The height of despondancy

[Imurg]

Christ my driving sucks at the moment!

A while back I was driving well, long and straight(ish).
Now I've no idea if its going straight left, straight right, slice or hook. One thing I do know - its not going to go anywhere near the fairway!
Drove poorly in the comp yesterday when Fragger beat me (oh the shame!), went out for 9 today to try and banish the Demons and left with even more. Not a single fairway hit and not just a single green hit due to leaving myself too much to do after the drive. All 4 shots described above in no particular order.
I had driver woes most of last year and thought I'd sorted them with the Launcher, but in all honesty I've no confidence in the driver at all now.
Not looking for any advice really - just somewhere to moan.
I wouldn't be quite so bad if everything was rubbish but fairway woods, irons and wedges are fine. Its just the driving. And just to really make me feel bad I'll throw in a beauty about 1 in 10.

Stupid bloody game!

 

[USER1999]

And I thought you were a driving instructor.

Have you tried just going down the range, hitting 100 odd balls with it and finding what works?

It is probably just that you have lost confidence. Most of golf is a confidence thing.

 

[jammydodger]

Just try using a different club off the tee for while until the rawness of the despair dies down. Then come back to the driver when youre more confident of nailing it.

Group hugs for Imurg everyone

 

[bobmac]

Not looking for any advice really

Ok. Won't give you any

 

[birdieman]

Grip it lighter, bet you're strangling it in an attempt to control it? - vicious circle you need to break.

 

[Junior]

Was having the same trouble, i found the Bridgestone J33R on offer (see my post in the reviews section) and its been behaving really well. It's shorter than my G10, and i have gone for 12 degrees (stiff) as opposed to 10.5 , so whilst i have sacrificed length, my accuracy has improved considerably.

Just a shame my short game is crap at the minute !!!!

 

[StrangelyBrown]

Not looking for any advice really

Ok. Won't give you any

You could give me some, right now I'm a slice machine with the big dog and to a certain extent, the 3 wood. Everything else is fine. Apart from the putter, but the less said about that the better.

 

[PhilTheFragger]

Hey Bro

I know it goes against the grain...But

Why not book a lesson with someone who knows whats what.

At this rate I might beat yer butt next week too!!

 

[bobmac]

If you think your driving is a bit off, take a look at this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmdeE7pNZww&feature=player_embedded

 

[TWM]

I am also in the depths of despond. Have just invested £100 in lessons from my dependable club pro. Starts next week.

 

[haplesshacker]

If you think your driving is a bit off, take a look at this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmdeE7pNZww&feature=player_embedded

And they drove off!!! I hope they got caught.

Imagine coming back to your parked car and looking at the bonnet, wondering how the hell did that dent get there.

 

[bobmac]

If you think your driving is a bit off, take a look at this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmdeE7pNZww&feature=player_embedded

And they drove off!!! I hope they got caught.

Imagine coming back to your parked car and looking at the bonnet, wondering how the hell did that dent get there.

Yes. The driver was caught and fined

 

[Twire]

Christ my driving sucks at the moment!

You must be pleased your not going to Castle Stuart then.

Every cloud ...... eh

 

[Imurg]

Going to give the range a go tomorrow - watch this space.

 

[stevek1969]

Imurg i no how you feel i'm going thru the putting yips 3 putted from 12 inches yesterday honest hitting it well but cant putt aaahhhh.

Try your brother's Ping G15, i have the i15 best driver i've owned really long as well with a great flight.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

If you want to know about despondency then this is the definition http://threeoffthetee.blogspot.com/2010/04/finally-reached-bottom.html

To make you feel even better here are my stats for the month so far

Key stats for Martin Bedborough (Hcap: 12)

Fairways Hit: 36% (Hcap Std: 18)
Greens In Reg: 15% (Hcap Std: 16)
Putts Per Round: 34.17 (Hcap Std: 17)
Sand Saves: 7% (Hcap Std: 24)
Birdie Conversion: 12% (Hcap Std: 18)
Par Scrambles: 9% (Hcap Std: 26)
Driving Distance: n/a (Hcap Std: n/a)
Penalties Per Round: 1.67 (Hcap Std: 17)

Rounds Recorded: 6
Date Range: Current Month: 01/04/2010 to 22/04/2010
Producted by Scoresaver 2. www.scoresaver.co.uk


I've still not touched a club or hit a ball or putt all week. To be honest the game is so bad I couldn't really care less if I don't play again this summer. HID thought she was being helpful and has booked a lesson with the pro where she works for Saturday so I'll have a go with him and see if he can offer any light at the end of the tunnel

It just proves that even if you think you're at the bottom there's someone (usually me) playing even worse

 

[Spinn77]

Homer, how did you get it to show a particular date range?

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Top of the screen there is a date range tab. You can get it show various options including current month, current year, all time etc

 

[PhilTheFragger]

Oi Imurg

Just to rub it in a bit more

You spell it like this despondency

He's gonna kill me now
Fragger (still gloating like a big gloatie thing from the planet GLOAT)

 

[Spinn77]

yeah spotted it, thanks.

I like this software, just got a mate to get it. regretted it the minute he made a scramble and started going on about how that'll help his stats..haha, you've still got to worry about your score first.