arwin
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Yesterday I was playing a round and I was having pretty good contact with the ball all afternoon, but half way through the round I just kept getting a string of bad bounces.
For example. On a par 5, I hit a solid second shot that ended up catching a down slope and ended up on some 50 degree angle dirt patch right beside the cart path. I dont even know how it stayed on the side of the slope. If it had just rolled another foot down the slope, I'd at least be on the cart path with 100 yards left to the hole. I ended up taking 3 shots from there to get on the green.
Another example was the next hole which was another par 5 when I hit my drive that ended up about a foot from the lip. I was disappointed that my shot went into the bunker because I thought I hit a good shot, but apparently not. I actually got very good contact on my second shot but that shot ended up in a bunker too! This time the ball was plugged and it was only a few inches from the lip.
I had a few other bad bounces like missing the green and hitting the cart path which ended up putting the ball much further from the green than it would have been if it just landed in the rough.
I just felt so demoralized after the string bad bounces. I didn't feel like my ball striking was that bad but I was being punished really badly for it.
Yet, my playing partners were topping and skulling the ball but would still end up in the of the fairway. Combine that with the fact that the course played fairly short and they would still have a decent approach to the green after their poor shot.
How do you mentally get around the string of bad bounces? I can handle a bad bounce here and there, but to get them back to back like that was too much!
For example. On a par 5, I hit a solid second shot that ended up catching a down slope and ended up on some 50 degree angle dirt patch right beside the cart path. I dont even know how it stayed on the side of the slope. If it had just rolled another foot down the slope, I'd at least be on the cart path with 100 yards left to the hole. I ended up taking 3 shots from there to get on the green.
Another example was the next hole which was another par 5 when I hit my drive that ended up about a foot from the lip. I was disappointed that my shot went into the bunker because I thought I hit a good shot, but apparently not. I actually got very good contact on my second shot but that shot ended up in a bunker too! This time the ball was plugged and it was only a few inches from the lip.
I had a few other bad bounces like missing the green and hitting the cart path which ended up putting the ball much further from the green than it would have been if it just landed in the rough.
I just felt so demoralized after the string bad bounces. I didn't feel like my ball striking was that bad but I was being punished really badly for it.
Yet, my playing partners were topping and skulling the ball but would still end up in the of the fairway. Combine that with the fact that the course played fairly short and they would still have a decent approach to the green after their poor shot.
How do you mentally get around the string of bad bounces? I can handle a bad bounce here and there, but to get them back to back like that was too much!