Advice Needed

Mattyv · 2023-09-15T06:16:24+00:00

I was just looking through my last dozen scores and I noticed a bad pattern. I am slow out of the gate. I am usually 3-4 over after the 1st 4 holes. Need...

azgreg

My best round is a 77 and I was 5 over after 5.

rsvman2

azgreg I shot a 78 last year after starting by bogeying the short par five first hole and missing a three-foot putt for double on the second hole. So I was four over after two.

Par4QC

Mattyv Pretty sure it is a mental thing.

Nawww, it's golf. Can't be that.😄

I stretch for about a minute before teeing up the 1st ball. Then I'm only thinking about my second shot, because I already know the tee ball is going left (80%), and hitting the GIR. 1 of the few I might have out of 18 holes. After that, I'm good to go with a score already in mind before hitting that 1st ball......break 80. Even if it's a course I've not played before, or in several years. If I have a bad hole or 2 or even 3, it does not mean I cannot hit my goal.

Well, maybe it is a mental thing after all.🤔

Rickochet

Par4QC Well, maybe it is a mental thing after all.

Golf is 90% mental and the other half is physical. Yogi said so. 🤣

pellmell

Mattyv I am usually 3-4 over after the 1st 4 holes

Me too and I'm a 10 hcp. The courses I play typically have high course/slope ratings so a score of 83 to 85 will get you to a 10.

Walterjn

I'm positive its a mental thing. My best round, I walked up to the 1st tee cold. No range time, warm up swing, no practice putts, and put one in the fairway. Heck I didn't even have any coffee beforehand. I'm thinking about trying the cold bore thing again on Sunday.

PA-PLAYA

Walterjn

My spine would literally snap in two without a warmup.

pellmell

Rickochet Yogi said so

Rickochet

pellmell Yogi said so

I did a take off of Yogi Berra's quote about baseball.

DonM

Mattyv I was the same way but now that you mention it, I think it has gone away. I was being too tentative on the first couple of holes. Once I realized it, I decided to be more confident and reasonably aggressive right from the start.

Eguller

Buy and study Bob Rotella’s books.

Oh…. And warmup properly before your round. 🏌️‍♂️

sdandrea1

A warmup can provide mental support as well.......unless you're hitting hosel rockets.....then it was a bad idea

mulegolf

LogicalOne It’s all mental at this point. Practice mindfulness and acceptance everyday

You back playing golf again? Hope so.

LogicalOne

mulegolf

Not yet. It’ll probably end up being next season. But I’m getting closer I feel. 😬😊

azgreg

rsvman2
Mine was in a tournament in Prescott at Prescott Country Club, a course I've never played before. After 5 holes at 5 over I thought I was out of it so I just started playing and having fun.

sdandrea1

79 yesterday at Augustine Golf Club after double bogey on the first 2 holes. 40/39.

fatshot

If I start out with a double or a couple of bogeys, I tell myself that I'd rather do them FIRST and get them out of the way, rather than ruin a good round with a couple of bad holes at the end of the round....!!

Supp

When I'm on the range before a round I'll mentally play the first hole. I'll picture the first hole then hit my drive. Then, depending on how I think my ball would have ended up, I'll make the appropriate club selection and play my second shot. I'll do this a few times until I feel like I'm in a bit of a groove. When I get to the first tee, I feel like I'm ready to go.

sdandrea1

Supp When I'm on the range before a round I'll mentally play the first hole. I'll picture the first hole then hit my drive. Then, depending on how I think my ball would have ended up, I'll make the appropriate club selection and play my second shot. I'll do this a few times until I feel like I'm in a bit of a groove. When I get to the first tee, I SHANK ONE INTO THE STARTER SHACK.

Modified to pertain to me.......

Supp

sdandrea1

HAH!!😁😁
Actually, mine could have read "snap hook it into the water hazard". 😞

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