From Best Score to Worst Ever in One Week

[Nave]

Hello fellow golfers!

Here is my predicament; within seven days and on the same course:

Tuesday: Scored 88 (thanks to consistent iron shots, but OB driver)
Friday: Scored 84 (best score ever; great iron game and improved putting)
Monday: Complete disaster, and I stopped counting at 110.
- could not hit a single iron shot (iron is usually my strength)
- either hit thin or fat shots that barely made it a few feet
- I even hit the SW so badly that it directed the ball sideways and hit the cart

It could be that I was overthinking after I hit my best ever score?
Maybe I put myself under pressure to score even better than in the last game?
I tried several adjustments, however it only got worse.

Side Note:
I was on vacation last week and was not looking forward to being back at work on Monday.
I felt a bit stiff from the Friday game and did not sleep enough from Sunday to Monday.

Has this ever happened to you, and what did you do?
Did you take a week off from golf or did you review your swing (video)?

Thank you,
Nave

[dennyjones]

The golf gods giveth; the golf gods taketh!   Been there done that.   I head back to the range to work on my game.   

[iacas]

Simplify. Hit some solid chips. Or punches. Build from there.

[Shindig]

I'm sure if you look at about two years ago on this site, I mentioned somewhere that after having my first ever sub-80 round (a nice 77 in a tournament!), I failed to break 90 for I think two months.  These things happen.

Can't hit an iron?  What's the longest swing you can make with your PW and hit a good result?  If the answer is a chip, go hit some chips and, after some good ones, expand into pitches.  Similar with pitches into 3/4 shots, etc.  

This is very likely something you can work out by going back to what you do well.  

[MatP]

It's such a game for the mind and body... I had a stiff lower back , really struggled to hit anything decent all round ... so frustrating at times ... just have to trust the process 

 

[Nave]

UPDATE:
1. I did neither play nor practice golf for about one week and stopped thinking of golf
2. Did lot of stretching and core exercises at the gym
3. Took a lesson this Tuesday
4. Played fairly normal again yesterday

Interestingly, when I hit my irons yesterday I remembered that last disaster round, and made me mishit a few shots again.
After I relaxed and trusted the process, things started to get back in the right direction again.

A mental game!