How to get back into the game after a bad round or two
- Work out the best shot for the situation (think)
- Decide on a club to pull it off (choose)
- Hit that stupid ball (do)
- Repeat until you find yourself at the 19th.
- Take Away the Positives.
- Hit the Range. ...
- Get Away from the Game. ...
- Don't Get Too Technical, Your Swing is Fine. ...
- Bury the Round. ...
- If You Think You're in a Slump, Then You Are. ...
- Remember the “Rule of 10” ...
What to do after a bad round of golf?
After a poor round, look back over some of your best rounds to get those positive feelings about your golf game brought to the front of your mind. Picture the good shots you hit, and remember the emotions that you experienced while posting your best rounds.
What if you never played a bad round of golf?
Few things are more frustrating, discouraging, and occasionally embarrassing as playing a bad round of golf. But if you really stop to think about it, golf wouldn’t be very much fun if you never played a bad round.
How to stop thinking about your golf bad shots?
There’s nothing good that will come from constantly dwelling on those bad shots, holes, or rounds that will inevitably pop up from time to time. Next time you play, instead of thinking about that bad round you had, think about all the good things you have done on the course. 5. Get Your Mind Away from Golf
What keeps people coming back to play golf?
The reality is that the never ending challenge of the game of golf is exactly what keeps people coming back time after time to try and improve their games and accomplish new goals.
What do you do when you start playing bad golf?
10 ways to survive a bad round (because we all have them)Have a plan B. Some rounds start slowly. ... Keep it simple around the green. ... Favor easier-to-hit clubs. ... Know your faults. ... Take extra club and swing smooth. ... Play your misses around the green. ... Tee off with a club that gives you confidence. ... Talk to your teacher.More items...•
How do I get out of bad golf?
Seven Ways to Get Out of a Golf SlumpDon't panic. First off, if you notice your game starting to take a downturn or feels off, don't stress. ... Reflect. Give some thought to what's going on. ... Change it up. ... Ignore your score. ... Focus on the process. ... Think positively. ... Take a lesson.
Don't panic - it happens!
It's very easy to get down-hearted after a nightmarish round of golf. It's not what you had in mind when you walked to the first tee, and it's only natural to let it get to you a little.
Review your round
When you get a bit of time at home, take out your Hole19 App and delve deeper into your Round Summary.
Take away the positives
After reviewing your Round Summary, and taking into account your own memories of the day, take time to reflect on the positive aspects of your day at the golf course.
Hit the range again
Heading to the range after a dodgy round can the perfect way to exorcise a few demons and get back in the zone. Importantly, don't get too technical. Your swing is likely fine. Instead, your focus should be on finding some sort of rhythm and tempo again. Check your fundamentals too.
Consider taking a lesson
It's a staple of many of our list of 'top tips' and that's simply because almost every golfer can benefit from engaging with a local (or online) golf pro.
If you're feeling lost, take a break
If one bad round has become a few, or you've hit the range and you're failing to iron out the issues, a reasonable option could be to take a couple to weeks away from the game.
Practice positive reinforcement
The Highlights section of your Hole19 App will give you a list of your greatest achievements during your golf career to date. Your lowest score, your longest drive, fewest putts, highest recovery percentage... the list goes on.
What is the worst thing you can do when you're playing poorly?
Luke Kerr-Dineen (2.2 handicap): The worst thing you can do, when you’re playing poorly, is to look backwards at what has already happened. Instead, you should be trying to build momentum, and the best way to do that is to start small. Set a simple goal for yourself for your next shot.
Who said "I try to give myself permission to be mad immediately after a bad shot"?
Dylan Dethier (+3.3 handicap): I try to give myself permission to be mad immediately after a bad shot. I won’t endorse club-chucking, but you don’t have to go full zen mode, either. Tiger Woods has talked about this — you get 10 steps to be mad, and then you forget about that shot and move on. Keep that frustration in a small, efficient package and reset.
How to calm down your thoughts?
It’ll help calm your thoughts and, hopefully, your game will follow suit. 1. Get angry…once 2. Set small goals 3. Find your tempo 4. Be grateful 5.
5. Bury the Round
Jack Nicklaus is the greatest golfer of all time (don’t argue with me!) for a number of reasons — but perhaps, more than any of the other reasons, Jack was great because of his ability to bury bad rounds. To move on and forget the bad swings, the bad breaks and the bad scores and to only work and build from the positives.
