Do you get easily distracted?

[la_lucha]

I went out and played 18 last night. It was raining as we went off down the first and it continued until we were on the sixth. Besides a par on the SI 18 5th and a par on the SI 2 8th I literally had no score to mention other than two 10's going out. I finished up the front 9 with an awful 21 over 57. Now I know I shouldn't have been, but I was really distracted by the rain. I tried to forget about it and play my normal shot but everything was rushed. To prove a point I played the back 9, 2 under with a 45 when it stopped raining.

So do you get easily distracted by the likes of rain or other outside influences and how do you cope/get you're mind off them?

 

[CMAC]

I've been told I can get easily dist

 

[Jack_bfc]

It doesn't bother me, the wind and rain....

Some of my playing partners who don't venture out of the cosy office or only holiday in warm climes do get bothered by it....

As someone who has worked outside in all weathers, and enjoy fell walking, a bit of wind and rain on the golf course doesn't bother me until the club grips/glove gets wet.

If I can keep those dry I am generally OK...

 

[Khamelion]

As long as I'm wrapped up and water tight rain is not a problem, unless my glove gets wet and/or the grips, but to try and mitigate that I'll hang a towel from my brolly to wipe grips before each shot.

 

[G.U.R]

Rain always does for me, not so much distracted just don't enjoy it as much.

 

[davidy233]

I've been bothered with wet gloves/grips before but yesterday at Cruden Bay in 30mph wind and constant rain I wasn't bothered at all due to my new pair of Footjoy rain gloves (other brands are available) - Why didn't someone tell me about these things before? Awesome grip - sadly don't keep the hands at all warm though.

Everyone on the course was soaked despite wearing all the best waterproof gear that you could imagine - it was fantastic fun though - maybe the most fun I've had on a golf course in years - Cruden Bay is a mental golf course.

What did distract me a bit though was the blisters on my heel from wearing my new shoes - not the place to break them in.

 

[fundy]

no i dont get easily distr

 

[mcbroon]

I don't get distracted. Sometimes, like yesterday, the grip will slip when it's wet and the shot will go wrong but that's a physical error rather than a mental one. The conditions don't put me off.

Club up and swing easy.

 

[super hans]

I've been told I can get easily dist

no i dont get easily distr

What you meant to say was, I don't get easily dist...ooh a squirrel

copyright Homer Simpson

 

[CMAC]

no i dont get easily distr

OI, three and a half hours later you copy my joke

 

[Alex1975]

I seem to play better in high wind and rain, its actually focuses me on the shot I need to play and not the shot I want to play. Most of my PBs have been in high wind.

However if things are not going my way, if I am swinging badly and I spot it I go into grind mode. I mostly play matchplay and work on winning the hole but working hard on each shot that is in front of me. I can get as much joy from a good grind as I get from a good tee to green game.

 

[fundy]

OI, three and a half hours later you copy my joke

haha sorry bud, not really with it today

 

[MashieNiblick]

Unfortunately I am very easily distracted. I'm the type that gets put off by what the great P G Wodehouse called "the uproar of the butterflies in the adjoining meadows" so don't even think about asking me about the trains that pass along the mainline adjacent to our 3rd hole or the clatter of clubs in the carry bags of people walking on a nearby fairway!

 

[RollinThunder]

Yes. I normally have an intense first 4 or 5, then relax into it and start hitting it well, then I get to around 12 or 13 and lose the mental edge and start messing around, taking on silly shots and making risky decisions.

 

[6inchcup]

SORRY !!!!! wasnt looking had my eye on the biocell advert.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Played today with a mate at Ascot. Rained most of the way round and I felt a bit guilty he'd paid to play. It was pretty steady from the fourth onwards and a bit of a slog in places. Didn't feel I swung it well but managed to get it round a couple of handicap so pretty chuffed. It was a case of mind over matter and really just getting on with it. As I trusted the BBC weather (schoolboy error) I had no cap which was a big handicap as glasses wearer and no rain gloves. It was easier being a social round and with a card in my hand I wonder if I'd have stayed so positive