Wheels Falling Off.....

MarkKipper

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Getting pretty frustrated lately with playing two totally different halves of a round. Been playing the front nine great and then having a total meltdown on the back. Five out of the last six rounds this has happened and I just cant figure out why.
They've just been social rounds with mates or even solo knocks but its always on the back where things go wrong. Its clearly not a pressure situation, maybe its just lack of concentration but I don't feel as though my mind is wandering. That said, I am prone to letting a couple of bad holes spiral out of control.

Views and ideas welcome fellas
 
Getting pretty frustrated lately with playing two totally different halves of a round. Been playing the front nine great and then having a total meltdown on the back. Five out of the last six rounds this has happened and I just cant figure out why.
They've just been social rounds with mates or even solo knocks but its always on the back where things go wrong. Its clearly not a pressure situation, maybe its just lack of concentration but I don't feel as though my mind is wandering. That said, I am prone to letting a couple of bad holes spiral out of control.

Views and ideas welcome fellas

Do you ever play the back 9 first? If so what happens?
 
If it's not pressure then it might be an 'over confidence' thing. This can happen to me. I have a fantastic front 9 then think I'm unstoppable and start going for shots I probably under normal conditions wouldn't go for. Get myself out of position and then try to recover, then all of sudden there's a double or triple on my card.

Also, keep an eye on your swing tempo, with me my swing can get quicker through the round, so I focus on trying to keep an even tempo throughout.
 
Try not to think of a round of golf as two seperate 9's. A lot of golfers will say they had a good front 9 but... I see a round of golf as 18 holes and to be honest I'll ask my opponents if they want to know their front 9 score. If they say no, I won't add them up till the end of the round. I don't bother adding my own score up till the end. Until you finish a round there's no point in knowing the score, especially if you start focusing on the score and the finish line instead of your swing.

How many times do we hear an interviewer asking a pro did he know the score coming down the home straight, and how many times does the pro respond with I didn't look, I was just focusing on getting the ball home?

If you concentrate on your golf, and ignore your score, the score will take care of itself.
 
Try not to think of a round of golf as two seperate 9's. A lot of golfers will say they had a good front 9 but... I see a round of golf as 18 holes and to be honest I'll ask my opponents if they want to know their front 9 score. If they say no, I won't add them up till the end of the round. I don't bother adding my own score up till the end. Until you finish a round there's no point in knowing the score, especially if you start focusing on the score and the finish line instead of your swing.

How many times do we hear an interviewer asking a pro did he know the score coming down the home straight, and how many times does the pro respond with I didn't look, I was just focusing on getting the ball home?

If you concentrate on your golf, and ignore your score, the score will take care of itself.

Good bit of advice that Brian I'm going to start doing it as I look at my score playing last few holes. Example slaley last week bottled last two holes
 
Try not to think of a round of golf as two seperate 9's. A lot of golfers will say they had a good front 9 but... I see a round of golf as 18 holes and to be honest I'll ask my opponents if they want to know their front 9 score. If they say no, I won't add them up till the end of the round. I don't bother adding my own score up till the end. Until you finish a round there's no point in knowing the score, especially if you start focusing on the score and the finish line instead of your swing.

How many times do we hear an interviewer asking a pro did he know the score coming down the home straight, and how many times does the pro respond with I didn't look, I was just focusing on getting the ball home?

If you concentrate on your golf, and ignore your score, the score will take care of itself.

This is what i do after reading about stuff like this in a Bob Rotella book. Just do your best with every shot and the score sorts itself out.
 
Good bit of advice that Brian I'm going to start doing it as I look at my score playing last few holes. Example slaley last week bottled last two holes

TBH Craig, I didn't have clue which side of 30pts I was till Moogie told me the score. The good thing with thinking like this is you forget the bad hole you a had couple of holes previously... like the 2 blobs I had on the front 9.
 
It could well be a mentality issue?

You get to the back 9 and remember the bad experiences? And then it sets in again!

I have it on a single hole every round... i've learnt to block that hole (and the demon thoughts) out of my thoughts and i've started to score better on it.
 
I dont think its specific to a certain back nine. Played a few courses different ways round recently and its always the second nine that is worst, regardless of which 9. I'm pretty sure its the issue of having a count up at 9 and thinking I'm going to post a decent score here and thats where the pressure is put on by me. I'm out tomorrow so will try and play a hole at a time, not have a halfway count up and not think about total score.

Thanks for the advice guys, will let you know how it goes
 
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