Arnold Palmer once said the easiest way to save five strokes was with an eraser.
Sometimes, though, it’s best not to keep score at all.
Ben Wong is glad he wasn’t tracking his total during a casual round last November at Trinity Forest in Dallas. After losing “plenty” of golf balls on the challenging yet generally wide-open layout, Wong guessed he easily would’ve shot in the 80s.
“I remember calling my dad, in tears, and telling him, ‘I don’t know what’s going on. This is not me,’” Wong recalled. “That was incredibly tough.”
At the time, Wong couldn’t have imagined shooting the round of his life eight months later in a Korn Ferry Tour qualifier.