Appearing on live television, playing in front of big crowds, mates cheering you on from the sidelines, tense moments every step of every hole, tension rising as the finish line approaches.
Well, if it was me I'd have been a weak-kneed, dried-mouth, jelly-legged nervous wreck.
But if your name was Maryanne Marlow, and you were the only woman left in the field and your playing partner, Jordan Zunic grabbed the winner's cheque with a stunning birdie on the final hole when under all sorts of pressure you would be . . . ''very relaxed'', apparently.
''No, I wasn't nervous - I was more nervous on the earlier days,'' she said.
''I just wanted Jordan to win because he's such a nice young man and I think he's got a great career in front of him.''
While she and the young Australian had not met before the event began - they only teamed up through the ''luck of the draw'' - Mrs Marlow, a 12 handicapper, is certainly no stranger to the testing layout at The Hills.
She and her husband Bernard, who caddied for her each day, live at Millbrook but are members at The Hills.
In fact, she won her place in the pro-am competition in January, when she contested the club's ''Sunday haggle '' final, getting through to a five hole play-off by finishing in the top four.
''I won that, so since then I've been in the gym and I've been hitting golf balls ... training really hard.''
Was she sure she wasn't nervous yesterday?
''No, all I wanted to do was go out and make it to the Saturday [the top 40 amateurs made the first cut] and we did that and then to play on Sunday and to contribute, which I was very proud to do today.
''Today was like we were in and it was more about Jordan than me, but I just thought `I'll have a go'.
''He helped me one or two times. I asked him a couple of questions about my putting but I didn't really want to interfere with his play too much. I just wanted to be there, supporting him.''
As for Zunic, even as he was chasing a fairytale first win as a professional, having ditched his amateur status less than two months ago, he still had time yesterday to notice how his teammate seemed quite cool and collected.
''I thought she would have been nervous, too, but she wasn't. That's the best she played on all four days,'' he said.
Zunic said he thoroughly enjoyed her company, both on the course and off it. Having only met her on Thursday, he was delighted when invited to join the Marlows for dinner twice over the weekend.
''I thought `why not?'; I'd only have been sitting in my hotel room on my own. It was great to have a meal and a chat with them.''
As for the pro-am aspect, Zunic said he believed the more relaxed nature of the competition helped make him more comfortable out on the course.
''It felt more like a social game of golf than a tournament. We had fun all week,'' he added.
But, as it turned out, there was more than just ''fun'' to be had because, some time after the final putt, the Zunic/Marlow combination was declared winners of the $50,000 pro-am teams event.
That final birdie was good enough to give them the win on a countback from Aaron Pike and Simon George, of Australia.
Both groups finished an impressive 37 under par for the four rounds, shading Josh Geary-Gerard Peterson (-36) while Stephen Dartnall and Aucklander Matthew Hoare (-35) tied for fourth with Kristopher Mueck and broadcaster Mark Richardson.
Needless to say Richardson's good form over the four days was enough to win the inaugural ''Celebrity Challenge'', giving him bragging rights over such big names as Shane Warne, Ricky Ponting, Sir Viv Richards, Sir Ian Botham and company.
There was one ''last hurrah'' for the big names yesterday, when Ponting, Stephen Fleming and Sir Vivian joined Prime Minister John Key for what proved to be a crowd-pulling four-ball, won, it should be noted, by the New Zealanders, who finished five under.
