Golf Random Irritations

[Orikoru]

When the second hand wedge you bought has a massive extra thick Align grip on it, so it feels like swinging a baseball bat, and worst of all they haven't even got it on straight! And don't have time to change it before Saturday.

Edit: got a photo of it, well worth buying an Align grip and then putting it on bent isn't it?

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Having a short game lesson and a dedicated approach to banishing all the demons of the past and watch it go to crap on the course including shanking 40 yard pitches from a good lie. Confidence again through the floor and trust in the technique evaporated

 

[Papas1982]

Having a short game lesson and a dedicated approach to banishing all the demons of the past and watch it go to crap on the course including shanking 40 yard pitches from a good lie. Confidence again through the floor and trust in the technique evaporated

Surely there comes a time when you have to stick to a method?

If I swapped after every bad round I’d never be able to practice the next new technique enough before the next bad round showed up......

Maybe you need a new outlook more than a new technique?

 

[Orikoru]

Having a short game lesson and a dedicated approach to banishing all the demons of the past and watch it go to crap on the course including shanking 40 yard pitches from a good lie. Confidence again through the floor and trust in the technique evaporated

Your golfing life is a proper rollercoaster I swear. Never heard anything like it. You should write a blog or something.

 

[Jacko_G]

Your golfing life is a proper rollercoaster I swear. Never heard anything like it. You should write a blog or something.

Or retire!

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

Been away last three weeks out of four and other stuff to do the fourth. And over same four weeks weather has been rubbish so not been able to get out in an evening for a few holes...so not played for four weeks or so. Just a bit fed up as clocks soon to go back (so no evenings).

 

[GB72]

Been away last three weeks out of four and other stuff to do the fourth. And over same four weeks weather has been rubbish so not been able to get out in an evening for a few holes...so not played for four weeks or so. Just a bit fed up as clocks soon to go back (so no evenings).

Been the same. Was playing really well, then had plans for a couple of weeks, then went on holiday and it has been raining pretty much daily since I got back. Must be 5 or 6 weeks since I played so, rather than have a friendly knock, I am going straight out in a medal tomorrow.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

My golf waterproof jacket not keeping me dry.

 

[Slab]

Just a bugbear irritation. It seems like everyone is saying Siem DQ'd 'himself', have the rules changed?

I thought he could 'withdraw' but its the committee/rules folk who are the ones who would DQ him, he cant do it to himself?

 

[williamalex1]

Just a bugbear irritation. It seems like everyone is saying Siem DQ'd 'himself', have the rules changed?

I thought he could 'withdraw' but its the committee/rules folk who are the ones who would DQ him, he cant do it to himself?

I seem to remember that if you walked off and didn't finish your round without a medical reason you were disqualified, not sure if that's still the case

 

[Orikoru]

Just a bugbear irritation. It seems like everyone is saying Siem DQ'd 'himself', have the rules changed?

I thought he could 'withdraw' but its the committee/rules folk who are the ones who would DQ him, he cant do it to himself?

I suppose you could DQ yourself in effect by deliberately breaking a rule that results in a disqualification. But from what I read that's not what he did, so your irritation is justified.

 

[Slab]

I seem to remember that if you walked off and didn't finish your round without a medical reason you were disqualified, not sure if that's still the case

Yeah its just something that bugs me really i.e you cant declare that you've DQ'd yourself in the same way you cant declare a ball lost
(a set of actions/outcomes determine the ball to be lost and a set of actions/outcomes determine if a player is DQ'd)

 

[jamiet7682]

When you forget how to hit the ball. I went to the range last night to keep the hand in as hadnt hit a ball since my round on Saturday. Hit my first two balls nice with PW, then lost the ability to hit the ball, topped or sliced the next 20 balls, went down to SW to try and get my swing in and couldnt even hit that, still topping and slicing and even a complete miss (thats never happened).

Bought another 50 balls but things stayed pretty much the same throughout. I think i was tired after a long day at work, was hungry as went straight from the office without dinner and was overthinking everything i was told to work on at my last lesson, this all combined to ensure I was completely unable to hit the ball.

