Two consecutive rounds :
1) Scored 88. Drove the ball well, hit a lot of good shots, but with the odd total duff thrown in. Putted poorly
2) Scored 93. Drove badly ( Huge slice ), hit a lot of sliced irons, with several ( but not loads of ) total duffs. But chipped and putted a lot better. Had two snowmen on the card.
I enjoyed both rounds.
The banter was great, I lost both rounds, the first by a much larger margin than the second.
I don't play anything like enough golf, so I always enjoy getting out there.
BUT.
I felt I was playing so badly during the second round it definately affected my mood. I was annoyed with myself. I felt I wasn't doing myself justice. My game had gone to pot and I couldn't work out what I was doing so wrong.
There was very little in the two rounds in terms of score.
There was a huge difference in the rounds in terms of my attitude.
I've only had one other round this year feeling so bad about it. And that was when I was playing Homer and HTL at their place. Again, the company and the banter were great. I played poorly, but not suicidally badly. But I walked off feeling I'd let myself down, and them, for not giving them a decent game.
I know I'm not cut out for the mental demands of really competitive golf. I can't raise my game on a whim. I can easily lose a game when I'm 2 up with 3 to play.
But that doesn't affect my mood. It's just my perception of letting myself, and others down.
And not having a clue what I'm doing wrong, I suppose.
Maybe that's it.
Maybe in the first round the swing was under control, and the putting ( which feels like it's easily fixable ) was wrong.
But in the second round, I had no control, and no idea, what I was doing out there.
Not quite sure where I'm going with this, it was meant to be a discussion on how we can use our mood to control at least our enjoyment of the game, if not our ability to actually play well.
What do you think?
1) Scored 88. Drove the ball well, hit a lot of good shots, but with the odd total duff thrown in. Putted poorly
2) Scored 93. Drove badly ( Huge slice ), hit a lot of sliced irons, with several ( but not loads of ) total duffs. But chipped and putted a lot better. Had two snowmen on the card.
I enjoyed both rounds.
The banter was great, I lost both rounds, the first by a much larger margin than the second.
I don't play anything like enough golf, so I always enjoy getting out there.
BUT.
I felt I was playing so badly during the second round it definately affected my mood. I was annoyed with myself. I felt I wasn't doing myself justice. My game had gone to pot and I couldn't work out what I was doing so wrong.
There was very little in the two rounds in terms of score.
There was a huge difference in the rounds in terms of my attitude.
I've only had one other round this year feeling so bad about it. And that was when I was playing Homer and HTL at their place. Again, the company and the banter were great. I played poorly, but not suicidally badly. But I walked off feeling I'd let myself down, and them, for not giving them a decent game.
I know I'm not cut out for the mental demands of really competitive golf. I can't raise my game on a whim. I can easily lose a game when I'm 2 up with 3 to play.
But that doesn't affect my mood. It's just my perception of letting myself, and others down.
And not having a clue what I'm doing wrong, I suppose.
Maybe that's it.
Maybe in the first round the swing was under control, and the putting ( which feels like it's easily fixable ) was wrong.
But in the second round, I had no control, and no idea, what I was doing out there.
Not quite sure where I'm going with this, it was meant to be a discussion on how we can use our mood to control at least our enjoyment of the game, if not our ability to actually play well.
What do you think?
