I suck.

[cougar978]

I just finished a week of some of the most piss-poor golf since I started taking the game seriously again four years ago. Nice 76 today, nice 75 yesterday. The 75 yesterday included five three-putts and my old Rossie finding a watery grave in the pond by 18 at my home course. I went and got a new putter last night, putted pretty well with it today, but then I forgot how to get the ball to the green. I'm not even going to waste my money playing in the Norfolk City Am in two weeks. F**k it.

[westcyderydin]

haha wish i had your problem (well the 75 and 76, not the three putts). ive not been my normal self for a while now..

[sean_miller]

Whenever I have five 3-putts I don't break 80.

[Judah Ben-Hur]

  cougar978 said:

I just finished a week of some of the most piss-poor golf since I started taking the game seriously again four years ago. Nice 76 today, nice 75 yesterday. The 75 yesterday included five three-putts and my old Rossie finding a watery grave in the pond by 18 at my home course. I went and got a new putter last night, putted pretty well with it today, but then I forgot how to get the ball to the green. I'm not even going to waste my money playing in the Norfolk City Am in two weeks. F**k it.

You might as well send the rest of the clubs to Davey Jones' locker now because you suck so bad.

[Tugglife2]

I think I can safely speak for 99% of this board in saying that I wish I sucked enough to shoot a 75.

[Shripe]

  Tugglife2 said:

I think I can safely speak for 99% of this board in saying that I wish I sucked enough to shoot a 75.

Simply enough, +1. Then again, I'm just trying to gather up the courage to take my hacker style to a full 18 to even be able to say "Hey, I can shoot a ___ (three digit number)" lol

[iacas]

  cougar978 said:

I'm not even going to waste my money playing in the Norfolk City Am in two weeks. F**k it.

You lost some respect from me there. I hope you change your mind - whether you fully get your game back or not - and it was just frustration speaking there.

[brgolf]

This may sound antagonistic and possibly boring but getting angry about shooting 75 even if you are a player with higher expectations points less to putting woes and more to the wrong attitude. Not an easy thing to fix though.

[Harmonious]

Not sure what you want from this group. Maybe a hug?

[3 wiggle]

and people say that i can be holier than thou...


I understand...i have been there. Grind it out...earn the next step. You will be fine...and better for it. Some emotion is good for your game.

[rdwoody]

I've been in the same situation over the past week. I went from hitting my irons like a champ and crushing my drives straight down the middle to spraying my drives and getting inconsistent contact with my irons. That put me more in the 90 boat, though...

[enis750]

take a break homey

get your mind ready and your physical game will follow
dont hit balls, dont watch golf, do something different
play ball, go fishing do something un related

then come back to the range hit some wedges a few putts then get your a$$ back out there

everyone needs a break sometime....sounds like your due

and to those saying a 76 is good....not for a scratch golfer
the OP is used to shooting a few under or a few over, so a 76 really is a blah round for him

you'll find it again man, have faith

[Paradox]

  enis750 said:

take a break homey

the only problem is that you don't "suck" when you're shooting that number...you're just having a rough stretch. a 76 is pretty decent for anyone not getting paid to swing a brand of clubs and/or winning hundreds of thousands of dollars.

[Jay-Bird]

  cougar978 said:

... my old Rossie finding a watery grave in the pond by 18 at my home course... I'm not even going to waste my money playing in the Norfolk City Am in two weeks. F**k it.

You threw your putter in the water? You DO suck.

You're bailing on a tournament? Go hang out with John Daly

[Tugglife2]

Regardless of whether you are a scratch or a 30, since when is posting a round 3 or 4 strokes over your handicap considered terrible? Isn't that actually standard?

[Jack]

Ah man.. if you suck then I must really suck :(

Seriously though, I'm just starting out in the world of golf but I play other sports to a high level. In any sport we all have our ups and downs. It's the nature of the beast.

[rebby]

  Jay-Bird said:

You threw your putter in the water? You DO suck.

Well put. I shot a 76 the other day and was very happy with my round. Of course, I played a 73.8/149 course when I did it. Still, I only hit 8 greens. All said, it wasn't a good round but at any level, a 76 isn't a terrible, "I'm gonna quit" kind of round.

[cougar978]

  iacas said:

You lost some respect from me there. I hope you change your mind - whether you fully get your game back or not - and it was just frustration speaking there.

I played 27 today and had some improvement - not necessarily score-wise, but I am starting to gain confidence with the new putter (when I line up and do things the right way, the ball goes where it's supposed to, as opposed to just jumping off the face like my old one). There's definitely a high frustration level there, as I basically made $50 in blitz donations Friday and Saturday. I think a lot of it boils down to not wanting to give money away on the course, which is what I've been doing the past few weeks.