How do I regain my enthusiasm for golf?

For me golf is and always has been strictly for fun, although I did have a short spell where I got drawn into the competition/handicap obsession.

Lost a lot of motivation for the game as a result.

What works for me is to get the pencil bag out, load it with a half-set and get out on a quiet course with time to hit different shots and try different things. Brings back the memories of when I took up golf over 40 years ago and reminds me why I love the game.
 
I have not played for 10 months, if you asked me for a free game tomorrow, i probably wouldn't. I love the game, just zero desire to play. So much so, i have not even signed up for the H4H day (the last time i played!!!) someone else will have to have a long walk to the 6th.

I will pick it back up at some point, but right now life is getting in the way.
 
It's just a game!!!!

If you don't want to play, don't. Personally I find these threads self pitying and little more than attention seeking

sorry if that seems a bit harsh, but if the mods banned all these threads I wouldn't miss them at all
 
Neilds said:
It's just a game!!!!

If you don't want to play, don't. Personally I find these threads self pitying and little more than attention seeking

sorry if that seems a bit harsh, but if the mods banned all these threads I wouldn't miss them at all
Click to expand...

But its a forum and open to all. No one makes you read the thread. Some have put similar posts on here before and received some solid advice and got their enthusiasm back so I think the OP has a valid point. Just my opinion, same as your but I see it at the polar opposite
 
since the OP, has the writer lost enthusiasm in the thread ........... ?

wondering if any of the comments so far has triggered any resonance with why the feeling was there or provided any ways to possibly move forwards

an ideas why it occurred at all OP as that could cast some light on maybes the best ways to change those feelings

speaking form the perspective of being a golf club member would played regularly or from the point of playing only every so often - norm to practice/train every week, every now and then or not much at all

any lesson history etc

may or may not be relevant but often times see stuff like this happening that's down to disappointment with game outcomes, scores etc, outcomes/results not matching expectations

so then little disillusion creeps in

if score, skill related - then possible a visit to a golf camp (school) to revisit set-up, technique, skill sets etc in the company of others could put a spark back in if funds allow

or if that not possible just taking the plunge to book a series of lessons near base to start to address some of the stuff that needs ironing out some to have better game outcomes
 
From personal experience and conversation I think most people that feel like this do so after they've plateaued on their handicap, haven't won a medal for ages, coz they always go to the improving player, and don't have anything tangible to aim for. Or have started to realise that they won't be as good as they want to be.
Which is why I think taking the game away from most people makes them realise that a bad days golf is actually better than a reasonable day without golf.
But keeping the potential solution within the game, I recently read some of the thread when 16 forumers got together for 3 days and had a match where the golf appeared to come second to who could eat the biggest breakfast.
Maybe the solution is close to hand:-

Organise a forum meet - it seems that there may well be enough lunatics to go round more than one meet of this kind.
 
Neilds said:
It's just a game!!!!

If you don't want to play, don't. Personally I find these threads self pitying and little more than attention seeking

sorry if that seems a bit harsh, but if the mods banned all these threads I wouldn't miss them at all
Click to expand...
Negative waves man...

"It's just a game" 😱

OK so it's not as important as getting your home repossessed.
But it's way worse than finding out your girlfriend has been unfaithful.

Get a sense of priority man, and show some compassion...

😘
 
Golf for me is a bit "take it or leave it" at the moment.
I enjoy a bit of banter while I'm out but it's taking more and more effort to get myself keyed up for a game.
I'm supposed to be playing at West Sussex on Sunday. It was bought for me as a present so is all paid for. I've never played there before, it's supposed to be superb and I'm playing with a good friend, who is great company, but I'm still a bit "meh" about it.
 
Many thanks for all the replies and apologies for my slow play - Why do I love golf / play golf in the first place really resonated with me....
Guess it's the first sport that I've played that I truly love, having two left feet never helped at Football, Rugby and not having exactly the quickest reactions Cricket!
Why do I own three (okay four bags?) xx many shirts, shoes - don't get me started on clubs either - and what else has had me leaving the house at 4.30 a.m before - 36 holes at Sandwich!!! - guess I must be smitten with the game and everything that surrounds it which I think I'd forgotten.
Remember it's the best feeling in the world to me (okay second.....) when you pure a 7 iron down a fairway into a green, okay and the worst when you stick your driver O/B after a Par on the last hole.
I think taking a break in the first place (after being dropped from a work golf team due to politics) - meant I then wasn't playing well and not playing well meant I extended my break which led to my mojo going ...
As suggested I need to not focus on the score for a while and get back to that feeling it gives me of hitting a pure iron, go out on my own as the sun goes down with a half set and throw down two or three balls a hole and see / enjoy what happens, send out an APB and organise a four ball and enjoy the banter but most of all enjoy being out because as they say my worst day on the golf course is better than my best day in the office, or doing DIY or shoe shopping with Mrs GBC - I also need to post on this forum more often!
Thanks for all the advice / suggestions boys.... I think posting has truly reminded me why I really love this game
GBC
 
I was kind of forced to give up golf for about 12 years, due to working 110 hour weeks, then moving house and working all the hours on it. It was a long time whatever!

After the forced give it up, I hope I never lose my enthusiasm for golf.

Kind of remains me how lucky I am now and that there are plenty on earth who would love to play, who used to play and cant play for some reason though no choice of their own.

I play for fun only, couldn't give a duck about scores or shooting well. Just love playing again and having fun, laughing about good and bad shots, getting the highs for the good shots and believing the next shot will be my best shot ever.

if you are not enjoying it, give it up.....you are doing it out of choice. Then see where you go from there.

Hope it works for you.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Similar threads

J
Is there a rival to Titleist Premium tour stay dry cart bag?
Replies
18
Views
2K
Oddsocks
Oddsocks
T
How to play ball above your feet and it’s on a downslope
Replies
7
Views
564
Voyager EMH
Voyager EMH
T
Recommend your "hidden gems" within c.50 miles of Leeds / York
2 3 4
Replies
66
Views
6K
ForeRightPhil
F
Johhny99
Edinburgh Golf Week 2026
Replies
10
Views
852
ger147
G
C
Surrey Golf Course Membership
2 3
Replies
50
Views
2K
Doon frae Troon
D
Top