How long does a bad game of golf affect your mood?

[bobmac]

So you get home on Sunday lunch time from a bad mornings golf.
How is your mood?

 

[Whee]

Usually until i've shaken hands with the lads and the 18th flag is back in the cup.

No point in dwelling on it, move on with a clear head for the next one!

 

[DAVEYBOY]

Since 6o'clock last night and its still going, wasnt the score thats done it that was not bad, I caught a 9 iron on the toe and its left the worst scratch ever on my Burner 2.0 iron, I think hitting a brick would have done less :-(

 

[garyinderry]

i dont tend to dwell too much on a bad round! lost a match ystday as i had 3/4 3putts. awful stuff! played great tee to green! u just have to go out the next day and try and improve! club chucking and kicking the dog when you get home helps no one!

 

[bluewolf]

I never mope about a bad round. As soon as the clubs are in the car and a pint is in my hand, I can usually laugh about it with my playing partners. I'm still laughing about the 16 points I scored last season at Longridge after shooting a 76 the day before. Whats the point in playing if its going to spoil your mood....

 

[johnboywalton]

Luckily I can leave it at the 18th, I always focus on the shots that I played really well (which are not that many) and that just makes me want to come straight back to play and improve.

 

[Crow]

I don't mope about all day but it does annoy me and is at the back of my mind for the rest of the day if I've played like a @@@@ so I voted as a moper.

 

[Shanks a lot!]

Leave it at the 18th, and laugh about it during the week (or get laughed at...)

 

[swanny32]

Always been pretty good with my mood, but mainly because if I'm in a bad mood it puts HID in a bad mood and no one needs that!

 

[HotDogAssassin]

If I didn't let it go before getting in the car, I'd have been seriously depressed for the past 6 months.

 

[Hobbit]

If its been horrendously bad I might be a little cheesed off till I take the first sip of beer. Besides, if I walk over to the 'big table,' where all the guys sit that have played in the roll up, with a face like a slapped ****** I'll get ripped to bits. And there's always next week.

 

[spawn_ukuk]

I cant choose any of the options
I need at least a week option
it really rattles me when i play very poor
this game shows no mercy

 

[MegaSteve]

Lot more relaxed about poor play these days... Was a time though when I wasn't good to be around after a bad day on the course...

 

[USER1999]

I've been in a strop since November.

Even back when I was playing ok, a bad round would annoy me until the next time I could play, to exorcise the demons.

Golf is to be endured, not enjoyed.

 

[HawkeyeMS]

I used to be really bad, especially if a bad round was followed up by a Fulham defeat but now I leave it on the 18th. I'll go through it in my head and work out where I went wrong and if there is anything that needs working on but I don't let it affect me

 

[JustOne]

Still annoyed I played so crap at Woodhall Spa last year

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Tend to leave it in the clubhouse. Sometimes if its been a real bad swing day I might nip to the range for 50 balls and just try and iron it out. Hitting the balls is therapeutic anyway.

 

[DaveM]

Leave it on the 18th. But will work on what the problem was. Daft not to, in my book.

 

[Achilles]

For some reason I get more moody if I've played on my own and had a bad round. I think the banter with others seems to calm me down if I've had a shocker. Trying to find the positives helps and that's my plan this year. Forget all of the rubbish, and go over the good shots. I used to be a real sulker but having missed a chunk of last year I only have to think about that to realise I should be grateful to be out playing.

 

[Imurg]

If I've had a bad day I'll replay the round in my head, getting steadily more annoyed for about 3-4 hours.
After that I'm fine.