My problem is that I played other sports and excelled at them. This golf thing keeps getting worse. I know I can hit the shots but I have performance failure. I’m not talking about drawing a 6 iron into a tight pin shots, just normal fairways and middle of the green shots. I really enjoy the guys I play with and the scenery but I always seem to screw up the basic shots. It’s just really frustrating. For example, the first hole at my club is a 385 yard par 4 with a creek about 100 yards in front of the tee that continues down the left side of the hole for approx. 200 yards. Approximately 75% of the time I hit my opening tee shot into that creek. It’s unbelievable. I’ve taken many lessons and seem to be regressing.
Golf isn't other sports. You have to learn a whole new set of skills, both mentally and physically.
If you hit 6-iron off that first tee, do you think you'd be in the creek 75% of the time?