Jump to content
Check out the Spin Axis Podcast! ×
Check out the Spin Axis Podcast!
IGNORED

Does this happen to you??

Golfaway

By Golfaway
in Golf Talk

 Share
Note: This thread is 6300 days old. We appreciate that you found this thread instead of starting a new one, but if you plan to post here please make sure it's still relevant. If not, please start a new topic. Thank you!

Recommended Posts

Golfaway Dedicated Member

Golfaway

Posted
Posted
I am a 28 handicapper, I have started golf over a year ago, and I can't call myself a really good golfer. I usually score bogeys/double bogeys with some occasional pars when I'm on a good roll, and I've even had two birdies before.

Anyway, last Friday I was at the range, I hit a total of 60 shots with PW, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4 and 3 iron clubs. And 30 or something approach flop shots using my SW. Out of the total 90 shots, less than 10 were bad; less than 5 were off target. It was a really good day for me on the range, hitting 3 and 4 irons off the ground without a tee was a really new feeling for me. I went home happy with a smile on my face.

Today I went again. And guess what, I couldn't even hit a good PW shot. Out of 40 or something balls, I had like 5 or something good ones, the rest were either fat, chanked, sliced, no trajectory or just mishits. Even with the short 9 and 8 irons, I couldn't hit a ****! I couldn't even finish the whole bucket, it was useless.

I stopped taking full shots and decided to try short approaches maybe it's better: no! The flop shots that I was hitting easily last Friday, I can't make a single one today. I just hit the ball with the sole of the club resulting in a mishit shot.

It was depressing, frustrating and ****!!
Every time I start to get the feel of the shots and think I'm starting to be more consistent and more even-leveled, I go the next time to discover that was a big fat lie, I'm swinging like I started golf yesterday. Something was terribly wrong today, my swing was totally out of order, I could feel it but I just can't know what's wrong and how to correct it!

Sorry for the long rant, but I just had to let out my frustration somehow, I hope you could understand.
My achievements:
Eagles: 0
Birdies: 18
Best Round: 89

flopdarock Great Member

flopdarock

Posted
Posted
its all about consistency... some days are good and some days are bad...
ive been playing golf forever and when im hitting bad... there is no way to fix it for that day... just compensate for it the best you can and move on...
heck just a few weeks ago i shot over a hundred... i know exactly what i was doing wrong but couldnt do anything except enjoy a nice day on a beautiful course hacking away... and just today... i almost broke 80... weird...
you just gotta take the good with the bad and hope there are more good days ahead
RUSS's avg drive - 230yrds and climbing

Damien45 Well Established Member

Damien45

Posted
Posted
I think a part of the problem is mental expectations. The other day when you went to the range, you didn't expect to have such a good day. The next time, you did. When you didn't hit good shots right away, frustration took hold and the rest just followed.

Next time you go, don't expect a great day. Expect bad shots that you have to work on. Take time to loosen up before getting into full swings. Start your day with the chip and flop shots. Work up to your short irons and so on. Alternate your irons from day to day. What I mean by that is use your 9, 7, 5, and 3 one day. The next use your 8, 6, and 4. This gives you similar practice each time and more time with each club.

Most important, relax and enjoy. Tension and frustration is one big reason we all do bad on the course.

LD F Speed 9.5 Driver Stiff
MX 700 3W Stiff
MP Fli Hi 2, 3, 4
MP 52 5i-9i
MP-T 47.06, 51.06, & 58.10 White Hot XG Teron Putter ProV1x ShoesQUOTE:"I will judge my rounds much more by the quality of my best shots than the acceptability of my worse ones" - Terry "The Wedge Guy" Koehler


right handed phil mickelson Great Member

right handed phil mickelson

Posted
Posted
I think a part of the problem is mental expectations. The other day when you went to the range, you didn't expect to have such a good day. The next time, you did. When you didn't hit good shots right away, frustration took hold and the rest just followed.

Thats great advice. What i do sometimes to warm up is take the 3 iron or even the 2 iron and i try and hit it first. Those clubs are normally hard to hit anyway, so if i have a bad shot, i don't mind it. but, if i have a good shot, i know it's going to be a good day :)

Driver: Callaway Big Bertha Diablo 9º
2 Hybrid: Callaway Big Bertha Heavenwood
Irons: Nike Slingshot OSS 6-3 iron
          Taylormade Tour Preferred PW-7 iron
Wedges: Cleveland CG14 50º, 54º
              Taylormade RAC 58º
Putter: Ping Darby 32" shaft


 


HackerD Member

HackerD

Posted
Posted
Often when I practice long irons I hit them off a tee especially when the range is lacking decent turf to hit off. Just tee them like 1/4" off the ground but it's easier and practice is more productive.
Driver: G15 12*    /     FW: Exotics CB1 4-wood,   a4OS 5-wood
Hybrids Hi-bore 3,4-hybrids  /   Irons: G10 5-UW TFC 129i
Wedge Vokey SM 56*   /   Putter: Karsten Anser 

iPutt Dedicated Member

iPutt

Posted
Posted
In just the few years I've been playing, I've realized that the game can get so streaky for us mere mortals. I'll go for a whole couple of rounds playing like crap and then go on for the next week or so shooting out of my mind. Its a crazy game.

