That Feeling

[Wolfman]

Does anybody else sense this when playing well, you get this strange feeling that everything seems to be going your way and you cannot miss !

Its not easy to put into words but you just know after a few shots that today is your day !

Played Saturday and for the first 9 holes i had this feeling, 22 points my best score ( 43 strokes ) and i felt like a golf god.

Sadly the feeling ebbed away as the back nine started to remind me how it can quickly change

Final score was only 36 points but i felt like i played with more conviction attacking and playing with more focus

I guess a bit of luck too helped too !!

Do you guys get this weird sensation / feeling when you just know it could be your day ??

 

[Foxholer]

Had that feeling a few times.

Makes up for a few of the times where the feeling is completely the opposite!

Get a mini version of both the above when putting - sometimes cannot miss, other times not a clue!

 

[williamalex1]

A good feeling to have , just like the old preacher guy in the Caddyshack film [MOVIE].

 

[HawkeyeMS]

I often get that feeling for stretches of holes, maybe 4, 5 or 6 and then it dissappears not to return or weeks. It's fun while it lasts though

 

[mcbroon]

I've had that feeling twice recently and it's great. If I could take whatever it was that was in my head on those days and tap into it at will, I'd be happy (and I'd be off less than 12)

Yesterday, however, I had a very different feeling. I had this unsettling feeling that the round was on a knife-edge - it was one birdie away from taking off or or one disaster away from completely crumbling.

I ended up getting 0.1 back so you can imagine which of the above came to pass...

 

[Whee]

Only ever had it for 9 holes. Scored a 38 and had countless birdie chances. Driving - class, Iron play - the mutts nuts. Didn't need wedges, I wasn't missing greens! Putter was on fire too. That was after a 50 (+14 over par) on the front 9. 28 handicapper golf to single figure standard in no time at all. Unreal.

That was July last year - not got anywhere near feeling like that since.

I believe they call it 'the zone' and once you get the slightest feeling you're 'in' it, you're actually on your way 'out' of it.

 

[Deleted member 15717]

Yup...I have had it in a comp towards the end of last year. Was off around 12 and had played the front 9 in 1 under gross. The back 9, I just couldn't hole any putts and pretty much bogeyed or doubled in from there. It's quite a colourful scorecard...

http://golfshot.com/Rounds/Detail/252-13114611-13114875

 

[ArnoldArmChewer]

I had the feeling yesterday that I was hitting the ball well but could not score any worse if I tried, good fortune must come my way soon, surely ?

 

[chrisd]

Yes, I think that it's a common one.

Wednesday in a stableford comp, I started 1 point, 1 point, zero, zero, and amassed a princely 12 points. The back nine started with a bogie and finished with a double bogie and I shot 21 points in the middle 7 holes. Finished with 34 points and in the buffer and in 3rd place in the comp!

 

[CMAC]

Does anybody else sense this when playing well, you get this strange feeling that everything seems to be going your way and you cannot miss !

Its not easy to put into words but you just know after a few shots that today is your day !

Played Saturday and for the first 9 holes i had this feeling, 22 points my best score ( 43 strokes ) and i felt like a golf god.

Sadly the feeling ebbed away as the back nine started to remind me how it can quickly change

Final score was only 36 points but i felt like i played with more conviction attacking and playing with more focus

I guess a bit of luck too helped too !!

Do you guys get this weird sensation / feeling when you just know it could be your day ??

schoolboy error :smirk: you think that way, the golf gods hear ya and dump on ya from ahigh

 

[mcbroon]

Yup...I have had it in a comp towards the end of last year. Was off around 12 and had played the front 9 in 1 under gross. The back 9, I just couldn't hole any putts and pretty much bogeyed or doubled in from there. It's quite a colourful scorecard...

http://golfshot.com/Rounds/Detail/252-13114611-13114875

That is a great front 9.

 

[Region3]

I often have that feeling but it disappears quite quickly after my tee shot on the 1st.

 

[Imurg]

I can't remember the last time I had that feeling........

Might have been a Wednesday though......

 

[Hobbit]

I love playing golf when you're in that 'feeling' zone. Had it a few times this year, most recently in the GM northeast meet at Slaley Hall. 18pts going out, inc a couple of blobs, and 19 coming back in, inc a 1 pointer. Doesn't sound fabulous but the course was very wet, and playing long. 76 gross on a strange, wet, long course... apart from 2 drives I just couldn't miss the fairway.