QUA1L
New member
I've been taking lessons for about 2 months and had been improving tremendously. To the point where my slice was almost gone and I was starting to see a slight draw. I've been working hard and playing a considerable amount of golf (2-3 rounds per week, plus lessons every other week). My round Saturday despite being incredibly slow was pretty good (for me any way) 1 birdie, 7 pars, 6 bogeys, 2 double bogeys (3 putts hurt, also skipped two holes due to a massive bottle neck, almost 6 hours for 16 holes). However, the last couple of days have been catastrophic train wrecks. It started yesterday during my lesson. It's like I had forgotten how to golf. No matter the advice I'd get from my instructor, I'd chunk or slice. He gave me an extra 30 minutes to try and get me back to hitting the ball well. No such luck. I just chalked it up to an off day, said I'd work on the lessons key points, and that I'd see him 2 weeks. Today I played with co-workers and it was more of the same. Slicing, chunking, and the occasional snap hook. The worse I did, the more I was in my own head. How do you deal with this? How do you calm down? Im just replaying it over and over and working myself up over it. Go the range, break my swing down and go back to the basics? Take a week or two off?