Lost interest

[needmoreclub]

Maybe a wee spell round braehead and silverburn will do the trick , no seriously sometimes you just need to put the clubs away for a week or so and hopefully you'll miss it sufficiently to go back before the end of the season.

 

[Swinger]

You've had a good run, better than the average hacker.

 

[Imurg]

If you're really struggling that much Craw then just pack it in for a month.
Put the clubs away, cut yourself off from all things golf.
If Golf's meant to be your lifetime pastime you'll be gagging for a round after 2-3 weeks.

 

[0]

If it was apathy or losing all interest in the game you wouldn't be throwing a club, so I think it's not lack of interest but frustration that's morphing itself in feelings of "not wanting to be there or play that way"
Subconsciously you know you are better than your playing, maybe you need a bigger goal than bounce games or at least some more competitive FUN, are all your games and playing partners deadly serious? If it's fun the right endorphins will positively reinforce happy feelings which is self perpetuating.
Also I recommend playing a few holes by yourself when it's quiet so you can focus on what you loved about golf without any human interaction that might sabotage any good feelings you get.
I've been where you are and is does get better but YOU need to make the positive changes and avoid any negative situations in your golf- you'll know what they are.

 

[jammydodger]

I have similar feelings most years and find it hard to get motivated somewhere along the line. This year i've learned to cope with it better. Usually I do the frustrated,angry , peed off golfer thing like yourself. This year I just took a few steps back and realised that I would always want to play golf into my later years and didnt want to take up a new hobby. This enabled me to ride out the bad play and apathy towards what my score was. I really really havnt given a stuff about my scores and have thoroughly enjoyed the company I played with and the courses I was playing.

Usually it was all about score and if I hadnt hit h/c or better I thought i'd had a bad day. With the change in perspective it was all about having a laugh and taking time to 'smell the roses'. Of course I was hitting some poor shots as plenty of the guys on here will testify to , but there have been some super shots as well and this is what has kept me going. Knowing I still have the game inside me and still knowing that this is the game I want to play has kept me going back to the club.

The last 2 weeks has seen my golf steadily improve , although I have still scored poorly I feel i've got my drive back at last. An excellent round at Camberley and a level par round in the scratch league has given me back some impetus for the rest of the year. I know i'll get the 'cant be @rsed' feelings again but hopefully they'll stay away til the winter.

Its just a case of managing the downward spirals and knowing theyre upon you. Then knowing the signs that youre coming out of it onto an upward curve and making the most of it.

 

[BogeyHole]

If you are commited to these two games and you don't really want to do it, the only thing I'd say is to remember why the game grabbed you in the first place.

I'll bet it wasn't the ability to play good golf - you were hooked well before that.

I'll bet it was the fresh air, the peace and tranquillity, the space, the sound of the birds singing, and insulting the heck out of your mates.

So play with that aim. To forget the game between shots, enjoy the experience. Then pick a club, line up and hit it.

If it goes straight and true, you'll be happily amazed, and if it goes wrong, you can tell yourself that it's no point getting upset, coz you know it would have been better if you could have been bothered trying a bit harder.

If you still don't enjoy it, imaging what life is like for us overworked, henpecked losers who only get to play 10 rounds a year, and then ask yourself if you really, REALLY want to join us.

If you do, I'll have your wedges as the driver has long gone.

 

[Matty]

Play what you've committed to and then plan some time away from golf. Have a few weeks off and I'm sure the desire to play will return.

 

[thecraw]

I'm officially on suicide watch and irons and wedges will be on ebay later.

Stupid bloody game anyway.