Okay for full disclosure as always. Hit the range with decent medium bucket. Worked thru the bag, buttom up, getting it done , felt great!
Start practice round and again a few good shots and then got worse and worse.
At times felt like I never played the game.
At the turn stop in the clubhouse and looked at the board on the wall and told the guys, how the heck did my naem get up there in back to back years! because the way I have looked these last few weeks that would seem impossible.
I am at a loss. I can't go with the tuck elbow for chipping and pitching as that doesn't work for me and my strong game is the chipping and pitching and putting. I have that swing in tune just fine tuning new wedges.
So I think I may be over thinking everything out there. Maybe tomorrow just going to align, setup and do a slow tempo takeawy and swing and just keep my eye on the ball. With focus on getting ball in right postion at setup and swing.
Very fustrating and brutal today, not to menchion downright embarassing.
They use the lowest index you had in the last year. Keeps everyone honest.
I am going through the exact same thing Steven. I can't even go on the course anymore as I'm too embarrassed. Two weeks ago I won the first bracket of a match tournament at my club. Now I literally can't hit an iron. Shankfest right. Looking at sailboats and new hobbies!
Wow what a game!
It’s crazy isn’t it…I’ve played many sports in my time and none of the others gave me such massive variations in performance, so I do sympathise with your story.
I continue to work through the process and write everything I learn down so I can review before play or practice, only ticking off an item when I know I have got it 100%. Plus, I try only to work on one thing at a time, realising that this game is a huge jigsaw puzzle and for me that’s the only way forward. For example, the 90% drill is like magic for me, I can hit crispy, baby draws consistently and practice this more than anything in my garden with foam balls so if I’m not feeling right on the course I will practice that move quietly before I hit my next shot and that seems to work, but that’s just me.
Yesterday I played a hill top course in high wind and fast, hard conditions, how much difference a month of decent weather makes, with a friend I haven’t played with since January, when frankly we both played poorly. I hadn’t enrolled in the school back then and have always struggled to compete with him as he’s one of these gifted fellas who is good at everything. He played poorly and I beat him comfortably, dormy 5! At the end he said how much he liked the way I now seem to be able to hit punchy, shorter follow through shots, 90% drill, and cancel out much of the wind effect, said I seem to have got rid of my bad shots and complimented me on how many quality shots I had conjured up that day. At present my only swing thought is shoulder down as I have always swung a little too level but in addition to this I have noticed I am beginning to be able to self diagnose during play so for example, if my driver produces a weak fade I know I haven’t turned enough in the backswing and got a bit choppy so can correct that.
In short, I’m loving the changes and results, urge you to keep going by taking a piece of the puzzle at a time and wish you all the luck in the world.
As for your spellchecker, I think it may be lifting and shifting!
@Steven sounds like you move from playing the game on the course to practicing the game on the course. Common behavior, I believe. You start out ok and then you make a crappy swing. Instead of trying to correct whatever you think you did wrong, just forget about it. Give it five seconds of anger, disgust, disappointment, whatever, then go hit the next shot thinking only about the whole process, not concentrating on what you think you did wrong.
Do this every time you hit a bad shot. Then if time and energy permits after the round go to the range to practice what you feel your biggest problem was that round. If you can’t do that make a mental or written note and review the lessons that pertain to your problem that day.
Just try that and see if it works to minimize the bad shots per round. In the process of correcting a bad shot in the course, you lose focus on the process. While correcting back swing path, you might forget to ensure ball position and alignment are correct, etc, etc.
Good luck!