Putting it all together...

[elivate]

One of the most frustrating things I find about golf is how hard it is to put all of the pieces together and have a good round. If I am putting well, my irons stink, if I am driving well, my putting is awful, etc...

I have been hitting my irons pretty well as of late, but I can not hit my driver in the fairway all of a sudden...

I feel that I am on the verge of pulling it together but I can't seem to get over the hump... I had a really good shot at breaking 90 this saturday, I had a bad start (triple bogey on 1) but managed a couple of pars and finished 9 at 45, I didn't even add up my front 9 score until the 14th hole, so I wasn't really counting that close, but I fell apart and shot 50 on the back, that has happened to me my last 2 rounds... And each time it was the driver that failed me...

I am guessing that this is where the mental part of the game should come in to play, does anyone have any advice?

[greenail]

I have the same problem. I shot a 104 sunday with a 9 on the front and an 11 on the back ( reverse that, I started on 10) with 42 putts. I have a short game lesson today to see if there is some nugget I am missing, as well as a methodology for putting practice. My iron play has been great, but it seems like even though I try to evenly distribute my practice time around if I am focused on improving irons, everything else falls down a notch. Driver, and putter, short game focus causes the other 3 things to fall apart.

If you think about it if I converted those blowups to double bogy, and 2 putt averaged it would have been a 90. Add in more fairways hit ( i was hooking/pulling most of my drives.) it would be way better. I know I can do it, but like you said it is just the mental focus to be able to put it all together.