Every golfer can expect to have four bad shots in a round and when you do, just put them out of your mind. This, of course is hard to do when you've had them and you're not even off the first tee.
Hurry up Gene, I got a date tonight.
What a shame to waste those great shots on the practice tee.
Don't forget to stop and smell the roses.
Which one of you is going to be runner-up?
Short putts are missed because it is not physically possible to make the little ball travel over uncertain ground for three or four feet with any degree of regularity.