revkev Posted November 15, 2014 Share Posted November 15, 2014 I mentioned this in another thread but will try a new thread rather than a thread jack. I had a bad day on the course yesterday. Now don't get me wrong, I shot a reasonable score, but ..... as the day wore on I was really falling into old, nasty habits that my lessons have corrected. I'm tempted to go take a lesson now but I'm also at the time of the year where golf is limited, if I take a lesson I don't play this week. I'm pretty sure I'll try to eek out a range session on Tuesday and if I hit it okay then chalk the bad swing day up to a variety of factors including a significant hang over. If not, I'll skip playing friday and take a lesson instead. Any thoughts? How do you know when it's just a bad day or a trend that needs to be reversed? Taylor Made Stealth 2 10.5 Diamana S plus 60 Aldila R flex - 42.25 inches SMT 4 wood bassara R flex, four wood head, 3 wood shaft Ping G410 7, 9 wood Alta 65 R flex Srixon ZX5 MK II 5-GW - UST recoil Dart 65 R flex India 52,56 (60 pending) UST recoil 75's R flex Evon roll ER 5 32 inches It's our offseason so auditioning candidates - looking for that right mix of low spin long, more spin around the greens - TBD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Theoo Posted November 15, 2014 Share Posted November 15, 2014 I would say it's a bad trend if it goes throughout the whole bag and isn't fixable on the range. Driver: Epic 10.5 set to 9.5 w/ Tour AD-DI 44.5 FW: F6 baffler set at 16º Hybrid: NONEIrons: 3i 2014 TP CB 4-PW 2011 TP MC w/ TT S400 Wedges: 52º 56º 60 º w/ KBS C-Taper XS Soft-stepped Putter: Sigma G Tyne 34 inches Gold dot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westy Posted November 15, 2014 Share Posted November 15, 2014 Ah Rev, hit some more balls and play another round before fretting to much. If your concentration is off, your mind is on other things (you've usually got a few things to think about I reckon) or your just plain tired youll more than likely go back to your common faults. when I'm not there (concentration or energy) I drift back into highly frustrating putting problems that I know I'm doing but feel powerless to stop Rest in peace long sticks - I'll remember you TM Burner Superfast 2.0 TP Regular TM RBZ Stage 2 Fairway 14.5 stiff Adams Blue Hybrid No. 3 stiff Adams Super xtdHybrid 21.5 Stiff Ping G30 4 and 5 Iron - Regular CFS Shaft Ping i25 6 - PW Regular CFS Shaft TM Y Groove Gap Wedge Cleveland CG10 Sand Wedge PingTR Piper Putter, adjustable shaft, SuperStroke Fatso Titleist StaDry Cart Bag Motocaddy S3 Pro Trolley Foot Joy City, Adidas Boost Boa and Adidas Superstar shoes Pro V1x in the summer, Titleist Velocity in the winter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIG STU Posted November 16, 2014 Share Posted November 16, 2014 I mentioned this in another thread but will try a new thread rather than a thread jack. I had a bad day on the course yesterday. Now don't get me wrong, I shot a reasonable score, but ..... as the day wore on I was really falling into old, nasty habits that my lessons have corrected. I'm tempted to go take a lesson now but I'm also at the time of the year where golf is limited, if I take a lesson I don't play this week. I'm pretty sure I'll try to eek out a range session on Tuesday and if I hit it okay then chalk the bad swing day up to a variety of factors including a significant hang over. If not, I'll skip playing friday and take a lesson instead. Any thoughts? How do you know when it's just a bad day or a trend that needs to be reversed? LOL chalk it up to the hangover. It is tough to play with a hangover I am a expert on that trust me Driver ---- Callaway Big Bertha Alpha Speeder 565 R flex- 5W TM V-Steel Fubuki 60r--- 7W TM V-Steel UST Pro Force Gold 65R----- 9 W TM V Steel TM MAS stiff---- Irons 2015 TM TP CB Steel Fiber 95 R--- GW Callaway Mack Daddy 2 52* shaft unknown junk pile refugee. SW Callaway PM Grind 56* Modified sole grind--- KBS Tour Wedge-- LW Vokey 58* SM5 L grind--- Putter Ping B90I Broom Stick G Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markb Posted November 16, 2014 Share Posted November 16, 2014 Shake it off. I was playing purty well in the mid summer, and had a bunch of low rounds in a row. Then I took a road trip to a little easy course I know well. It has a couple of reachable fours and all par 5's reachable in two. I was salivating at the thought of demolishing this little course -- then I shot a 90. It shook me up and I doubted everything I'd done up to that point. Fortunately, I couldn't back out of the more scheduled golf over the trip. Next day, I shot an 81 on the hardest course in the state and then came home the third day and shot a 66. Didn't really change anything all three days. Earlier this week I played 18 and was 2 under, birding both of the last two holes. I finished quick and I thought my game was smoking, so I continued for another 9. 5 over on the third nine. That's just friggin golf. bag - SunMountain Synch with Ogio Synergy X4 cartdriver - Optiforce 440, Paderson Kevlar Green stiff 46.5"fwoods - Jetspeed, 3HL regularirons - Speedblades 3-8, 85g stiff steel, 2 upwedges - Scor 40, 45, 50, 54, 58putter - Ketsch 35" slight arc, SuperStroke 2.0 mid-slimball - ProV1x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenny B Posted November 16, 2014 Share Posted November 16, 2014 Shake it off. That's just friggin golf. Some days it's GOLF and some days it's FLOG. “We don’t stop playing the game because we get old; we get old because we stop playing the game.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wbealsd Posted November 17, 2014 Share Posted November 17, 2014 If I'm playing a round poorly, consistently, I'll try to get to the range after the round, or before the next one to see if I can figure it out without pressure. The worst thing for me is to let my "head" take over my swing while I'm playing! What's In the Bag Driver - GBB Hybrids Halo XL Halo 18* & T-Rail 20* Irons T-Rail 2.0 Wedges 60* TS / SCOR 48* 53* 58* Putter Ball Bag Datrek DG Lite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
revkev Posted November 17, 2014 Author Share Posted November 17, 2014 I'm going to chalk it up to the hangover - I probably won't be able to hit the range tomorrow because we have a serious weather front moving through. I think that the combo of the body not working properly and the new glasses caused me to be out of balance. Just doing some mirror work revealed that my stance was off as was my weight distribution at address. I think I'll be fine. It just freaked me out because I've been advancing so much that I hated going back to those bad habits. Taylor Made Stealth 2 10.5 Diamana S plus 60 Aldila R flex - 42.25 inches SMT 4 wood bassara R flex, four wood head, 3 wood shaft Ping G410 7, 9 wood Alta 65 R flex Srixon ZX5 MK II 5-GW - UST recoil Dart 65 R flex India 52,56 (60 pending) UST recoil 75's R flex Evon roll ER 5 32 inches It's our offseason so auditioning candidates - looking for that right mix of low spin long, more spin around the greens - TBD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sluggo42 Posted November 28, 2014 Share Posted November 28, 2014 Bad day, that's all. It can turn around instantly as I proved last week TSr2 on tensi blue stiff Speedzone 3-wood on Tensi blue S Epic Max 5 and 7 woods on HZRDUS Reg flex Paradym 9 wood on HZRDUS reg flex P770 / P790 combo set on Ventus R-6 shafts 6-AW T22 Denim Copper 54°, 58° on Kinetic X Trajectory ER3 or, E.A.S. #4 (“Fang” or “Adele”) ProV1x, or, Maxfli Tour X .Org 14 cart bag Adidas Tour 360 , or Sketcher shoes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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