So frustrating.

 

[Orikoru]

When you forget how to hit the ball. I went to the range last night to keep the hand in as hadnt hit a ball since my round on Saturday. Hit my first two balls nice with PW, then lost the ability to hit the ball, topped or sliced the next 20 balls, went down to SW to try and get my swing in and couldnt even hit that, still topping and slicing and even a complete miss (thats never happened).

Bought another 50 balls but things stayed pretty much the same throughout. I think i was tired after a long day at work, was hungry as went straight from the office without dinner and was overthinking everything i was told to work on at my last lesson, this all combined to ensure I was completely unable to hit the ball.

So frustrating.

I hate the driving range. Whenever I go I still hit like 7 shanks out of 50 balls, whereas on the course now I'm down to about 1 shank every couple of rounds! Something about the mats, and the alignment, just doesn't seem to sit right with me for some reason. I managed to avoid the range all summer, I only go now when I've got a new club I want to bed in before the weekend. I think as a regular practise it bears no relation to playing golf on a course anyway.

 

[Foxholer]

When you forget how to hit the ball. I went to the range last night to keep the hand in as hadnt hit a ball since my round on Saturday. Hit my first two balls nice with PW, then lost the ability to hit the ball, topped or sliced the next 20 balls, went down to SW to try and get my swing in and couldnt even hit that, still topping and slicing and even a complete miss (thats never happened).

Bought another 50 balls but things stayed pretty much the same throughout. I think i was tired after a long day at work, was hungry as went straight from the office without dinner and was overthinking everything i was told to work on at my last lesson, this all combined to ensure I was completely unable to hit the ball.

So frustrating.

Take heart! You're now 'consistent'!

 

[Deleted member 21784]

Driving front nine straight and mid flight

Driving back 9 literally the entire back high and left

Still scored well but was a fight all way

 

[Deleted member 21784]

I hate the driving range. Whenever I go I still hit like 7 shanks out of 50 balls, whereas on the course now I'm down to about 1 shank every couple of rounds! Something about the mats, and the alignment, just doesn't seem to sit right with me for some reason. I managed to avoid the range all summer, I only go now when I've got a new club I want to bed in before the weekend. I think as a regular practise it bears no relation to playing golf on a course anyway.

A good pro would sort that out 😆

 

[Orikoru]

A good pro would sort that out 😆

I'm certainly not paying a pro just to make sure I can play well at the driving range.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

When you forget how to hit the ball. I went to the range last night to keep the hand in as hadnt hit a ball since my round on Saturday. Hit my first two balls nice with PW, then lost the ability to hit the ball, topped or sliced the next 20 balls, went down to SW to try and get my swing in and couldnt even hit that, still topping and slicing and even a complete miss (thats never happened).

Bought another 50 balls but things stayed pretty much the same throughout. I think i was tired after a long day at work, was hungry as went straight from the office without dinner and was overthinking everything i was told to work on at my last lesson, this all combined to ensure I was completely unable to hit the ball.

So frustrating.

Feel that pain.

You have a busy day in work, rush out, in the car or commute to the club and out to play or practice and no timing, tempo or technique. I've often gone out for nine and chopped it round terribly or gone to work on my game and had a horror practice session. Last night I was late out of work, had to wait ages for a cab from the station and got up there with only about an hour of decent light about. Wanted to hit 40-60 pitches (a real weakness) and really struggled.

 

[williamalex1]

When you forget how to hit the ball. I went to the range last night to keep the hand in as hadnt hit a ball since my round on Saturday. Hit my first two balls nice with PW, then lost the ability to hit the ball, topped or sliced the next 20 balls, went down to SW to try and get my swing in and couldnt even hit that, still topping and slicing and even a complete miss (thats never happened).

Bought another 50 balls but things stayed pretty much the same throughout. I think i was tired after a long day at work, was hungry as went straight from the office without dinner and was overthinking everything i was told to work on at my last lesson, this all combined to ensure I was completely unable to hit the ball.

So frustrating.

It's called swing amnesia, I've had it for ages , i think