Bizarre Day on the Range

[Marty2019]

Anyone else ever have this experience?  

Yesterday I went to the practice range, got my big bucket of balls, and went to the tee area.  As usual, there were a couple of hundred balls just laying around, abandoned, so I figured, I'll just swat these out there to warm up.   So I started with my wedge, and every shot was great.  Perfect.  So I moved to different clubs, and every shot was perfect.   Every different club, every shot was on the sweet spot and went long and high and right to the target.  I said, what the hell.   So I went to the chipping area.   Every chip,  every pitch, was great contact, flew just like I wanted, landed and rolled close to the target.  I went to the practice bunker, and every shot from the bunker was a really nice bunker shot.  So I gathered up my balls and went back to the tee area, took out my 8-iron, and just had a grand old time swatting ball after ball right into the same landing spot, about 10 yards beyond my usual range. 

It was like I had suddenly become a scratch golfer!   Maybe God was looking down and decided, okay, this guy has struggled enough.  I'll give him one really good day. 

I've often gone to the driving range and had all sorts of trouble even making good contact.  But I have never gone to the range and hit every shot pure like that.  

Very strange. 

 

[Let it Fly]

[Hategolf]

Hmmmm..are you sure it wasn't a dream? 

[chilepepper]

I've done that often.........then I go to the first tee and .......poof, gone

[Patch]

When those types of practice sessions happen to me, I quit practicing asap. 

[JxQx]

Only happened to me once.

[Marty2019]

36 minutes ago, Patch said:

When those types of practice sessions happen to me, I quit practicing asap. 

That's what I was thinking.   Why am I here?  Am I learning anything if I'm not hitting any bad shots?   But, I couldn't just waste a whole bucket of balls, so I hit them anyway. 

I'm sure it'll all go away.   For me, golf is a series of peaks and valleys, and after every peak, there is a sheer cliff on the other side. 

I don't think anyone gets a whole lot better all of a sudden, so I expect to revert to the average.   It was just very strange. 

Edited March 29, 2017 by Marty2019

[jamo]

I had one of those last summer. It was wild. Like I could do no wrong.

[mcanadiens]

Don't worry about it. 

Next time on the range, you'll hit a long series of shots that sound like a duck getting strangled by a doberman. 

[nevets88]

The zone?

[Marty2019]

1 minute ago, nevets88 said:

The zone?

I have a theory.   The golf swing is a whole bunch of moving parts, like planets, and they are always moving, they never stop in the right place, but sometimes, it's inevitable, they all line up correctly, and that's when you think you have it all figured out.   But what you don't realize is, all those moving parts keep on moving, and they next time, they will have all moved into different places and you swing is back out of whack as usual.   The planets line up occasionally, but they don't stay lined up. 

[Gator Hazard]

2 hours ago, mcanadiens said:

Don't worry about it. 

Next time on the range, you'll hit a long series of shots that sound like a duck getting strangled by a doberman. 

That's is where I am right now. I can't hit a golf ball to save my life. Shanking it, pulling it, or just hitting worm burners. 

[tlazzol]

13 hours ago, Marty2019 said:

   The planets line up occasionally, but they don't stay lined up. 

But they will line up again.  Hopefully, it will happen when you're on the course playing for something important to you.

[1badbadger]

On 3/29/2017 at 8:12 AM, Marty2019 said:

That's what I was thinking.   Why am I here?  Am I learning anything if I'm not hitting any bad shots?   But, I couldn't just waste a whole bucket of balls, so I hit them anyway. 

I'm sure it'll all go away.   For me, golf is a series of peaks and valleys, and after every peak, there is a sheer cliff on the other side. 

I don't think anyone gets a whole lot better all of a sudden, so I expect to revert to the average.   It was just very strange. 

I feel just the opposite.  One of my favorite quotes is "practice doesn't make perfect...perfect practice makes perfect.    - Vince Lombardi 

When you're hitting the ball really good, it's a great opportunity to groove your swing correctly.  The more good shots you hit when you're swinging well, the better!