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How do yall handle when the game completely leaves you
Posted on 4/30/20 at 10:47 am
Posted on 4/30/20 at 10:47 am
I played Monday and played well, lots of fairways and hitting most of my targets. Short game was so so but I was hitting spots I was aiming for pretty consistently.
I go out yesterday and its like I have never played before. Its these moments that make me want to throw them in the dumpster leaving the course.
I know the typical answers "focus on the fundamentals etc." but man its a mind frick when the game just goes away after you think you are making progress.
Then again its Golf and its supposed to be hard as hell
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What do yall do when the game just leaves you?
I go out yesterday and its like I have never played before. Its these moments that make me want to throw them in the dumpster leaving the course.
I know the typical answers "focus on the fundamentals etc." but man its a mind frick when the game just goes away after you think you are making progress.
Then again its Golf and its supposed to be hard as hell
. What do yall do when the game just leaves you?
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Posted on 4/30/20 at 10:58 am to CBandits82
Posted on 4/30/20 at 11:02 am to CBandits82
This same thing happened to me about 3 weeks ago. Played a tough course very well and was excited about the direction of my game. Hit most fairways, great GIR percentage, everything was clicking. Went out to an easy course later in the week, and it was all gone. Couldn't keep driver in play. I just chalked it up as an outlier, and enjoyed the nice day outside. I knew I wasn't going to have a low score that day, so I didn't get angry about every bad shot. It wasn't worth it to ruin my day off. I still kept score, but when I hit a bad shot I just dropped another ball right there to try to correct the feel of the bad shot right away. I gradually improved my shots throughout the day by really focusing on the feel of each of my swings.
I'm hitting the course again this weekend for the first time since then, and I have a pretty good feeling about it.
I'm hitting the course again this weekend for the first time since then, and I have a pretty good feeling about it.
Posted on 4/30/20 at 11:10 am to CBandits82
Stop, take a deep breath...
and realize it's still better than being at work. It happens to all of us
and realize it's still better than being at work. It happens to all of us
Posted on 4/30/20 at 11:12 am to CBandits82
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What do yall do when the game just leaves you?
Throw your driver in the pond on 8 at Webb Park.
Posted on 4/30/20 at 12:09 pm to CBandits82
I go and hit half shots with my 8 or 9 iron to get that crisp feeling back. Make sure I’m going to a target. A few well struck balls usually get me back. I usually get so out of sync that this helps me
Posted on 4/30/20 at 12:09 pm to icegator337
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Posted on 4/30/20 at 1:23 pm to CBandits82
This exact thing happened to me yesterday. I wish I knew the answer
Posted on 4/30/20 at 2:24 pm to CBandits82
Drink.
Posted on 4/30/20 at 2:27 pm to Vyvanse
when I played if my driver left me i'd go to the range for a short period (don't want to groove a bad swing) and try to hit my driver 150 yards. and concentrate extra hard on alignment w/ a specific target. would get back in sync fairly quickly.
what do I know. I quit altogether a couple of years ago and live on a course. LOL thinking about taking it up again.
what do I know. I quit altogether a couple of years ago and live on a course. LOL thinking about taking it up again.
Posted on 4/30/20 at 2:31 pm to CBandits82
Everybody’s best golf is a tiny fraction of their golf.
Most of our golf is mediocre compared to our best 2 rounds of last 20.
Try to play each shot independent of anything.
Don’t stress about big numbers. They happen.
Golf is hard.
My three biggest weaknesses are:
1. Bad execution
2. Bad planning
3. LOFT: lack of freaking talent
I need to think better and practice more.
The talent is probably not going to appear.
Most of our golf is mediocre compared to our best 2 rounds of last 20.
Try to play each shot independent of anything.
Don’t stress about big numbers. They happen.
Golf is hard.
My three biggest weaknesses are:
1. Bad execution
2. Bad planning
3. LOFT: lack of freaking talent
I need to think better and practice more.
The talent is probably not going to appear.
Posted on 5/6/20 at 10:34 am to CBandits82
i'm right there with you. All of last year i was playing the best golf of my life. my last two outings its like my first time to swing a club
Posted on 5/6/20 at 10:36 am to JoeNelson
This is why its so addicting.
It can leave you any second.
You never truly have control of the game.
The minute you think you have it mastered it will humble your arse immediately.
It can leave you any second.
You never truly have control of the game.
The minute you think you have it mastered it will humble your arse immediately.
Posted on 5/6/20 at 10:45 am to CBandits82
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What do yall do when the game just leaves you?
Narrow your stance, club up, punch it. Hell I do that when I’m playing well too.
Posted on 5/6/20 at 10:55 am to CBandits82
No doubt! I have sworn off playing until I hit the range at least 10 times. Hoping that does the trick.
Posted on 5/6/20 at 12:05 pm to CBandits82
I had this happen to me for a couple months. I just kept grinding to be honest with you. I’d play with my friends and they would shite on me hard, that really drove me.
My advice would be to focus on the basics when something like that is happening. That’s where I went and I was finally able to see start digging myself out once I started doing that.
My advice would be to focus on the basics when something like that is happening. That’s where I went and I was finally able to see start digging myself out once I started doing that.
Posted on 5/6/20 at 1:54 pm to CBandits82
Take a nice break. If you hammer through some rounds while being at a loss, you'll convince yourself it won't come back. Your confidence will grow after a few weeks and you'll snap out of it.
Posted on 5/6/20 at 4:43 pm to CBandits82
My iron game is gone. SS tanked and with it came the shanks.
Mah boy "whiskey" been keeping me company lately
Mah boy "whiskey" been keeping me company lately
Posted on 5/7/20 at 8:55 am to CBandits82
Keep grinding...try to get something to build on the next round. Maybe it takes just a shot or two. Sometimes..i go extreme...open up my stance and play a 30yd fade off the tee ...or try to play everything as if im at the open at st andrews on a windy day. Something different to do a "reset"...But not become frustrated . i have a day job.
Posted on 5/7/20 at 9:37 pm to CBandits82
I feel this post on a completely different level after today. Thought it would be a nice 9 holes after work today. The baby draw ive had for the last few weeks was a major slice. It was awful. Just enjoyed the weather because my swing was gone. Didn’t figure it out until the 8th hole.
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