Anyone else hitting form at the worst time?

[Phil2511]

On a round where I shot 32 points a well established and respected member at my course told me it was a joke that I received two shots at any hole. He made this comment at a 115 yard par three.

Needless to say I hated playing the rest of that round.

Been there myself at our 3rd hole 210yd par 3 had a bogey for 3 pts and it just gets into my head then and dinged the next few holes because I was annoyed then struggled out of annoyance and frustration at letting them get at me.
Since stopped playing with that group of people and started playing much better because I felt more relaxed and able to concentrate easier.

After taking lessons all year I have only started to swing well since qualifying ended. But I am what the pro calls "In a transitional period" I just haven't got the consistency completely, I know what I want to do and my brain knows how to swing but the body hasn't quite picked it up to get me the muscle memory repetitiveness.
I have a hooking problem at the moment and know why and working on it. But it causes me alot of dings and when i get it right gives me alot of pars and today a great birdie.

Just as a follow on from the hcap thing, it has been commented on by a few of the guys I play with and even the pro that someday soon it's going to sink in and they are waiting on me coming in with 50 points.
Being non-qualifying I can't get cut, new season for us starts end of March so plenty of time for me to practice and I don't see any reason why I shouldn't win a few weeks in a row either. Or possibly more if I put in the effort with practice etc.
What would your views be on that being that I
A. Spent all year taking lessons and practicing to swing correctly, and
B. Still played almost every weekend competition both stroke and stableford and a good few mid week competitions as well and put in scores that I know many would NR to hide the embarrassment of having everyone see it up on the board.

Because personally I feel that IF I can start the season knowing I have that advantage not only will it be a big confidence booster but it's my chance to get my name on a trophy and try and win some prize money back after paying out all 2011 and last part of 2010. So I know that IF i can then I won't be asking to get cut on general play.

 

[daveyc2k2]

I know what you mean about coming into form at the wrong time. I joined the club in August this year and got my 3 cards in as quick as I could with the outcome of a 24 handicap which may have been a bit high.

Well for the months up to November I continued to play at the 24 handicap level or just slightly better but not enough for a cut.

November comes and it starts getting cold and towards the end of the year and have now won division 3 in my last 2 comps which were Stableford and December medal with a 39 pointer and then a nett 66 in the medal. From those a cut from 24.0 to 21.7

We still have a few more comps left yet so hopefully the form will carry on and that hcap will come down even further.

 

[BTatHome]

the complete opposite for me, season finished and i can hit a barn door.

won the first 2 qualifiers of this year, so hoping to keep going thru winter and come out running again in march

Cancel that. Played a 4BBB comp today and shot 3 over on my ball, so 5 under my handicap.

....I reserve the right be total hacker again next week though

 

[Kellfire]

Finally took the form into a proper round. Nine hole winter league, 23 points. Still only good for second on countback though.

 

[Oddsocks]

After 5 good games on the bounce, 2 cuts and 2 comp wins, my form got on the gatwick express and today I hacked like mad, 76 last week in hard conditions , 86 today in perfect conditions .

Got to love this game

 

[Chippy Minton]

Point taken but if you have no History, if you've not played that much but have a natural aptitude for ball games and you've once gone round in 85 but normally it's nearer the 100. Then you put in cards of 99, 100 and 98.
With no real History to divulge - " I've broken 90 once" - then you're going to get 26 or thereabouts.

It would be interesting to find out how many of us were "interviewed" by the Handicap Sec prior to getting their 1st handicap.

I know I wasn't.

I had been playing for years on and off...then got back into it so started using an online handicap tracker online so that I could put forward a handicap on the occasional society day etc. From the previous 12months of golf the online tracker had me at 17. On deciding to join the local club, I submitted 3cards. Not good ones, but I needed to get them in to register for competitions. As I knew that they would not accurately reflect my potential, I also submitted the summary from my online golf tracker showing my last 20 rounds. I was given a handicap of 26.

I scored 44 points and won a competition a couple of months later......and are branded a bandit!