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Bouncebackability is a phrase originally coined by TV pundit Iain Dowie, then manager of Crystal Palace Football Club and once used in a headline in GulfWeekly when he took over at Queens Park Rangers in the days when the team was sponsored by Gulf Air.
Simply put, bouncebackability is one’s ability to come back from adversity and win. It is a skill that we need to try and develop as golfers too because golf can get on top of you.
Last year, Rory McIlroy had an epic meltdown on the back nine during the final round of the Masters. For the first 63 holes of the event he was in complete control and in the lead. As it turns out, it wasn’t meant to be, he proceeded to shoot 80 and miss out on his first major championship. That sort of disaster had the potential to haunt him for the rest of his career as it has done to many others over the years.
AS one of the worst players ever to grace the greens of the Royal Golf Club it came as a morale boost to be invited to a VIP Golf Clinic by the Sofitel Bahrain Zallaq Thalassa Sea & Spa, one of the sponsors of last weekend’s Bahrain Invitational.
Young Christian Trzebinski, with a nett 63, clinched the KTC spring medal competition held at the Awali Golf Club.
Nasser Eid emerged the overall winner in Awali Golf Club’s African and Eastern Carlsberg stableford competition with a total of 41 points.
