Marshy77
Journeyman Pro
How do you recover from a loss of form?
I've always been a nomad until Feb of this year when I joined my first club and my golf has gone downhill ever since. Always played when and whenever and accepted that because I played once every 3/4 weeks for golf would be very up and down but mostly it was fairly good for my handicap and could knock it round mid late 90's early 00's. My last 4 rounds at my club I've shot 22, 27, 27 and 22 points, played with my social group on Friday and went round in 20 points and looked like I hadn't held a club before.
I've started having lessons again since joining my club, the last one 3 weeks ago after my first 22 and going on Wednesday too for another but I just feel totally lost when I address the ball. Feel lost over the, feel awkward like I'm figetting, moving about and trying to get the feel back but it doesn't feel right. Get the odd drive away but dont have any distance at all. My fairway/hybrids are so hit and miss. My G10 was always my go to club, hit it on the 17th wild right OOB, dropped another ball down and without thinking about it just hit and hit iit so sweet that one of my 4balls partners was amazed that I hit the same club and got 2 totally different shots and thats how my game is at the moment.
Went back to hitting my long irons again instead of the hybrid and on a couple of shots I hit my 6 iron and pathetic 120 yards! Never been a long hitter but used to get 150/160 out of my 6.
My putting is the same, stand over the ball and can't get comfy, can easily miss from within 6 feet and maybe even 2/3 putt from there. Got a putting lesson booked with my club pro so hopefully I can get some pointers and confidence back with that.
How do you go about trying to get some confidence/form back? Do you grind it out at the driving range, do you play it out or do you just accept that your going to hit bad form and deal with it?
I've always been a nomad until Feb of this year when I joined my first club and my golf has gone downhill ever since. Always played when and whenever and accepted that because I played once every 3/4 weeks for golf would be very up and down but mostly it was fairly good for my handicap and could knock it round mid late 90's early 00's. My last 4 rounds at my club I've shot 22, 27, 27 and 22 points, played with my social group on Friday and went round in 20 points and looked like I hadn't held a club before.
I've started having lessons again since joining my club, the last one 3 weeks ago after my first 22 and going on Wednesday too for another but I just feel totally lost when I address the ball. Feel lost over the, feel awkward like I'm figetting, moving about and trying to get the feel back but it doesn't feel right. Get the odd drive away but dont have any distance at all. My fairway/hybrids are so hit and miss. My G10 was always my go to club, hit it on the 17th wild right OOB, dropped another ball down and without thinking about it just hit and hit iit so sweet that one of my 4balls partners was amazed that I hit the same club and got 2 totally different shots and thats how my game is at the moment.
Went back to hitting my long irons again instead of the hybrid and on a couple of shots I hit my 6 iron and pathetic 120 yards! Never been a long hitter but used to get 150/160 out of my 6.
My putting is the same, stand over the ball and can't get comfy, can easily miss from within 6 feet and maybe even 2/3 putt from there. Got a putting lesson booked with my club pro so hopefully I can get some pointers and confidence back with that.
How do you go about trying to get some confidence/form back? Do you grind it out at the driving range, do you play it out or do you just accept that your going to hit bad form and deal with it?
