Fifteen-year-old Oliver Betschart strolls down the green sporting a makeshift bracelet on his left wrist.

A present from his sister, the bracelet has the phrases ‘Subsequent shot’ wrapped round it. It’s the right piece of bijou for a golfer to put on throughout a spherical.

“It’s simply form of a reminder to me, don’t concentrate on the rest besides the shot that I’ve within the current second,” Betschart mentioned Wednesday. “That’s all from that, it’s only a reminder.”

Certainly, the younger Bermudan must concentrate on himself and the ‘Subsequent shot’ this week on the Butterfield Bermuda Championship, the PGA Tour occasion he certified for a couple of weeks in the past.

In any case, a very powerful shot in golf is the following one.

“Simply acquired to concentrate on myself and taking part in in opposition to the course, not in opposition to my rivals actually,” Betschart added.

“Simply taking part in my recreation, doing every thing that I can. I understand that every one the gamers out right here most likely outdrive me from anyplace between 70 to 30 yards, so I’ve acquired to use the opposite strengths of my recreation.”

His brief recreation is most definitely a energy, as Betschart can stand up and down from anyplace. However he says his placing is his finest attribute, due to a brand new putter that he switched to some months in the past.

The MYPUTTER that he has been utilizing has lowered his scores considerably. His Swiss-made flat stick has helped him go from carding over-par scores to constantly taking pictures two to three-under-par.

Which helps clarify why he’s making his PGA Tour debut this week.

Fortunately for Betschart, his introduction to pro-tournament golf comes at a spot fairly acquainted to him, the Port Royal Golf Membership on the western fringe of the island.

“I‘ve performed this course over hundreds of occasions now, so I do know a bit extra technique,” Betschart mentioned. “I positively have a little bit of a bonus now, having performed the course a bunch of occasions, and I simply play my recreation, play how I’ve been doing now for the previous couple of years.”

His favourite gap at Port Royal is the third, a picturesque par-3 that measures solely 148 yards. A pond guards the entrance of the inexperienced, however that by no means appears to trouble Betschart, who recorded his first ace on this gap when he was simply seven years outdated.

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However he—or anybody this week, for that matter—will possible not have a hole-in-one on the daunting sixteenth gap, a beast of a par-3 alongside the ocean that’s virtually 250 yards.

“[Sixteen] is certainly the toughest gap,” the younger Bermudan mentioned. “Wind or no wind, it is extremely tough from again on these tees.”

Even the world’s finest gamers can have nerves when standing on that tee, however Betschart will not be fearful about what membership he’ll hit on the sixteenth gap.

Not but, not less than.

“I‘m attempting to not look too far forward into the longer term,” Betschart mentioned. “It’s simply specializing in that first tee shot on Thursday. Simply staying centered and staying within the second.”

Staying within the second is the toughest factor for any golfer to do, no matter age. However fortunately for Betschart, he has a reminder on his wrist that can assist calm him down and preserve him centered.

The ‘Subsequent shot’ is at all times a very powerful.

Jack Milko is a golf employees author for SB Nation’s Taking part in By way of. You’ll be able to comply with him on Twitter @jack_milko for extra golf protection. Remember to try @_PlayingThrough too.