Ever just have an unusually bad day at the course?

[etakmit]

About this time of year - just completed my yearly golf trip (played 27, 45, 36, 18 over four days) and shot my best round ever during one of those rounds. After so many swings my game is usually in OK shape. And then early September around our club championship it'll just disappear. So I'm waiting on that other shoe to drop!!

[zer0]

> @"Birdie Mac" said:

> > @zer0 said:

> > A bad day??? LOL, I've had entire seasons that were awful. Over the past 4 years I've had multiple stretches of 2-3 straight months where I would shank over half of my shots. The other half were scared fat shots trying to avoid shanks. Last year I even lost to my wife 108-107 one day and she just started playing a few years ago.

> >

> > Fast forward a year and i have apparently turned it all around (knock on wood) thanks to a life changing lesson in June. Played the same course I shot 108 exactly one year later and shot a 74.

> Ok, zer0, you can't come on this board and elude to a holy grail lesson and not give us a peek under the hood. What about this lesson?

>

 

It was such a simple fix. My whole life I've rolled my wrists on the takeaway. That led to me having a hard time getting the club square on impact and often times leading with the hosel which led to my many bouts with the shanks. Pro had me try and close the club face on takeaway and as a result now I am coming through square on impact. No more shanks and I'm hitting the best iron shots of my life. And as I'm getting more and more comfortable with the swing I've been able to start to figure out how to even bring the club back square from the start.

 

It's still a process though. Shot another 74 over the weekend and then in 9 hole golf league a few days later I shot a 52. But, no shanks. Just couldn't connect to the ground and had a ton of thin shots.

 

 

[hybrid25]

Yes. It's amazing how sometimes is like you're beginning golfer. 14 hc and shooting over 100 is very humbling.

[dlygrisse]

no...never.... :#

[braincramp52]

I can't say I have.

[tdennie]

One year I qualified for the company golf tournament and shot ok, mid to high 80's. A few weeks later I played with some people from work and probably shot over 100

[Joelsim]

Yes. Not played for a few weeks as work for me is mega busy in school holidays, so not played since mid July until last Friday. Absolutely shocking round, had got into regular late 70s beforehand, on Friday I couldn’t actually hit a ball properly, not even with my wedges. Lost about 10 balls, stopped scoring after 8 holes, duffed shots all over the place (which I never do) and sliced the hell out of my driver on a few holes too. Playing tmw so hopefully won’t be quite so poor.

[platgof]

More than a bad day, going on a month more like it. Shot 39 on the front and that was that, all in the high 40's from then on. Just mentally exhausted for some reason. I still hit great shots, but just not consistent. My driving saves my bacon.

[braincramp52]

> @Joelsim said:

> Yes. Not played for a few weeks as work for me is mega busy in school holidays, so not played since mid July until last Friday. Absolutely shocking round, had got into regular late 70s beforehand, on Friday I couldn’t actually hit a ball properly, not even with my wedges. Lost about 10 balls, stopped scoring after 8 holes, duffed shots all over the place (which I never do) and sliced the **** out of my driver on a few holes too. Playing tmw so hopefully won’t be quite so poor.

 

You know what they say, bad day on the course is still better than a good day at work.

[platgof]

> @lawsonman said:

> > @Joelsim said:

> > Yes. Not played for a few weeks as work for me is mega busy in school holidays, so not played since mid July until last Friday. Absolutely shocking round, had got into regular late 70s beforehand, on Friday I couldn’t actually hit a ball properly, not even with my wedges. Lost about 10 balls, stopped scoring after 8 holes, duffed shots all over the place (which I never do) and sliced the **** out of my driver on a few holes too. Playing tmw so hopefully won’t be quite so poor.

>

> You know what they say, bad day on the course is still better than a good day at work.

 

If I'm playing well?

[Joelsim]

> @platgof said:

> > @lawsonman said:

> > > @Joelsim said:

> > > Yes. Not played for a few weeks as work for me is mega busy in school holidays, so not played since mid July until last Friday. Absolutely shocking round, had got into regular late 70s beforehand, on Friday I couldn’t actually hit a ball properly, not even with my wedges. Lost about 10 balls, stopped scoring after 8 holes, duffed shots all over the place (which I never do) and sliced the **** out of my driver on a few holes too. Playing tmw so hopefully won’t be quite so poor.

> >

> > You know what they say, bad day on the course is still better than a good day at work.

>

> If I'm playing well?

 

After 45 consecutive 5:30am starts in July and August, I can attest to a bad day on the course being far better than any day at work.

 

15 over today, irons all over the place, which is usually my strength, but still much better than working.

 

[braincramp52]

> @platgof said:

> > @lawsonman said:

> > > @Joelsim said:

> > > Yes. Not played for a few weeks as work for me is mega busy in school holidays, so not played since mid July until last Friday. Absolutely shocking round, had got into regular late 70s beforehand, on Friday I couldn’t actually hit a ball properly, not even with my wedges. Lost about 10 balls, stopped scoring after 8 holes, duffed shots all over the place (which I never do) and sliced the **** out of my driver on a few holes too. Playing tmw so hopefully won’t be quite so poor.

> >

> > You know what they say, bad day on the course is still better than a good day at work.

>

> If I'm playing well?

 

Nope, anytime.

[jak77]

Yes. Round on Saturday started awesomely....then descended into horror. Something happened on the 5th and my swing went to crap for the rest of the day.

[mattmatt300]

I’m only a couple months back into golf after 10 years of not playing. Only have time for 9 holes a couple times a week currently. Last week I shot 42 on Tuesday and 57 on Thursday. That was a rough day. :#

[wickwoss]

As a roughly 14 hdcp a month and a half or so ago, I shot 77 and 97 in the same week. Talk about humbling.

 

Gone as low as 83 since, and as high as 104. Inconsistency is the only thing I can count on.

[hybrid25]

"Ever just have an unusually bad day at the course?"

A more appropriate title would be "Tell me about an unusually bad day at the course?", because every golfer wbo plays the game has these bad days often enough.