Cup half full or empty- How negative/ positive are you after a round?

[HickoryShaft]

Nether for me - I work on the parts of my game that didnt perform as I would have liked the last time out in the week and aim for improvement. Then I repeat the cycle. Sometimes there is more to work on than at other times!
But it is what it is and my way of thinking, if not realistic, puts it in the wrong light.

Similar approach here also.

Like everyone I want to do well every round and am a little disappointed if I don't score well but then try to think why and how to approach it a bit different next time.

I recently read Bob Rotella's 'putting out of your mind' and 'golf is not a game of perfect' - helped me put bad shots / putts / days into perspective a bit.

And I really cant wait to get out for my next practice session and/or round so I am guessing a glass half full type fits best.

 

[JustOne]

Generally quite positive as I always hope I'll never play that crap again.......

I must get some kind of 'high' from leaving loads of shots on the course.... and missing the sweetspot :angry:

 

[JustOne]

I try to be half full although it's not clicking at the moment and I'm not enjoying it, I'm not playing this weekend in effort to just try and chill...... Last time this happened I quit for 2 years and hope it don't happen again

I'm not letting you quit until we've had a game together and you can REALLY see what happens when a swing goes South!

 

[richart]

I am always positive after a round, as I know there is a pint with my name on it in the clubhouse.

 

[StrangelyBrown]

Not the amp imurg, defo the dick on the end of the stick.

Try holding the club with your hands then.

 

[MashieNiblick]

As above it all depends.

If I have a 'mare I will be disappointed but try to stay positive. It happens and I've been playing long enough at my level to know that it doesn't mean I'll never play well again. I've had fresh air, exercise, good company and life goes on.

On the other hand if I play well but don't make of the most of it and miss a cut or the buffer by a shot or 2 and I know that it was because of a silly shot, or a bad club selection or missing short putts, then I am more likely feel depressed and frustrated and that the game's "not fair" etc, especially if one of my playing partners has knobbled it round in less than me with a the help of some lucky breaks and outrageous putts.

 

[Slab]

It's easier to understand your round once you realise the truth.........there is no cup!

 

[Rooter]

For me I think it depends when in the round I had either great shot or a mare... If for example I messed up the 18th and to a double, triple etc, that would put me in a bad mood. If howevere, I had the same mare on the 3rd, but then birdied the 18th, the mare is a distant memory... I tend to find I play better on the back nine whenever I play, no idea why, but that usually leaves me pretty positive!

 

[Aztecs27]

I used to take stuff too seriously and get really angry when I have a nightmare hole. I now laugh it off.

I lost 3 balls on the 14th on Saturday. Nice balls they were too. The only thing I was upset about was the fact they were nice balls and I have no money to buy balls so I really need to not lose my entire season's stash so soon!

But I forget about it and move on. I think I bogey'd the next hole with a wayward drive and airmailing the green with my second. Then I par'd the next 2 and bogey'd the last, which wasn't a bad result coming in.

I also refuse to get bogged down about my swing as I did last year. It nearly ruined the Blackmoor meet for me. Thankfully I was playing with Two great guys and Richart , so there was plenty of banter to keep my spirits up.

I'm at the point where my swing isn't going to be consistent just yet, but just keep working away with the right swing thoughts and it will come. Couldn't hit an iron for toffee on Saturday, but struck the ball a bit better Sunday, so that was nice.

Negativity will kill a round for anyone.

 

[johnboywalton]

I am always positive, when I think of the round I always remember the good shots (mainly because there is not that many) I always visualise the good drive or the long putt!
Negativity is a cr@p feeling, I play this game for fun, if I have a bad round so what! try to learn from your mistakes and move on!

 

[richart]

It nearly ruined the Blackmoor meet for me. Thankfully I was playing with Two great guys and Richart , so there was plenty of banter to keep my spirits up.

:ears:

 

[ScienceBoy]

Where do you fit in this scenario and if like me perhaps you just want to get better!

Things can always be improved upon, if I shoot 84 then I can shoot 83 or even 82...

At the moment without a club membership I am happy just to have been out on a golf course!

 

[Doh]

I went to a talk last night at the club given by Dr Karl Morris, he was saying the same thing that most people dwell on the negatives after a round of golf. One of the ways of getting around this is to celebrate our success's more even the small ones, that way we learn to remember the postive's .