why why why

[bigfoot1985]

by the end of last year i got myself down to a 16 handicap, i was pleased with how my golf was going, no real bad shots the odd miss hit.

This year so far has been terrible, bad shots, miss hits, not playing nowhere near my handicap level. Yes i have had some good rounds but i was always shooting around my handicap but now it seems a million miles away!!

Also when playing at a different course to the one you usually play at everything seems twice as bad!!

 

[MashieNiblick]

Because golf is cruel, cruel, cruel

But be patient. When you have suffered for a bit, the golfing gods will relent and you will play well again.

 

[Yerman]

I'm in the same boat, also off 16 and haven't got close to breaking 90 this year. Last round I had 5 pars and a birdie and 6 blobs. But what can you do except keep repeating "next week will be better".

 

[sawtooth]

You dont become a bad player overnight or just by playing another course. Its the same when you play well one day and the next day you feel like your game has gone.

Its probably because you are just swinging a bit fast or that you have more tension in your swing than normal. These things tend to creep in when you are away from the comfort of your own track or if in a comp when you feel pressure.

 

[ademac]

I feel your pain, I've been ***** for weeks now!
Add to that new irons and a new driver to get to used to! Its not been pretty of late but I still feel like its pre-season training really, roll on april and I'll be out there all guns blazing!!

 

[kev_off_the_tee]

my issue is different every week since xmas

Putting last week, driving before, short game before and missus before that

Things will change now it's spring, supposedly

 

[HomerJSimpson]

I've been crap for what seems years now with the odd rainbow of mediocrity or flash of brilliance to tease me into believing its getting better. You get lows and it makes you appreciate the highs all the more. Stop worrying. You are probably starting to try too hard to score well with the inevitable outcome. Relax like you did last year and let it flow

 

[kev_off_the_tee]

I recently learnt a good tip. Give each of the group one Mulligan shot per friendly round. Once you hit a shot that you know will cost you highly, call the mulligan in and hit another shot at no extra cost.

the relaxed rules of a friendly round really helps and means your not so uptight about each shot.

ADVICE - try not to call the mulligan in too early or you'll be back to square one for the rest of the round

 

[mulliganplus]

I think the idea of a Mulligan is really good. I used to play with a bunch of guys and we all had one mulligan per round.

I think it just take the pressure off a little.

Although the Mulligan is nowhere near as widely used in the UK as in America or Europe, and some diehard traditionalists believe there is no room in the game for a freebie, but we believe that golf should be played in the essence of the Mulligan.

One of the many things we like about golf is that it offers 18 fresh starts, 18 opportunities to put the shots you have previously hit behind you and climb to the next tee, full of hope that this time you will get it right. And we all know the experience of playing like a donkey all day, giving up any belief in our ability to hit a decent shot and then nailing a screamer down the last to set up a par or even birdie. And it is this experience that will bring you back to the course the next time, demonstrating the triumph of optimism over experience that is the lot of every golfer.

There is also the fact that for most of us golf is a hobby, a pastime that we do for fun. It would be nice if, like pro golfers on Tours all over the world, we were able to warm up and hit some balls on the range before strolling to the first tee but for the majority of us this is impractical. So we turn up for our weekly game with no preparation and wonder why we so often get off to a disastrous start. Under these circumstances, if a fourball agrees to give each member a second chance at that opening drive, we don’t think they should be villified.

There is the well-known story of an American asking a Scotsman: ‘What do you call a Mulligan over here?’ and receiving the reply of either: ‘Three off the tee,’ or ‘Cheating’, depending on how sour a mood you’re in when you tell the tale but at MulliganPlus we believe in the possibility of redemption.