Eradicating the bad shots

[Tashyboy]

When I had my lessons, the pro said start to switch on when you are 15 seconds from the next shot. Focus on dangers, where you want to put the next shot, where you don’t want it. Yardage, club, routine and hit it. Then talk rammel until your PP or yourself takes the next shot.
That kinda works for me. But it goes tits up when I get all armsy, it can go anywhere. When I relax a bit, the ball is hit a bit sweeter. Chasing dropped shots causes more dropped shots for me.

 

[timd77]

When I had my lessons, the pro said start to switch on when you are 15 seconds from the next shot. Focus on dangers, where you want to put the next shot, where you don’t want it. Yardage, club, routine and hit it. Then talk rammel until your PP or yourself takes the next shot.
That kinda works for me. But it goes tits up when I get all armsy, it can go anywhere. When I relax a bit, the ball is hit a bit sweeter. Chasing dropped shots causes more dropped shots for me.

I sometimes chased dropped shots, or if I hit a bad shot I try to make up for it regardless of the situation. Eg, sometimes you can try to make up for it if the situation allows, but other times you need to reassess your strategy, accept bogey is likely and play from there. Definitely think I need to up my mental game sometimes.

The bad swings for me are those where afterwards, I’m stood there thinking what the hell was that and I’ve felt that it was different to normal. I have no idea where it’s come from. Maybe it’s a lack of focus.

 

[Tashyboy]

I sometimes chased dropped shots, or if I hit a bad shot I try to make up for it regardless of the situation. Eg, sometimes you can try to make up for it if the situation allows, but other times you need to reassess your strategy, accept bogey is likely and play from there. Definitely think I need to up my mental game sometimes.

The bad swings for me are those where afterwards, I’m stood there thinking what the hell was that and I’ve felt that it was different to normal. I have no idea where it’s come from. Maybe it’s a lack of focus.

When I played Tuesday I played 41 strokes for the back nine. Our last hole is a par five. I creamed a drive, 3 wood and put a nine iron 20 ft from the pin. I was putting for another birdie. I had already had 3. I don’t think I had three for the whole of last year. I was thinking get it in don’t leave it short. I put it five foot past. The return putt missed by millimetres. I dropped it in for a 6 for 2. Which normally I would be happy with. But I was flippin livid. I had made the wrong choice. My normal game is I would lag the putt within 3 ft. It is one of my stronger points of my game. I have sat and thought since “ why was I so aggressive with it”. If I had lagged it there was still a chance of me getting it, of me getting a par which would have meant 40 for the back nine. A bandits score playing off 17.
Sometimes we have the right clubs but a poor shot selection. A worldly back nine for me yet I think of that one shot