[peemovvie]

I throw a club once and a while, I kinda hit the ground with my wedge every time I shank a chip shot. I sigh when I slice. That's about it. I never yell or cry or anything.

I always remember I've got way too much money in my clubs to throw them even if I did get that mad.

Plus, who wants to look like eldrick?

[Nfxutkpa]

I always remember I've got way too much money in my clubs to throw them even if I did get that mad.

Plus, who wants to look like eldrick?

I agree 100%. I can't think of a single time I have lost my composure on the course playing alone casually let alone in a tournament setting.

Additionally it absolutely blew my mind when he threw his club at Augusta... I hope he was fined significantly for that.

At that level of play, he should have more composure than that. Essentially the equivalent of a NFL QB throwing an interception, turning around spiking his helmet at the ground, kicking it 10 yards and walking to the sidelines.

[ErubTiereedig]

My sweet Mom bought me Zen Golf. It really is a game changer.

[papadopul]

I play to have fun and getting mad is not fun and it is certainly not fun to be around somebody that blows up on the golf course. I always think when a guy gets mad playing golf that they must either be immature or they think that they are a lot better player than they really are.

[fedelwfget]

I will usually talk to my self a little, and say things like What the Heck was that Anthony, or Focus dumba$$...but other than that I am pretty calm.

[carpartsho]

Just yesterday I was reading part of the Zen Golf book that Kelly mentions .I've pondered buying it on the iPad.

I bought one for us that has hard pages you can actually pop out and read one at a time. Never heard of this type book but it's going in the reading room er bathroom.

Getting too up or down can drain the heck out of your energy, focus, and level of play. I have yet to find a good cure and I think many of us are in the same boat. When I play my best golf is when I just think of the ball, myself, and my target. Not the results of what might happen because when I do that, all hell breaks loose.

[awagsFare]

When I was playing full time this was my undoing. I had no controll over my emotions and it hurt me on the course. It was not the higs and lows of the round but the inability to let go of a bad shot. I'd make a bogie on a par five that was reachable in two and would beat myself up for the next 2 holes. I might battle back to a -1 or even but would not be satisfied.
Now I stay pretty even no matter what. I plat one shot at a time and let stuff roll off my back. Its a different game when you are competing, I understand that but over the last 10 years I have been able to manage my emotions pretty well.

[derty]

I have my issues with this as well, just this past weekend I had a round where I should have started with 7 straight pars, but due to really crappy putting I had 4 three putts and made 3 pars and 4 bogeys.....everyone of those bogeys were piling up inside me...mostly because I don't ever have the chance to make 7 straight pars....so each one made the agrivation even bigger until finally after the 7th hole it just overwhelmed me and I proceeded to hit 2 tee shots OOB and had a Quad...then that pissed me off more and the whole round went to hell...I started pressing trying to get it back and that just made it worse.

Just typing this is bothering me.....okay going to by Zen Golf right now!

[Dokescoonse]

I hve a short temper in the first place, so I have had some rough times on the course, but I usually just punch one of my buddies in the face ( usually the one in the fiarway after my drive went into the woods) and that lets out alot of steam..LOL NAH just kidding would never do that, No honestly I have had some shots where I Know I have hit them stiff before than I just shank almost the same shot into the woods or just way off target, I have done the breathing thing, the drink another beer thing, (usually the reason for the shank) the walk it off thing. But lately I have not been letting it bother me b/c inside I know what i can do on the course, its the performing it is where the problem lies, but im not a professional so I expect to have mishits and duffs, and shanks from time to time, so with expecting it, makes it easier to get over for me atleast, but I just sya to myself and the crew im golfing with if they start to rant.. Just have fun, smile and swing, were out here to learn and progress in the game if we didn;t make mistakes we wouldn't be her ein the first place and it is alot more fun when you fix the problem and see the ball land stiff on your target line, if you werent smiling before like I said you will after that shot. This is a crazy but wonderful game, that takes most of us our whole lives to figure out ( if that is possible) but we hit the range and the course as much as we can to get this down pat. I know when im out there having fun and enjoying the course and the day I do alot better with ball striking than usual. its the left or right I need to work on now.

[djmassk]

When I was younger I'd get angry out of frustration because I didn't know what I did wrong.

Now that I have a better understanding of my game, my swing and the golf swing in general when I hit a bad shot I'm not thinking about being upset over the shot but rather what went wrong, why it went wrong and how to fix it. The understanding of what goes into a bad shot helps deal with a bad shot. Plus I've played enough golf to understand myself and when I hit a bad shot or flub a chip or something stupid like that I've gotten good at understanding what I feel and how to handle myself.

I think i've also trained myself to be much better with people. If i'm playing by myself in practice and hit a bunch of bad shots i'll get angry with myself, but if i'm playing with other people I really don't want to present myself like a jackass so i'm become very good at not reacting to things.