When your swing goes mid round!

[binga7]

How do you deal with this situation:

When you lose your swing during a round.

1. Try to identify the cause and fix it.
2. Play through it eg- slicing the ball in the next fairway, so you aim way left.

Just curious as to how people deal with it.

[joepro23]

Answer: A little bit of both, but mostly number 2.

I have always been more of a "feel player" and less mechanical. If my swing breaks down mid-round it's usually a hook, and I can try a couple things to fix it. I try opening up my shoulders and stance and slowing down my backswing to even out the tempo. But, if I am spraying it all over the course, I basically just go into damage control and try to get comfortable again. I take 3-wood or iron off the tee if the driver is the culprit. Sometimes you just have those rounds where the "wheels fall off" and you have to grind it out.

[wrx_junki]

Was striking the ball beautiful the day before and today was horrible due to my tempo and swing being crap. Tried fixing it but just didn't feel right. Pretty much zig-zagged through the course today. Was taking shorter swings and ended up laying up more often and if I was holding a short iron I'd make sure I was going for the fat part of the green.

[newtogolf]

I usually don't have a great swing on the course, but when it was worse than usual I'd try to fix it, and it would make it even worse. I am reading "Golf is not a game of perfect", and the author (Dr. Bob Rotella) seems to support the not trying to fix it, but staying focused on your target.

[canadianpro]

SLOW IT DOWN....3/4 swings and attempt to hit the shot shorter than normal...get your tempo back

[CPT]

I have a good idea of what I'm doing wrong during the round, but I can rarely fix it.

Number 2.

[shankalots]

I try several things - Make sure I'm not standing on my toes, make sure I'm not swaying, check and re-check my grip. Sometimes late in a round I get lazy and my grip moves, my left arms doesn't stay as straight. But all of this probably makes it worse/..LOL

[Stretch]

Shoot, that ain't nuthin' -- my swing goes mid swing!

[shankalots]

Shoot, that ain't nuthin' -- my swing goes mid swing!

LOL .. Nice

[SteelCitySlice]

Like most I'd say a little bit of both. There is only so much you can do to try and fix it during the round. If my driver is the culprit I'm not always hitting a driver off the tee, so it's hard to try and fix whatever is going wrong that day. But slowing down my swing, focusing on a shorter back swing so I stay on plane...those things I do try and work on. But mostly I just try and salvage the round as best as I can!

[soloredd]

I'll usually start playing punch shots and 3/4 swings when this happens. For me, my swing goes haywire for pretty much 2 reasons: a) fatigue b) my swing has become too long. By that I incorporate all the culprits such as tempo, trying to swing too hard, etc. During a round it's difficult to just change it but I've found the 3/4 method to work really well when point b happens. When it's fatigue I use the punch shots and usually club up one. Start playing run-ups and just try to bogey every hole.

[TheGeekGolfer]

I'll usually start playing punch shots and 3/4 swings when this happens. Start playing run-ups and just try to bogey every hole.

This is a good idea...playing a punch shot can usually at least get you onto the front of the green and takes long and in trouble out of play. Get up and down on a couple of holes and your back on track to salvage the round.