At The Turn - Golf Podcast · Joe Simons & Nick Heidelberger

Finding Motivation After The Big Golf Trip

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Billy called the team the "Kings of Sand" after Joe and Nick shot 66 on Sunday.

1. At The Turn discusses finding motivation after the Corner Club Open and choosing the next golf goal. 2. Hosts Nick Heidelberger and Joe Simons compare post-trip feelings because Joe is a 7.8 handicap and Nick is a 17.9 handicap. 3. The episode asks whether anticipation for a golf trip is better than the actual golf, using the Corner Club Open as the example. 4. Joe describes a July 19-20 conflict between the Glendivere club championship and an Oregon Golf Association stroke-play tournament at Rose City. 5. The Glendivere event is his home-course club championship, while the Rose City option is an OGA tournament he says could lead to the Oregon Tournament of Champions. 6. Nick says a state association event would be a good choice, and Joe says he is leaning 75/25 toward the OGA tournament. 7. Joe explains that the OGA event is one of the association's bigger annual events and that entry requires being under a 36 handicap. 8. The conversation shifts to whether the anticipation of golf lasts longer and feels better than a four-to-five-hour round. 9. Joe says he felt sad that the Corner Club Open was almost over even with more than two hours left to play. 10. Nick says he enjoys the actual doing during the tournament because the anticipation can create pressure about letting the team down. 11. Joe compares the Corner Club Open to a good friend getting married because people who have not seen each other for years still make the trip. 12. Nick says the event matters because it brings together people and places that would otherwise stay separate. 13. Joe recounts listening to Grubbs and Myers on the way out of town and later seeing Billy's Facebook comments about the tournament. 14. Billy reportedly called Joe and Nick the "Kings of Sand" after their scramble performance. 15. Joe and Nick say they shot 78 on Saturday and 66 on Sunday, which left them with the fourth-best gross score in the field. 16. Joe says he liked that they did not shoot better than 66 because a lower score could have triggered more backlash about handicap manipulation. 17. Nick says the Corner Club Open brings out his best golf because he stays focused on the next shot instead of the score. 18. The episode has a conversational, self-deprecating tone, with quick back-and-forth between tournament stories, handicap talk, and scheduling decisions. 19. Listeners who like golf trip logistics, handicaps, and club events will probably enjoy this. 20. Listeners who want technical instruction or a tight competitive recap may skip it.

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