l Bag l TaylorMade Stand Bag

l Driver l TaylorMade '07 Burner 9.5* l 3-Wood l Titleist 910F 15* (D1 shaft setting)

l Hybrids l TaylorMade '07 Burner 19* : TaylorMade '10 Rescue 22*

l Irons l TaylorMade r7 5-PW l Wedges l Titleist Bob Vokey 52* 56* 60*

l Putter l Scotty Cameron California Del Mar 34" l Balls l TaylorMade Penta TP


DJYoshi Great Member

DJYoshi

Posted
Posted
happened to me the other day. i had a case of the shanks, toe job shots, slices and hooks. this was on saturday....went out to the range after i worked out my shoulders on friday...so i'm hoping it was just that.

went out yesterday & today and killed it hitting really well with about 7 hooks, 10 pushes, 3 pulls and 5 fat shots on monday out of 225 balls over 2 hours.... today I couldn't do anything but hit it pure... i'm hoping I can carry this to sunday.

what I try to do what I'm not hitting well is....
STEP back. away from the ball.
stretch and then analyze my swing....where it's going wrong.... from my address to the grip and then portions of the swing.....
if it's really bad, I ask a friend or 1 of the people at the range what looks like i'm doing wrong.... step back...and then go to hit again...
DJ Yoshi
Official DJ: Rutgers Football
Boost Mobile Tour
In My Bag
HiBoreXL 9.5 White Board D63 Stiff Exotics CB2 5 Wood, Exotics CB3 3 Wood MP-60 5.5 Flighted Shafts 54 & Cleveland CG-10 60 Newport 2

Neco Established Member

Neco

Posted
Posted
Do you have a regular pre-shot routine and regular ball placement?

Driver - Taylor Made 09 Burner.
3 Wood - Callaway Diablo.
Hybrid Irons - Adams A30S
Wedges - 52* Titleist Vokey Spin Milled. 56*, 60* Taylormade Rac.
Putter - Scotty Cameron Circa 62 #1.


Slim 11 Well Established Member

Slim 11

Posted
Posted
The problem is...you play golf.
All of us have those days and can't figure out what we are doing wrong. The higher the handicap, the more likely you are to notice it. A single digit HC might just be off a little left or right, hitting a little fat or something. Us higher guys miss the damn ball when were off. It will get better with time and practice. The important thing is to TRY to have fun.
I shot an 80 on an executive course the other day. OUCH. I should shot mid-60's there. I just tried to enjoy the day, the scenery and the company of friends. I still had a great time. And you know what...I'm not a professional golfer; it's okay if I stink it up every now and then.

Slim 11
Driver: Cobra F-Speed 10.5*
3 wood: Cobra F Speed
5 wood: Cobra F Speed
Irons: Cobra 3100H/I 3-PWSW: Pixl 56*Putter: Monza Rossa MalletBall: Slazenger Raw Feel


Chief Broom Great Member

Chief Broom

Posted
Posted
I think a part of the problem is mental expectations. The other day when you went to the range, you didn't expect to have such a good day. The next time, you did.

This in all likelihood is what happened. I bet your problem was tempo related. As we get frustrated one of the first things to go is our tempo. You can set up perfectly, align yourself correctly, grip the club how you want (weak, strong, neutral), the whole nine yards, but if your tempo is off (e.g. you rush your backswing, rush your downswing, etc.) all kinds of bad things will happen. What I've been working on lately, and it hasn't been easy, and I still do it far too often, is slow down so as to allow for proper tempo. This keeps the body working together in sync. When you're struggling slow down and hit 1/2 or 1/4 power shots. Do a full swing but take the power down considerably. A good drill for this is to hit your driver (and other clubs) only 100 yards. You'll find that by doing this you can bring your swing back into it's correct tempo. Once you get that back slowly begin hitting the ball harder, but always remembering to maintain proper tempo.

Nike Vapor Speed driver 12* stock regular shaft
Nike Machspeed 4W 17*, 7W 21* stock stiff shafts
Ping i10 irons 4-9, PW, UW, SW, LW AWT stiff flex
Titleist SC Kombi 35"; Srixon Z Star XV tour yellow

Clicgear 3.0; Sun Mountain Four 5


Garthmo Well Established Member

Garthmo

Posted
Posted
Sounds like ball placment was off that day. It happens. I played a round last year and a swear to mother I only hit about 5 good iron shots, all the rest I shanked to the right. Had no idea what I was doing wrong and couldnt fix it the whole round so blew it off as a crappy day and when I went back the next day everything was fine again. Just weird but I believe I was standing a bit to close to the ball that day.

