when to give up

[joer422]

I played 9 holes on Sunday and had the absolute worst round in a long long time. after about 5 holes I considered stopping but decided I would struggle on and try fix my game. my question is is it better to stop after 5 and come back next day and work it out or keep playing?

 

[pbrown7582]

Each to there own but if your on the 5th you may as well relax and carry on until 9th at least and hope it all clicks back into place.

 

[Achilles]

Been in that position many a time and always carried on. You never what might happen on the next hole. I've learnt to stop trying when it's that bad and just enjoy being out and able to play. If it happens in a Medal the worst that can happen is 0.1 back. Accept it's a bad one and forget about it when you're done. That's what I do. Some people may disagree and say if you're not enjoying it then what's the point. But if i'm out on the course, I'll make the most of the opportunity, however bad it is.

 

[Oddsocks]

Never, straight from that nine I would have got a pro to look at your swing and work it out

 

[joer422]

Never, straight from that nine I would have got a pro to look at your swing and work it out

that's all very well if you have the funds to get a lesson every bad round. I have a lesson every Saturday with my pro as part of my membership package and can't really afford more than a couple extra a year

 

[Oddsocks]

Ok, sO from that is it a re-occurring fault or a mix of many. Ie constant hooks, etc?

 

[shivas irons]

Thats a really good question and I can totally see where your coming from.Sometimes things are so bad in a round that you just cant tolerate playing on and ive been there before.What I do now in this situation is tear up the scorecard,think about your swing and what worked for you before,take in your surroundings and when the pressures off things normally improve :thup: .

 

[joer422]

Ok, sO from that is it a re-occurring fault or a mix of many. Ie constant hooks, etc?

i was slicing my drives and pulling my irons. I know what I was doing wrong with my drives because I have suffered from a slice in the past and I need to close my club head but yesterday for whatever reason no matter how hard i tried couldn't, I eventually gave up on the driver and started using my hybrid off the tee which was the only club I was hitting decent

 

[Foxholer]

I have a lesson every Saturday with my pro as part of my membership package and can't really afford more than a couple extra a year

If you are taking this up, then this could well be a major part of the problem! More often than not, it takes some time for changes to bed in. So a Saturday lesson followed can easily cause a Sunday round filled with tension and extraneous thoughts can easily screw up your swing!

Try using the lesson option for another part of the game than your general swing (such as putting/chipping) or at least check which part of your game is being most problematic and see whether it is lesson related. If it is, discuss it with the Pro/Trainer who should be able to accommodate it. Oh. And it's possible that you might be being taught the wrong things!

 

[joer422]

If you are taking this up, then this could well be a major part of the problem! More often than not, it takes some time for changes to bed in. So a Saturday lesson followed can easily cause a Sunday round filled with tension and extraneous thoughts can easily screw up your swing!

Try using the lesson option for another part of the game than your general swing (such as putting/chipping) or at least check which part of your game is being most problematic and see whether it is lesson related. If it is, discuss it with the Pro/Trainer who should be able to accommodate it. Oh. And it's possible that you might be being taught the wrong things!

my lesson on Saturday was not with the driver which was my biggest problem but as for not being taought the right thing the Saturday lessons have improved my game tremendously and I have every confidence in my pro

 

[patricks148]

Sometimes you just have to stop and walk in, no good can come from carring on sometimes.

Played in a medal two years ago 28 over after 8 and didn't miss a fairway walked in and didnt hit a ball in a week.

Another time was having a lesson and all i could do was shank it, the pro even said lets just leave it for today. You know its bad when the pro stops you hitting a shot when a trains comes past on the left....

 

[HickoryShaft]

I think we have all been there at some point. Everyone will be different in how they are best suited to deal with this - my personal approach is to keep playing on but to treat the rest of the game as a free practice opportunity and play a few shots I feel comfortable with and try some shots I would not normally try to see if I can get a bit of fun out of the last few holes.

I will then head down the range a couple of days later with the view of practicing the areas that i was struggling most with (sometimes its a long range session!!)

 

[Heidi]

i was slicing my drives and pulling my irons. I know what I was doing wrong with my drives because I have suffered from a slice in the past and I need to close my club head but yesterday for whatever reason no matter how hard i tried couldn't, I eventually gave up on the driver and started using my hybrid off the tee which was the only club I was hitting decent

Ah... the slice - my old friend
I find that if i just waft my arms at the ball then i slice
and if i take the time and actually do a body turn then i dont
its soul destroying tho
best of luck

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Been there. I walked off after 14 holes last year in the Saturday roll up. I was having a real horror and the harder I tried the worse it got. Its suppose to be fun and I wasn't having any and probably spoiling it for everyone else. Can't remember the last time before that but I didn't regret it

 

[ScienceBoy]

I find in those situations the more I think the worse it gets. If its "playable" I just compensate. If I just $h@nk it everywhere then the best I can do is grab the hybrid and punch my way around

 

[Dreamer2]

i would carry on ,but not score ,just use the time to practice whats going wrong ,,,if its that bad you do need couple of golf lessons from the pro ,,so then you have something to think about when things go wrong