I could use a boost/hug!

[HomerJSimpson]

As someone else umming and ahhing about quitting I know where you are coming from altohugh in my case its more frsutration for never seemingly getting rewarded for the effort put in. Ironically since I sowed the seeds of giving up I've had a PB and a good round the following week although last Saturday was abejctly poor.

At least you've the compensation of the little one to take your mind off it a bit and out things into perspective. From your OP my take is that you were probably just trying way too hard to impress and score as many points as you could and swing too fast and too long. If it had been a normal bounce game chances are you'd have swung as you do when you've had the lessons and things would have been fine.

 

[Alex1975]

When I got home I popped May in her car seat and took her to the park with a bag of balls and a wedge. She sat in her seat for 40 mins without a squeak and watched daddy chipping. Best of both worlds, wonder how often she will do that without screaming?

Anyway it was fun. To be clear this was never a quit post, I know the golf gods give and take and they have me by the balls for life.

Thanks for all the replies.

 

[fundy]

Ok, i feel best qualified to post on this thread as I was one of the supposedly "let down"

First and foremost its a team game, we all tried out best and the score we submitted was the best we could do on the day. I actually thought we put a good score together and we were 15 back! You couldve played like Tiger and we'd still have lost on countback!!! I know myself and Neil didnt put any blame on you, Neil was actually surpised how well you held it together considering how badly you drove the ball.

2 specific observations, both of which I think you already know:

1) You put way too much pressure on yourself to perform, despite the fact you rarely play in comps. The more pressure you put on yourself the harder it gets, and if you ever want an example of nicely laid back, look at Dave!!! (ok maybe thats just a shade too relaxed lol)

2) You actually played pretty decent except for off the tee. As we discussed you have an inherent fault off the tee at the moment and what you thought would correct it was actually making it worse. The recent long game lessons youve had I still feel there is a communication gap between what Russell is teaching and what you think he is saying.


For me the best way forward would be 2 fold, relax a bit more for the next few weeks and forget the score. At the same time the driver/3 wood situ needs to be sorted and we need to get the clubhead much squarer at impact (currently its in to out with an open clubhead and that has to miss right 100% of the time). Im happy to come up any night this week or next, put it on camera and help you sort out the swingpath to give you some faith off the tee.

PS If you quit you dont get to borrow my Scotty

 

[Crow]

It's all been said about high expectations and putting too much pressure on yourself.

But it does sound as though you're too focussed on distance, trying to hit it long so easily leads to a poor swing and bad strike.
Reaching par fives in two is the territory of single figure players, not the likes of us. If the chance presents itself then go for it but don't stand on the tee thinking you need to hit a big one on a par 5. I've learnt that knobbing it off the tee, an easy second to wedge range and a simple shot to the green gives much more reward over the long term, and the same goes for long par fours.

Try a few rounds hitting 3/4 driver and taking one more club than you would normally for other shots and see how you get on.