Driver - SQ SUMO2 9.5 stiff
3 Wood - SQ SUMO2 15* stiff
Hybrid SQ SUMO2 20* stiff
Irons - CCi steel stiff
Wedge - 56*Wedge - Knight 60*Putter - ITraxBall - platinum+Black but soon to be switching to pr0v1 SG 2.5


Note: This thread is 6300 days old. We appreciate that you found this thread instead of starting a new one, but if you plan to post here please make sure it's still relevant. If not, please start a new topic. Thank you!

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
 Share
Go to topic listing


  • Want to join this community?

    We'd love to have you!

    Sign Up

  • TST Partners

    Carl's Place
    PlayBetter
    Golfer's Journal
    ShotScope
    The Stack System
    FitForGolf
    FlightScope Mevo

    Coupon Codes (save 10-20%): "IACAS" for Mevo/Stack/FitForGolf, "IACASPLUS" for Mevo+/Pro Package, and "THESANDTRAP" for ShotScope. 15% off TourStriker (no code).

  • Posts

    • iacas
      PGA Tour Makes Sweeping Changes Starting in 2028

      By iacas · Posted

      The highlights as I see them: Championship and Challenger Series The creation of the PGA Tour and the PGB Tour, in the words of Joel Dahmen a few years ago. They're calling them the Championship Series (23-24 events) and the Challenger Series (20+ events). Both run February to August. They feel this will achieve three things: increasing the consistency and quality of fields across the season creating a clear system for players to earn and retain status and delivering a more structured and competitive experience for fans and partners—all in an effort to strengthen meritocracy. Championship Series Structure and Eligibility The 23-24 events includes the Players, majors, season-ending events, and the Presidents Cup and Ryder Cup. These will be 72-hole events with a 36-hole cut to the top 65 and ties and purses of $20M+. 120 players without an alternate list. 90 players (roughly) from the previous year and 20 players promoted from the Challenger Series. Full eligibility will be finalized later this year. Sites (cities) to be finalized soon, but 10 of the 15 courses have already been determined. Postseason: includes retention and relegation and concludes with match play. The Tour Championship will also be played across a rotation of prestigious courses. Challenger Series Structure and Eligibility 20+ events. Running concurrently. Will feature players fighting their way back to the Championship Series or players graduating and on the upswing from the Korn Ferry Tour. Many of these events will be current PGA Tour courses. About 7 of the Challenger Series events will be during off weeks for the Championship Series with elevated purses and visibility. Purses of at least $4M, with cuts similar to the Champ series. 144 player fields. Competitive Fields for Both Series Players will be eligible for only one series at a time: Championship Series Players are not eligible for Challenger Series events. Championship Series members will have a known schedule with all events having the same eligibility. Players and Majors will have their own eligibility criteria. Championship Series players don't have to play all events. This begs the question about, say, the Canadian Open, and other "home-town" events that players might want to play, even if they're Challenger Series events. Will releases be granted? Promotion and Relegation At least 90 players will be retained in the Championship Series, and 20 players will be promoted from the Challenger Series each year. Battlefield promotion for two-time winners from the Challenger Series. Players relegated from the Championship Series will have a "last chance" opportunity to retain status, or will go to the Challenger Series. Criteria will be finalized before the start of the 2027 season. Points System New points system (not FedExCup points). Separate points systems for the Championship and Challenger Series. Elevated points in the Challenger Series for off-weeks on the Championship Series. More details tk. Elevated International Events in the Fall The fall schedule will include a limited series of elevated international events with top players from the Championship Series, with the intent to deliver in partnership with the DP World Tour as part of the Strategic Alliance. Last Chance Series The Tour will develop a “last chance” series of 4-6 events in the fall, with a limited number of spots on the Championship Series available for top finishers. Eligibility will include players relegated from the Championship Series, Challenger Series players, and other categories to be determined. Q-School continues, as do the Korn Ferry Tour and PGA Tour Latinoamerica. Also, Brian Rolapp is the new commissioner as of January 1, 2027.
    • iacas
      PGA Tour Makes Sweeping Changes Starting in 2028

      By iacas · Posted

      You can download the PDF at this link or see the first page of it above.
    • iacas
      My Swing (Gestate0560)

      By iacas · Posted

      Yes, because you have lifted to like 120° without bending the left elbow. So when you turn and the left elbow bends… it bends in such a way that you then lower your left humerus and pull the club around you.
    • iacas
      PXG Brand

      By iacas · Posted

      Bob Parsons can be a bit much. But… we fit PXG clubs at our academy. Every Tuesday.
    • 5amZ
      "5 Minutes Daily" Practice Challenge

      By 5amZ · Posted

      Day 292 6-23 Worked on wrist arching for a bit today and then some low point control.
×
×
  • Create New...

Important Information

Welcome to TST! Signing up is free, and you'll see fewer ads and can talk with fellow golf enthusiasts! By using TST, you agree to our Terms of Use, our Privacy Policy, and our Guidelines.

  I accept