Light bulb moment

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Maybe it was watching the way the Open made the best golfers in the world really think their way around the course, but last night was an epiphany. I went to a local course and for the first time took my wife around with me. She's just taking an interest in golf and as it was a nice evening fancied the walk. The result was a PB 2 over gross, which (I will say with familiarity and predictability) could have been so much lower :) Yes it was shorter than my home course, and I didn't have a card in my hand, but I still hit almost every fairway, 14 GIRs and but for the greens variability - wildly lush to crispy pancake - I would have holed a few more I wager.

Explaining to her the shot I was about to hit and the reasons why I was hitting it made me think about golf in a way I maybe knew once but must have forgotten. It also gave me such a clear image of the shot, trajectory, landing spot, run. I've read a few books on strategy/mental game but for some reason even though I know all the components that affect a shot I quite often don't analyse them all.

It is odd to me that I'll hit a shot, it'll come up a club short and I'll say "ah, I'm on a bit of an upslope, probably should have taken one more". Why did I not compute that before selecting the club?!

Next time out I'm going to talk to myself, hopefully in my head, and explain to myself what I'm doing and why I'm doing it. Club championships this weekend, would be a good time for it to click.

Thought I'd share in case it clicks with one of you.
 
Good stuff, sounds like lots of fun! I miss walking the course with my Mrs, we used to do it lots before we had a child.

I have had a light bulb moment myself along different lines and its ineradicable what you start to notice when your confidence is high. I seem to move slower and think slower(if that is possible) and more clearly.

Anyways best of luck in champs!
 
I've kinda had the same epiphany, during my lessons I'm being told to get the weight over onto the left and it's not since the last few rounds that I've actively been thnking about it before a shot and then doing it, the results are brilliant, I'm getting straighter shots, I'm on the short stuff more regular and my scores have come down by nigh on 10 strokes.

Like yourself I have to talk to myself to remind myself to do it, sometimes though the thoughts do come out my mouth and I get the odd strange look.
 
"Pros think about the shot before they hit it, Amateurs think about it after they've hit it"

I am slowly training myself to think a bit more....and yesterday on 2 or 3 occasions it worked. I hit exactly the shot i was trying to hit. Now to execute a bit more often....and when i don't execute, don't get annoyed about it think just as clearly about the next one.
 
Thanks chaps, yeah what do you call someone who doesn't carry the bag and doesn't tell you anything?! Caddy doesn't seem right. :) I can't deny it had a very positive effect on my game though... Of course off the back of a PB I'm destined to have a mare next time out!
 
I had an epiphany moment on the 15th tea at my home course the other day.

It's a par 3 where the tee is about 30 yards of elevation above the green and the golf course was packed; we were waiting for the group in front to finish putting.

I was practicing my swing slowly when it suddenly dawned on me that I have stopped rotating at the hips on the down swing before my upper body. Might explain why I have lost distance recently and ball flight has been considerably higher maybe?
 
Just been for a lesson and the pro gave me a light bulb moment. Well moments to be precise, to do with not swaying forwards, more hip rotation and more rotating of the forearms. None of it particularly ground breaking, but at least he pinpointed the reasons for my epic slice. And by the end of lesson I had just about nailed it. Looking forwards to forgetting it all on the course.
 
Hacker Khan said:
Just been for a lesson and the pro gave me a light bulb moment. Well moments to be precise, to do with not swaying forwards, more hip rotation and more rotating of the forearms. None of it particularly ground breaking, but at least he pinpointed the reasons for my epic slice. And by the end of lesson I had just about nailed it. Looking forwards to forgetting it all on the course.
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This is my issue at the moment. My clubs are pretty consistent at the moment however the Driver and 3W are a bit of a joke with a big, ballooning slice. We've worked on it in the range and slowly fixed the faults. I practice hard and think I've got it nailed until I hit the course and the original problem comes back in spades! I think my problem is committing on the course like I do on the range!
 
I seem to have one every time I go to play or practice...

Its either that or I learn something then as soon as I learn something else I forget to do the one I learnt before it!
 
I think this is why my pro worked with me on a good pre-shot routine in my last lesson. He wants me to pick a target and see the shot. I and he know that in general terms the swing holds up so it is about making better decisions and trying to stop the one or two bad holes. I had my light bulb moment on Sunday afternoon. Course to myself and made sure I went through the routine on each shot. Playing off the plates ready for club champs on Saturday I went round in +8 and included a double in that. Really felt relaxed over the ball and swung freely
 
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