Anyone ever walk away from a bucket?

[Coluejack]

I would feel too much liek I had unfinished business if I walked away from a bucket... I do step away briefly to collect my thoughts, and other times simply switch to something else like punching wedges to shake whatever my brain is auto-correcting..

Nothing worse than over-thinking on the range though.. It's such a helpless feeling!

[golfro]

walked away today with more than 50 balls left.

just couldn't get my body to swing. couldn't get in the groove of it i guess. my rhythm was completely off

[warbirdlover]

I've walked away when I felt I had the problem I was addressing resolved. The only time I hit a bucket is for that reason. Or to watch some gorgeous babe hitting in front of me in a short skirt....

[wrx_junki]

I've never walked away from a bucket since if everything goes haywire, I just start hitting pitch shots which usually make me feel better.

[nevets88]

Yes - for emergency reasons other than golf, to catch a tee time or to get an impromptu tee time.

[BonoVox]

Last weekend I drove 30 minutes to hit off grass. Bought a large bucket of 120 balls. After about 30 I was hitting them sooooooo good I seriously just wanted to walk away. I felt a hitch would develop at any moment. I hung in there and though I had a couple of slightly rough patches I hit them great. But I did finish the last 30 or so with pitch shots at a barrel laying about 40 yards away. That was fun. Heck even if you chip them to something 10 or 15 yards away don't give up on the bucket.

[zeg]

I've never walked away from a bucket since if everything goes haywire, I just start hitting pitch shots which usually make me feel better.

I was going to say exactly this. Sometimes the shorter swings help get out of the funk, too.

[nevets88]

Last weekend I drove 30 minutes to hit off grass.

Half an hour? HA!

1.5 hour public transportation to the parents. 1 hour drive from parents to grass range. OK, visiting the parents kind of fudges the numbers, but that is total travel time and total travel direction is a beeline to the grass range. Don't be a die hard golfer in NYC.

[Frito]

I used to get so crazy with frustration that I'd want to walk away soo badly. One time I left like 4 or 5 balls. Another time I had like 10 balls left or so and in a blind rage I just grabbed my club and beat the Sh#$ out of them till they were all gone in like 10 seconds, no pre shot routine no adress to the ball no flight . I felt like I was breathing fire on the way to my car. I don't get that worked up anymore as i can actually hit the ball with good contact most times.

[chef35ca]

Many times.

Some days it's just not there. & definitely not worth ingraining something seriously negative into your swing.

On a regular basis i only hit what i feel i need to hit. The number of balls in the bucket is irrelevant.

[nuck81]

I did once a few days after my first lesson...

[WUTiger]

I frequently work evening shift, and sometimes go to an upscale golf course range in the mornings. Lots of execs will show up to play, and often leave a dozen range balls behind after warm-up.

Once I hit my bucket, I'll collect up the leftovers and often have more than a large bucket. After about 100 full shots, I start to get a little tired, and will leave the rest.

I hate to do this, because these are softer, sem-spin range balls - not the rocks most places have.

[joesephcho]

sometimes you just have to walk away.

[socks and shoes]

Never have, but people at my range do it all the time so I "borrow" their unfinished buckets.

[allin]

I don't think so. I pay for the season so I could. I do give myself a time out on the nearby bench to reqroup occasionally, or head to the practice green for a bit and then return to finish. If you suddenly fall apart I figure its mental or relaxation related. Grinding on technique at that point is counter productive so a break or quitting for the day makes sense to me.

[Stretch]

I don't know about grinding always being unproductive. Some days I've hit hundreds of bad shots before starting to hit some good ones, and those are usually the days I really learn something about my swing.

[newtogolf]

I had a guy offer me half a bucket yesterday. He was there before I got there. My back was to him, so I couldn't see what he was doing, but could hear his club hitting the mat first, and then watch his ball trickle past me, I was about 20 feet to his left. I started hitting my 7i which I can hit pretty well and I could hear him getting more angry with each swing I made and he made. Finally he walks over and tells me "there's something wrong with these balls" and I could have them if I wanted. I thought he was joking, and smiled trying to think up a funny retort, but realized he wasn't joking. He really thought the balls were the reason he was hitting bad shots.

[JML22]

Man that was scary... i had to hit like 100+ balls today but the shanks are gone again... no idea where they came from but i dont care they're gone