handling pressure."

That doofus Henny is fishin' . . . I'm sure that he'll chime in upon his return no doubt smelling like catfish or carp on a plank.