Why must I suck so hard

[crawf061]

I was just looking back at my round a couple of weeks ago during a golf channel amateur tour stop. It is honestly the strangest looking scorecard I've ever seen. I'm just getting very frustrated with my inability to make pars. My scores vary so much from hole to hole.



Does anyone else struggle with this, and/or know a solution?

(FYI - I was tied for first in my flight after 9 holes)

[twotacosfor99cents]

Nice eagle on that par 4. A bit short though - 273? you must have gotten under GIR.

[golf_junkie27]

I had a golf buddy recommend reading Dr. Rotella's "Golf is not a Game of Perfect" and "Putting out of your Mind." I plan on reading both over the next few days.

I've struggled with rounds similar to this. It's frustrating and I feel your pain. I'm hoping that these books will cure some of these ailments. Judging from my friend's game, it works.

[crawf061]

  twotacosfor99cents said:

Nice eagle on that par 4. A bit short though - 273? you must have gotten under GIR.

Yeah, I got a nice bounce from the rough by the green and only had about a 4 foot putt straight up the hill. The most tense I've ever been over that easy of a putt

[twotacosfor99cents]

  crawf061 said:

Yeah, I got a nice bounce from the rough by the green and only had about a 4 foot putt straight up the hill. The most tense I've ever been over that easy of a putt

Looking closer over that scorecard - were you off the back tees? The par 3's are pretty long.

[crawf061]

  twotacosfor99cents said:

Looking closer over that scorecard - were you off the back tees? The par 3's are pretty long.

Yeah, there are a couple of long par 3s. There are also a couple of very short ones too, though. It is a very old course (~100 yrs) which explains the short overall layout.

[twotacosfor99cents]

Tell us the stories of your double and triple bogies (and the four)

Did you three-putt them? Couldn't make the sand saves? What happened on holes: 4, 7, 10, 17, 18?

[crawf061]

4 - Trouble off the tee, layed up to 8-iron range, caught false front and rolled back, on the green, putted 3 feet past, choked , holed

7 - middle of the fairway, greenside bunker, well past hole, 3 feet short, choked , holed

10 - drive that looked perfect, penalty because ball had caught the hill to the pond in front of the green (too much club off the tee), wedge that bounced off back of the green, chip past the hole, missed putt, holed

16 - drive to the middle of the fairway (ball well below my feet), shanked a wedge OB, angering penalty stroke, wedge to fringe, poor chip, putt came up just short, holed

17(my mental collapse) - chunked tee shot that somehow made the front greenside bunker, took stance over ball and realized too late that I had the wrong club so I had to swing it-- shot hit the sand just below the lip and buried, got correct club but lip was jail and next shot was left in the sand again, finally escaped bunker but nowhere near the hole, left the putt short, took a stab and missed the short one , holed

18 (because you asked) - drive got below some trees, punched back to fairway, approach landed on fringe behind the hole, putted on, holed


There is a detail of the holes that you requested (including 16 cause I figure you meant to ask about that one). I'm seeing a trend of penalty strokes and missed short putts.

[twotacosfor99cents]

Yeah, I did mean 16, sorry. :)

Basically, it just looks like you have inconsistiency in your tee shots and in your short putts. 3 missed short putts, it seems like in just the 5 holes I asked about. Probably more in the other holes too?

I'm not that great of a player, but I know where to look to fix my game. I guess I would just work on the driver + tee irons and getting a clean, repeating swing ingrained in your skull. Your bunker game looks like it needs work too...

Putts are easy enough to fix. Do short putting drills (such as putting 12 balls 3 feet away from the hole in all directions), and above all.. TAKE YOUR TIME! I rarely 3-putt now because I take my time with every putt.

[BASHERBAKER69]

Im sorry, but that is such an unfortunate title for a thread. !