How bad is it when the wheels fall off?!

[HawkeyeMS]

You normally play the front nine in 4-8 over? Well so do I and I play off of 9!!!

For me, I always try to play the next hole as well as I can regardless of what has happened before. Some days it just doesn't happen and I shoot in the nineties but that's golf for you.

 

[nickjdavis]

I went to Spain golfing a few weeks ago.... borrowed an old travel bag for my clubs off a mate at the club.... the plastic internal structure disintegrated and the wheels literally fell off before I'd even got to Gatwick.... now that was bad trying to struggle around with a bag with no wheels and handle (which also fell off!!).

Doesn't get much worse than that I'm afraid.

 

[selwood90]

You normally play the front nine in 4-8 over? Well so do I and I play off of 9!!!

For me, I always try to play the next hole as well as I can regardless of what has happened before. Some days it just doesn't happen and I shoot in the nineties but that's golf for you.

Normally I'm somewhere in that range yeah, usually find the back tough. But golf is one of those games where things can turn on its head pretty quickly. Went back out today, on the 10th tee I was 10 over gross. Played the back 9 and only dropped 4 shots so finished 14 over gross. Literally cannot get my head round this game, but that's why we love it and keep going back!

 

[USER1999]

How bad is it when the wheels come off?

Bad.

Just ugly and bad.

 

[delc]

Yesterday I had one of those days when I would have been hard pressed to hit a cow's backside with a banjo. Today, without changing anything that I was aware of, I played rather well for 9 holes, finishing 2 over gross, whereas yesterday it was 15 over for the same holes from the same tees. There is no logic to it!

 

[selwood90]

The inconsistency is unbelievable. But then again, it would be boring if we were actually good at the game right? Haha. Having a bad day makes you appreciate a good one more. That's the way I have to look at it anyway, as the bad and average days certainly outweigh the good! But I suppose that's why were not professionals right?!

 

[NWJocko]

Last year in a medal I was level par walking off the 7th green.

I was then 10 over walking off the 9th after a stunning 10, 8 finish to the 9 :rofl:

I specialise in blowing up good comp rounds, did it again the other week finishing double, double, treble and still hitting buffer :rofl:

Just laugh at my ineptitude and move on :thup:

 

[Junior]

Whilst I usually mess up.....it's never really a disaster as I tend to just try and make a bogey at worst. Sometimes that results in a double, but most times I'm scrambling in or around buffer. Sadly, this mentality I feel has kept my handicap where it has been for the last few years. I'm thinking of trying a more aggressive putting and chipping approach ie.....trying to get the ball in or past the hole as opposed to babying it up there cautious of not making a mistake.

 

[MashieNiblick]

Interesting to find whether when the wheels are falling off people try to put sticking plaster on and play defensively in the hope of things getting better later or whether they take a gung-ho approach in the hope of getting something back straight away. I tend to the former but will go with the latter when all hope is otherwise lost.

 

[delc]

Interesting to find whether when the wheels are falling off people try to put sticking plaster on and play defensively in the hope of things getting better later or whether they take a gung-ho approach in the hope of getting something back straight away. I tend to the former but will go with the latter when all hope is otherwise lost.

My bad shots are usually caused by swaying or looking up too soon, so I try to correct those faults first. If that doesn't work I check my set up as far as I can. Often my game comes back anyway if I just keep playing.

 

[MashieNiblick]

My bad shots are usually caused by swaying or looking up too soon, so I try to correct those faults first. If that doesn't work I check my set up as far as I can. Often my game comes back anyway if I just keep playing.

I'm thinking more about a game management approach I suppose rather than technical swing fixes. From that perspective will you play more aggressively or more conservatively or no difference after a run of poor holes?

 

[delc]

I'm thinking more about a game management approach I suppose rather than technical swing fixes. From that perspective will you play more aggressively or more conservatively or no difference after a run of poor holes?

If I'm playing badly, I tend to restrict myself to the shots I know I can normally hit well. Having said that, in a competition you often have to start chasing a score if you make a bad start.

 

[delc]

I am increasingly coming round to the view that good tempo is the secret of good consistent golf. I had a nightmare round last Thursday, when I think I was rather thrashing at the ball, and then two pretty good rounds when I slowed down a bit. We had a LET lady tour pro at our course yesterday, and it was noticeable how slow, smooth and effortless her swing looked in comparison with most of my mates. It was effective too, as her drives went further than most of them! 😀

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

As the title states, how bad is it when it all goes wrong? I ask because today let's just say I had a complete nightmare. Normally I would get through our front 9 from anywhere between 4 and 8 over (playing off 20) then leaving me plenty of shots for our longer back 9 (usually use between 8 and 12 shots) so when it all comes together I can finish well under my handicap. But today on the front 9 alone I shot a massive 14 over. Back out tomorow and sunday so plenty of times to put it all right! But how bad is it for the rest of you when the wheels fall off?

Bad enough for me to quit the game. Honestly. And after playing it for 40+ yrs I had these thoughts fairly recently. But a lesson - a bit of practice - a great spin round 10 holes couple of evenings ago - and I'm back!

But - in answer to your 'how bad does it get' - utterly dreadful.

 

[Capella]

I had a proper wheels falling off yesterday, about mid-round. I played solid for the first 11 holes (and was at nett -3 at the point) and then went blob, blob. blob. Nothing worked. It was really annoying. We stopped after the 14 holes (would have anyway, because my mum had played the day before and does not like to do two full rounds on consecutive days, so we had set out to play "9 holes and then some"), so I ended up nett +3, not disastrous at all, but I it would have felt a lot better to finish on a high note. I blame lack of a banana for it, btw. I normally have a banana after 8 or 9 holes to keep my energy level up, but this time, because I was not expecting to play a full round (and because I had run out of bananas) I did not bring any

 

[HawkeyeMS]

If I'm playing badly, I tend to restrict myself to the shots I know I can normally hit well. Having said that, in a competition you often have to start chasing a score if you make a bad start.

Why would you ever try to play a shot you don't know you can hit?

 

[JakeWS]

Why would you ever try to play a shot you don't know you can hit?

Otherwise how would you find out if you can hit even better shots?

 

[HawkeyeMS]

Otherwise how would you find out if you can hit even better shots?

That's what practice rounds are for, you don't do it in a comp

 

[TheJezster]

Having shots left at the turn is nowhere near wheels coming off. Just enter the competitions, you might not find it as easy to beat handicap consistently with card in hand.

 

[Capella]

Having shots left at the turn is nowhere near wheels coming off. Just enter the competitions, you might not find it as easy to beat handicap consistently with card in hand.

The score wasn't the wheels falling off part. It was more the fact that I played so solid all through the first eleven holes and then suddenly could not hit a single good or even usable shot anymore. It did not matter much in this case, but it would have annoyed me tremendously had it happened in a comp.