Silly mistakes or lack of concentration?

[pokerjoke]

Hi,
I have to get a exact yardage in my head before every shot it might not always be correct but it helps you commit to shots so my pre shot routine would be find the 200/150/100 marker get the distance to my ball look for the flag add that on then decide on the wind so i'm 150 to the front plus 20 to the flag at the back plus or minus for the wind if you get this into your routine it would cut out hitting the wrong club.
Mike

Yes thats a good routine Mike i will definately try this

 

[bladeplayer]

I think course management was at fault pokerjoke, 140 to the centre but flag is at the front, so now say its 130ish, down hill allow say 5 yards now you playing 125. depending on strenght of wind theres anything from (5-15yrds) say 10 so now your playing 115 to the flag .. id say lack of concentration , but if your concentration was gone by the 4th hole .. ouch.. if only i applied this to my own game ha ha must practice what i post

 

[pokerjoke]

I think course management was at fault pokerjoke, 140 to the centre but flag is at the front, so now say its 130ish, down hill allow say 5 yards now you playing 125. depending on strenght of wind theres anything from (5-15yrds) say 10 so now your playing 115 to the flag .. id say lack of concentration , but if your concentration was gone by the 4th hole .. ouch.. if only i applied this to my own game ha ha must practice what i post

Spot on,i should be flying tommorow really going to take everything into account.

 

[Region3]

I think it's both, and I do it all the time

For me it's not very often I don't account for the flag position, but I sometimes forget about the wind especially when as someone else said it's sometimes above the trees, or allowing for a change in elevation.

I TRY, while I'm walking to my ball, to work out the number I'm going to add on or take off from whatever the GPS gives me based on wind, elevation and pin position. Sometimes my mind wanders though!

Also, when I have a particular swing thought that I want to use I'll play a shot then realise I'd forgotten about it as the ball goes nowhere near where it was supposed to.

The big one though, that I keep trying to tell myself to remember, is accounting for the slope of the green when I'm figuring out my approach.
Not trying to allow for how the ball will roll, but just things like not landing near the front on a couple of holes I know the ball will come back off the front, or playing away from bad slopes to avoid nasty putts.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

The pros certainly don't concentrate for the full 6 hours they are out there but they are brilliant at switching it on and off like a bulb at the moment they need it and getting "in the zone." Rotella talks about it a lot too and suggests a triger to tell your brain it is time to focus on the shot. For me its putting the glove on. I've looked at my yardage taken everything into account and know what club I'm hitting. Once the glove goes on then I'm thinking about playing the shot. Once I've hit it and seen it miss the target as normal the glove coming off tells me I can't do anything about it and to woory about it when I get there

 

[Matty]

This part of my game just isn't there. I don't worry about it either.

I can hit the same club with such massive margins for error I'm happy near the green if that's where I was aiming. Plus or minus 15 yards for me with any club is totally acceptable - I'm never going to win money at this game and play for the enjoyment!

 

[richart]

The pros certainly don't concentrate for the full 6 hours they are out there but they are brilliant at switching it on and off like a bulb at the moment they need it and getting "in the zone." Rotella talks about it a lot too and suggests a triger to tell your brain it is time to focus on the shot. For me its putting the glove on. I've looked at my yardage taken everything into account and know what club I'm hitting. Once the glove goes on then I'm thinking about playing the shot. Once I've hit it and seen it miss the target as normal the glove coming off tells me I can't do anything about it and to woory about it when I get there

I finding switching off comes very naturally after 25 years of being nagged by HID. Only problem is switching back on again.