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[USER1999]

I kind of know where you are coming from on this. If I have a hot round (78 on Saturday with a treble and a double thrown in), then I am a bit down afterwards and not looking forward to playing again any time soon, as I know it won't be as good. If I shoot 10/11 over, then I am really up for the next round, as it is a solid round, with lots of room to improve.
After a bad round, don't ask.

 

[benny]

If it was me I'd stop scoring traditionally ie. 1st hole I scored 4, 2nd hole I made a 6. Foeget that. Instead why not stand on the tee and say to yourself 'In the next 9 holes I want to make 3 pars, one birdie, 4 bogies and one double bogie'. This is a fun game and loads better than just grinding it out.
Or how about scenarios or betting against yourself? Imagine you need two pars and a bogey in the next 3 to win the medal/beat your handicap/win the US open - this gets you ready for competition and pressure play and it works too. give yourself 7 holes to make a birdie otherwise you have to buy the wife a gift/wash the car/ make the tea.
If your not already, always mark your card in relation to your handicap - your never going to be happy competing against the scratch score - a 92 on the card is good as its your handicap....a 72 looks a whole lot better and will make you feel so too.
If you arent enjoying the game though then quit.

 

[billyg]

I think half the trouble with feeling cheesed off at the moment is the weather,3 weeks into the season when we hope to be in shirt sleeve order we still have the thermals on.
A very cold east wind this morning and now it`s raining.
Roll on summer.

This is starting to get to me too. Saturday was a cold slog in the rain. Felt more like a chore than a hobby. Almost felt like calling it short after about 5 holes rather than grind it out. i was dreading Sunday- not good.

Home - beer, 10 hours decent, uninterupted kip, 4 ibuprofen and some warming sun on Sunday and I was wondering what all the fuss had been about.

I think it's winter fatigue plain and simple. Weve spent the last six months trudging about in inclement weather and here we are in Mid April expecting a turn, it's not coming and weve run out of patience.

We need a really good spring and summer to make up for it and to recharge for the onslaught in winter again.

A few more years of rubbish weather and i'm going to look very seriously at re-gearing my life to accomodate a decent spell on the continent at this time of year.Ive almost had enough.

 

[GB72]

Have to agree, did not get out at the weekend due to very poor weather. Did not miss a weekend in January and February so to be stuck indoors in April was very annoying.

 

[happyhacker]

The weather and the really strong wind (Parkland course) is really grinding me at the minute as well. Its never gotten to the stage where I don't enjoy the game once I am out there but gets harder and harder to drag myself out (aint been to the range in over a month).

If you're really not enjoying in DTM perhaps a small break may rejuvenate you.

 

[Parmo]

Nope - I dream of playing all day every day. I think everyone will get cheesed off once in a while, s'only natural, but I genuinely love the game so will always go back for more.

I totally agree, life is short and sometimes you have to put bad luck down to that, on Saturday I pitched 45 yards shot to 4" from the hole and sank a 10 yard putt from off the green, as mentioned before you have to accept the bad with the good in equal balance, yes sometimes its not nice but in the bigger picture golf is a game and if you take it too serious then your enjoyment will suffer.

In regard to the weather, I played on Saturday and it was fine, a slight wind and a little cold first thing. The way I see things is that once the sunshine comes so does the fair weather golfer!! roll on the hale!

 

[upsidedown]

I always try to leave the bad shots on the course and take the memories of the good ones away with me and focus on those.

But it sounds like you need a complete break, take 2-3 weeks away and dont even try to think about the game.

When we moved over here we had a gap of 2 weeks without a game and were champing at the bit for our next one and expected no great shakes but OH had a cracking round and I had 3 birdies in 4 holes