re: Need golfers opinion: question I've never heard asked before

What clubs are you using...May be too stiff or heavy....Are you slicing more on back?

I usually score my best on the first 2 holes. And every single round, almost without fail, my tee shot on the first tee is absolutely perfect down the middle. I think i hit better under that pressure, and also without any prior bad shots to think about. Once I hit a bad shot or two, I start thinking mechanics and the round goes up and down from there.

I usually have a slightly better score on the back though.

My last 7 rounds i avg 45.0 on front and 44.1 on back with a avg of 35 putts
Greens have been slick as shite lately and i am hoping to bring my putting avg to 30-32 as greens slow down

Your muscles are loose and warmed up after the turn. You have more control of your swing when you're tight and not warmed up. Try hitting the range after a round and work strictly on aim. Don't worry about distance. Do that and you should learn more about how to control your swing when you're warmed up.

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Your muscles are loose and warmed up after the turn. You have more control of your swing when you're tight and not warmed up. Try hitting the range after a round and work strictly on aim. Don't worry about distance. Do that and you should learn more about how to control your swing when you're warmed up.

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Good answer. I have noticed the same thing about myself. When my back is tight I am careful not to overswing. I played Santa Maria a couple of weeks ago and shot 46-49. No snack in between nines and I think I just got tired for a stretch (3 straight 7's). I salvaged the 9 by parring 17 & 18.

It has to be mental. If I stand over a chip and in my head I'm saying "don't chunk, don't chunk"...I almost always chunk. Once I was playing with a friend of mine who is on the web.com tour...he told me if that is the case maybe I should say "don't go in the hole, don't go in the hole".

you're letting your back nine score reflect the player you THINK you are instead of the player you really are. Start believing you're a better player and you'll start playing like one.

Your problem is probably that you are splitting up the 18 holes as "front 9" and "back 9".

This almost makes it seem like you are playing 2 different games of golf.

You'll put everything you have into the front 9, and then since you are picturing the back 9 in your mind like a "new game", you aren't concentrating the same as you were on the front 9.

If you picture a round of golf in your mind as 18 holes, and don't split it up between front and back 9, you will be able to concentrate better the whole way through.

Put it in your mind before you play that 18 holes makes a round. There is no such thing as 9 holes and another 9 holes. It's 18 holes all the way through.

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Your muscles are loose and warmed up after the turn. You have more control of your swing when you're tight and not warmed up.

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Good point. One of my partners said my club speed is slower on the front when I'm still stiff. As I increase club speed I lose accuracy.

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For the next few years, play the back 9 first, then report back.


TIA

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