Golf and life has ended

[Shanks A Million]

Dude, I am autistic, so I know how much frustration can buid up, but you can't go and get this attitude everytime you have trouble. I've had days where all I could do was duff, shank, top, and whiff balls, but I didn't give up. Everytime you come back stronger. If you really want to work in the golf industry, then you're doing it right . All the people who play or work in the golf industry are there because they worked hard enough to completely throw their swing out of whack. The people who always hit the ball the same are the ones who never get better, because they accept their swing, and never try to change it. Those of us who work at it understand that it takes a lot of work, and a lot of these periods of hacking to get it right.

So one local pro, probably frustrated cause he can't make the tour, gives you some stupid advice because he's an idiot, and you are ready to give up? Hell no. •••• him. Move on. Golf is a game of attrition, and those who give up lose. You gotta hang in there, no matter what. When you have a day come by where you can't even make contact with the ball, thank god, because it means you're improving. The pro here told me when he first turned pro, he made a swing change, and he shanked nearly every ball for 60 days. Not mishit, not hit poorly, but literal shanks, dead right. He came back stronger and better than ever. So remember, when you're playing worse, you're getting better.

[srjorion]

I'm pretty sure most of us here on this forum at some point had a bad dip in performance and probably felt like we were going way down hill in our abilities. I know I have.

To the OP, if you are getting as frustrated as it appears then you must really love the game and have the drive and desire to do well. Keep at it, you will improve. One day you will be much better than you are now. You will probably look back at this point in time and think how you just couldn't believe you were hitting the ball like that. I know you aren't quitting.

[Easy]

Ah you'll be right mate. Golf is like life, it can be frustrating at times but you keep pushing on like a hustler.
You just hit a brick wall now you just gotta bash through it.

[JWL1957]

I had the "shanks" for well over a year. I would hit 5-6 hosel rockets every round. I was going crazy just thinking about it. I took the advice of a local pro, who told me to just forget about them and they will go away. Once I started to relax..... they went away. I've hit some since, but they were mostly due to a severe lie.

[montru]

The OP started another thread before this one saying he wanted to start training and lift weights etc to get more power because he felt he was losing distance, what he is more than likely doing is A) Started to lift weghts etc and has got muscle fatigue which is affecting his swing. or B) Getting frustrated at losing distance and then trying to hit the sh** out of the ball which as we all know is counter productive.
It may even be a mixture of the two.

[sean_miller]

The OP started another thread before this one saying he wanted to start training and lift weights etc to get more power because he felt he was losing distance. . .

Are you suggesting this was a roids rage version of a drunk post? I know you weren't, I'm just sayin'.

[Greg]

I felt like quitting a few months ago, just playing terrible, couldnt make anything resembling a golf shot. A friend videotaped my swing and I noticed some obvious flaws and played much better after that. Buying my first pair of golf shoes helped too, never realized how much my feet slipped before. Im not a low handicapper by any means but i do expect a certain level of performance from myself and I know when im not getting it, i.e. keep ball in play make mostly bogeys and an occasional par and keep the snowmen away and im happy. I remember my best 9 holes played(42), i started out with a 7 on a par 4 and made no worse than bogey the rest of the way, with 3 pars and a birdie. This is probably a minor setback, you will get through it and be playing well again before you know it. Youve played yourself to an 8 hcp, you didnt suddenly forget how to swing, probably just some minor flaw you're overlooking, you'll figure it out.

[gir]

I feel your pain. It happens. When I first started playing, I kept getting better and better. For a couple years, the more I practiced, the better I got. So I decided to get semi serious about golf and try and practice regularly, figuring if I really wanted to get good, I was going to have to put in the time. For awhile the trend continued, and I kept improving. My swing was starting to feel both effortless and automatic. I was shooting low 80's and looking to go lower, and was generally optimistic about my game, thinking that if I kept improving at the rate I was going, I could even think about entering some little local amateur tournaments in a year or two. Then one day my game just started deteriorating, and it got real bad over time. The more I practiced, the worse I got. It was completely frustrating and I'm just now starting to recover from it. It happens to all of us. Take some time off and then go back to fundamentals like you were starting all over again.

[Ash1974]

When I read the title I thought maybe you had a career ending injury or something. But you're quitting because you can't stop slicing? Seriously?

Me too, I was expecting the same.

Mate take some time off and things will be fine, as said your a 8 handicap so must be doing something right. Go back to the pro and tell him you don't want a quick fix or find another pro.

[Meddle]

If you are serious (not a troll) and start a thread called "golf and life has ended" because you played a few bad rounds, then you're right, you should quit.

[kafka01]

If you are serious (not a troll) and start a thread called "golf and life has ended" because you played a few bad rounds, then you're right, you should quit.

Well, people who play this game for longer all know how frustrating it can be and how little it takes to completly throw you off. But the problems is - life will throw challenges at you too, ones that you cant just quit and you have to work out. So OP, maybe you should take a break, think about it for a while, and after you are fresh and rested in your mind and body go back out there and give it another shot...