Breaking out of a funk?

My index is up 4.5 strokes from last fall. Yesterday I shot / tied my lowest round since April.

I don't know if I am back but will report back soon.

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What do ya'll do when you see your swing take a sudden downturn?

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Work on getting the driver in the fairway

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What do ya'll do when you see your swing take a sudden downturn?

Last month, I played in two scramble tournaments and was really doing well. One tournament was with a fellow employee and he and I have played together in industry/customer tournaments for the past 15 years. He knows my game and I was playing lights out that day.

Last week...the swing disappeared. What do you do to get yourself out of a mid-season funk?

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Take a quick break. Come back with a clearer head and swing. Honestly.

4 weeks ago, I was playing great. Had a 27 hole stretch over 2 days when I was +1 total.

Went to Vegas with my clubs and played 72 holes of awful golf. Took 2 weeks off and played for the first time yesterday. Swing was dialed and I was hitting the ball great.

I probably need to take more time off every now and then, but golf is my hobby.

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What do you do to get yourself out of a mid-season funk?

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I try to analyze where I'm losing strokes. Am I missing fairways (FIR)? What is my GIR? Chipping proximity to holes (am I leaving myself long putts)? Number of putts?

This gets me to a starting point. Then check the basics: grip, stance, and alignment (this is big for me). I also try to SLOW everything down. My tempo is fast, so it can easily get me out-of-sync.

Golf. One week/day you shoot your best, and the next it's like you've never played.

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Go back to the basics. Check alignment, ball position, grip. Go to the range and just practice half or 3/4 swings concentrating on center face - ball first contact. Once you start pouring these shots, gradually work up to full swing.

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Yep, that's what I did yesterday. Had a chance to go play but I backed outta that just to slow down and focus on the range. Broke out the alignment sticks and worked on contact point and direction.

Gotta play 3 times next week so I'm keeping it simple this week.

Like others have said…”That’s golf”. Pretty sure I could make a hat or merchandise with that as the logo and it would do well.

But I do say my bad/off golf is like a virus. It’ll run its course and be gone. But you have to have some basic swing thoughts to fall back on to get you back to your average. Those basic thoughts are gonna be different for everyone. But you have to have them and they should be limited. Limited to just get you back to hitting a straight ball with good contact. Once you get that then build your game back but learn your game the whole way. I have a list of swing thoughts I keep in my Notes on my phone that I jot down when I’m playing really good. I note feel, grip, tempo, whatever it may be that day that I felt was really working for me. Whenever I’m struggling I’ll open it up and scan through them to maybe trigger my memory of something I felt I was doing right from some time ago. But with that being said, I have my basic 3 steps I always go to when the struggle is real.

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Some days you play lights out. Others you feel like you haven't picked up a club in your life.

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I usually don’t wait till the round is over.

My day today is case in point. Even after 6, one birdie, one 3 putt cause I got on the wrong side of a ridge. But hitting it decent.

Then proceeded to double an easy par 5, 3 bogies later I’m on 18 just hoping to get the round over without injuring myself cause i haven’t sniffed a fairway since the 5th hole.

Then naturally I hit it 3 feet on the last hole and finish with a birdie. I love/hate this game.