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Loss of Form and Confidence

• PaulTon 10,731 Posts

  Thu, May 30 2013 1:39 PM

  As someone else has said, play a few practice rounds with free balls. It'll sharpen up your reflexes and when you go back to slower balls things will maybe click back into place.

• bubbadork 984 Posts

  Thu, May 30 2013 1:49 PM

  Unlike real golf, the only physical requirement here is getting near the ding. The rest of the game is procedure and data. If you're in a slump, and it isn't related to the ding, you've probably slacked off on the procedure.

  Of couse, it's possible that you've recently tiered up and are playing from longer tees. This will point out weaknesses in your approach shots that didn't affect you as much when you had shorter approaches. If that's the case, I'd recommend that you go play a lot of CTTH.

  It's also possible that you have graduated to faster green speeds, and your old break judgements don't work anymore. I can't suggest anything there, since I can't putt por cheeto.

• JasonNumber100 2,909 Posts

  Fri, Jun 7 2013 9:12 AM

  Thanks.

• Minkywinkster 1,777 Posts

  Fri, Jun 7 2013 11:01 AM

  If you're having issues with your putting ( the yips), my philosophy is to try and maintain consistency in every stroke you play...

  For example, if you have a flat putt on tournament greens which is 9 feet away, I tend to always hit the ball 7.5 feet, now that may be a hair quick but then I know it won't take the break as much and can adjust accordingly. Over time you can learn a lot of consistency on the greens by always playing the ball at the same pace (over whatever distance you happen to be away from the hole) and seeing as well as mentally noting how the ball behaves under certain conditions ( whichever way it breaks).

  Making a mess of your approaches and leaving yourself 20 feet away every hole doesn't necessarily mean a lost cause, provided you are disciplined with the short stick you'll sink a fair few more putts and emerge from your funk at the same time :-)

   

• JasonNumber100 2,909 Posts

  Sun, Jun 9 2013 11:38 AM

  Thanks.

• alanti 10,564 Posts

  Sun, Jun 9 2013 3:33 PM

  Hi Jason, I agree with all the advice and we all go through slumps, and regardless what you try nothing seems to work.

  Recently I have struggled, my putts have especially 10 feet and under, have been just missing, so I do what Minky said, and try to be more aggressive rather than dying the ball into the hole. The other thing with these putts is that I have too often left myself a harder downhill putt, so take notes of the best place to play your approach to. I would rather have a longer uphill putt than a short downhiller.

  The other thing I noticed was your GIR and scrambling stats are a little low, and by getting a third wedge at the expense of the hybrid will save you a lot of shots so well worth considering. Just ensure your wedges are evenly spaced from your PW down.

  Good luck

• TracyMax 2,361 Posts

  Sun, Jun 9 2013 4:17 PM

  StoneCold has a great putting tutorial you can go to . The hybrid gets "slammed" in the forum a lot, but it can be useful especially if you have a lot of difference between your 3W and 3Iron. Punching a 3W wood can be tricky because it has little if any backspin. Keep track of which club you need more often,3rd wedge vs hybrid, and figure that into your club selections.

• mantis0014 8,946 Posts

  Sun, Jun 9 2013 10:27 PM

  bubbadork:

  Of couse, it's possible that you've recently tiered up and are playing from longer tees. This will point out weaknesses in your approach shots that didn't affect you as much when you had shorter approaches. If that's the case, I'd recommend that you go play a lot of CTTH

   

  I just spied on the OP's score History... sorry...lol

  He has just been Promoted to TM....  Congrats.

  This will be reason why your game is playing different.  The better you get as you go through the Tiers... the harder the game plays.  The more games you play with slight adjustments in the new Tier the better it will get and you will be off and running again until your next promotion.

  Think of it as a roller coaster ride... it's ok going down the slope, but as your game gets better you start to climb the hill and the game gets hard to play... untill you reach the top, when the game will play as you like... then the whole process starts again...

  Just give it time....  you'll be right if you don't give up

  Good Luck

  -Roger

• needacap 24 Posts

  Mon, Jun 10 2013 12:19 AM

  Thanks Roger, my game is struggling,but do not play enough to improve, this may change when I retire at end f this year cheers  -Len

• JasonNumber100 2,909 Posts

  Mon, Jun 17 2013 2:21 AM

  Thanks for all the advice.