3. Get Away from the Game
Once that final putt falls, it’s time to forget about it. It’s done. Maybe go home and re-enact the ceremony from the tip No. 5 or just simply watch a movie. Listen to some music on the car ride home, talk about baseball or your fantasy football — Just DON’T. TALK. ABOUT. THE. ROUND.
2. Hit the Range
While some like to get away from the game, others like to immerse themselves in it. If you find yourself lamenting yourself for days after the round or losing sleep, perhaps you need to nip the bad feelings in the bud with a little range sesh.
1. Take Away the Positives
After you’ve gone out and imploded like a half-finished Las Vegas Hotel, the most important thing you can do is find the positives from the round and build on them.
What happens after a bad shot?
After a bad shot, it’s easy to lose focus, or maybe your brain goes into overdrive, replaying and dissecting your transgression until you’ve made it through a full 18 and your scorecard isn’t pretty. In other words, it’s extremely hard to reset mentally after a bad shot.
How long does it take to get over a bad shot?
Taking 10 seconds to process a bad shot can help you reset mentally and keep your round on track. Rarely during a round of golf does everything go exactly according to plan, but how you respond mentally is one of the things what separates the pros from the weekend warriors. It’s also what makes golf so maddening and addictive.
What is the rule for bad golf?
It’s not great when it happens, but the quicker you can accept this the faster you’ll be able to move on. Rule number two is to learn rule #1 as fast as possible.
How do golfers destroy themselves?
So many golfers have destroyed themselves by hitting the panic button and then trying to fix every bad shot and score they’ve had. Sometimes it’s probably a better approach to let the bad score be and walk away with the mindset that you’ve learned something useful.
What does Luke say about the swing crack?
Luke pointed out that he didn’t panic and wasn’t going to go back to the “swing crack”. (btw, “swing crack” is Luke’s saying for over analysis of the golf swing. I love it and have pinched it for my own use)
How does coaching make you feel?
Proper coaching makes you feel uncomfortable. You get pushed hard and you have to answer some tough questions. There’s nowhere to hide and it’s definitely not for everyone. But it’s probably the only way to get an objective look at your game without any distractions – we tend to see only what we want to see.
Did Rory McIlroy miss the cut?
Here’s another story to make a point. Rory Mcilroy had a horrendous tournament in England last week. He shot 74 and 79 and missed the cut by a mile. He may have been injured or sick but the chances are he just didn’t quite get it together. It’s a fine line sometimes.
Is golf a mindset?
Proper thinking and mental skills have definitely made some impact on the golf world, but the quick-fix mindset still dominates the sport. You only have to pick up any issue of a golf mag to see this. It’s just about always a mindset thing.
Does Luke have trouble with his golf game?
Luke is having a bit of trouble with his game. It comes as no surprise, as this is common with a golfer who experiences early success with automatic golf. Sorta seems like this is a way for the game to get back at you, once you think you’ve got everything under control, it is snatched right out from underneath you. But fear not.
Dave325
Since I have started getting serious with golf last summer, I have been putting a heck of lot of time into practicing and trying to improve my swing. Yesterday, I had one of the worst rounds I have ever played and couldn't figure out what was wrong.
Hacker James
I can definitely relate! I have a pretty good practice set up in my back yard hitting into a 10 x 10 x 10 cage. I can also practice short pitches and chips from about 50 feet, and have alignment sticks set up in a diamond pattern to practice mini draws and fades. (may post a photo later).
The Boss
I think it would be difficult for anyone to provide you with an intelligent response to your request without observing your round or viewing your swing and seeing the things that you did on the course which resulted in your "bad round".
Patch
Usually I don't do anything if it's just one bad round. Then again, all rounds are good in one way or another for me. I'm golfing, it was just a poor round. I can learn from my poor rounds too.
Hacker James
I think it would be difficult for anyone to provide you with an intelligent response to your request without observing your round or viewing your swing and seeing the things that you did on the course which resulted in your "bad round".
The Boss
Usually I don't do anything if it's just one bad round. Then again, all rounds are good in one way or another for me. I'm golfing, it was just a poor round. I can learn from my poor rounds too.
Patch
The 2 faults I find in your approach are 1) how do you really know if your swing, or shot technique, or alignment, or club selection is at fault and is the root cause of you losing strokes?, and 2) if you do not chart your rounds of golf taking detailed records of your game stats then how do you really know what are your problem areas? You need to identify (in order to improve) where you are losing strokes.
