Have you ever considered how well the top players deal with their bad shots? For the most part anyway, there are always days when the most disciplined is having a bit of trouble.
Tiger Woods was starting to be less affective at emotional control long before the stories broke.
That was a tell tale sign that something was amiss in his life off the course, but generally in his career he is very good at walking away from a poor shot, and maintaining belief that he will still win.
Think back to how many times Woods, or someone like Phil Mickelson have come back from behind to win.
How many times do they hit an errant shot at a crucial time and yet somehow manage to compose themselves and then play a fantastic recovery? The players around them can never relax because just when they think they have a chance, these players do something special.
The same can apply to you.
Stay calm and play within yourself and you will find you can rescue and even win holes from unpromising starts and your playing partners will soon recognise this, which starts to put pressure on them to perform.
That pressure will cause them to mess up and open the door for you to halve or win.
Even if you make early mistakes in a medal round, don't let those affect you going forward.
Once again remember how many of the top players have had bad starts and gone on to win.
Even if the opposition has a good start they can have a bad finish, even a bad last hole - Philosophy - you are never out of it! I can remember many a time early in my golfing life trying to push a score because I thought I was too far behind only to be amazed that if I had just played sensibly I would have won by a shot or two.
If you have been playing golf for any reasonable amount of time you will have experienced the elation of winning a hole you thought you were out of.
Quite often thinking you are out of something relieves the pressure and then you just hit the ball and play nice, putting pressure on the opposition and eventually winning.
It's a great feeling isn't it? How did you do that? By forgetting the bad shot, releasing the pressure on yourself and keep going, keep playing sensibly and calmly until the end.
Play each shot as if you are about to hit a great shot.
Take a few deep breaths and feel the tension leave your body.
Think about how a great shot would look, sound and feel.
As you hold those images, sounds and feelings, of your great shot, swing away.