Something has happened to my golf game......

[Mobey]

Warning...I typically ramble when I post......

I don't know what it is but something has changed in my golf game.   I like to think I'm an average player who loves this game and just goes out to have fun, get out, etc....Ive never really taken the game seriously because for me it isn't a just sport its a hobby and simply something I enjoy with friends or alone.

Anyway two weeks ago, something changed.  My driver is straight and Ive picked up about 30 yards, I'm hitting my irons further, (almost 2 clubs different, 6 is now an 8)  My chipping is (if I may say so) fantastic.and my putting is well my putting is still fair at best but its easier because my chipping is so much better.

Don't get me wrong, this is golf, I still suck...I'm just sucking soooo much better and and if I can hit a consistent 80-83 like my last 90 holes...noooo problem I'll be happy

I'm sure a lot of it is muscle memory and just the fact that I'm playing more lately but Ive had years where I played league and weekends etc and still couldn't find this comfort zone.

I picked up a new driver at the beginning of the season, purchased three new wedges and re-gripped my clubs but that was all in March...I'm just seeing results in the last two weeks and I take very little stock in the whole "equipment changes everything"  idea.  I've hit long drives before, hit my irons good and chipped well in the past....these last two weeks its more of "everything coming together" thing....

Told you I ramble...

Edit:  As I re-read this post I realize there wasn't much of a question in it....I guess I just wanted to point out that sometimes a blind squirrel finds a  whole barrel of nuts.....

[Old1964]

Happy for you.

But, expect that you give me a thumbs-up for reading all the way through your post.

Oh, and be prepared, it can go south for no reason...or so it seems. Brace yourself.

[Bye Bye Ball]

Originally Posted by Old1964

Happy for you.

But, expect that you give me a thumbs-up for reading all the way through your post.

Oh, and be prepared, it can go south for no reason...or so it seems. Brace yourself.

This is so true. I hit that point the OP is talking about 2 or so months back. I just seemed to instinctively know which irons to take for a shot and could just generally hit them further i.e. I could hit an 8 iron 170 yards or my PW 120 yards and it felt good and I was hitting consistently rounds of 80-85.

Recently though something is different. I'm just not catching the irons well at all and they are nowhere near as accurate. My driving has also gone to pot. There's something in my swing now that just doesn't feel right. Something, probably only very fractional, that is just out.

Funnily enough though my putting, which has long been a weakness of mine, has picked up and I'm 2 putting much more regularly. What a strange game it is!