Tom , when you have a really bad round, a round that you look back and say " what the hell was that " type of round. How do you usually go about rebounding from it ? I feel I take things so hard and I am hard on myself or expect more out of myself .. I just didn't know if you have any tips or just practice advice after a terrible round of golf .
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Pardon my intrusion, but I have a few thoughts to share.
First, golf is a hard game. Good golf is relatively rare. And consistently good golf is a unicorn for us recreational golfers. I’ve remarked several times that it amazes me the damage a night’s sleep does to my game. LOL!
Based on my experience, I have a couple of suggestions for you. First, forget that round!
If you can’t do that, then a round analysis is in order. What was the worst part of the round? Driving, approach shots, chipping, putting, where did you lose the most strokes? Don’t try to fix everything at the next range session.
Not knowing the overall state of your game, I suggest you start at the hole and work backwards. Did 3-putts balloon your score? If so, we’re the 3-putts due to poor distance control on the first putt or did You miss a bunch of makeable short putts?
If you had 32 putts or fewer, how was your chipping that day. Did you get up and down 75% of the time? How many holes had two or more chips required to get on the green? We’re you chipping too far or too short?
Was there a pattern to your approach shots? Missed left, right, short? If there was a tendency to the missed greens, analyze the problem and work on correcting it.
Were you driving the ball poorly? Was it a two way miss, or was the majority of the misses in the same direction?
If you are going to work on correcting something on the next range session, work on what cost you the most strokes.
All that said, I refer you back to the first idea. Just forget it, that is probably the best thing for your game and your mental health. “After all, tomorrow is another day.”