[jstizzle]

I don't know what it is, if I am just feeling more confident some days, or it just clicks some days and not others, but have you had days where you swing a club perfect and other days where it looks like you just took up the game? We played a tournament on Sunday and I couldn't hit my 52 gap wedge worth a crap, in fact after about 9 holes I didn't take it back out for the other 18 holes. Yesterday I go out and play and I stuck my 52 gap wedge EVERY TIME I hit that damn club! WTH, why can't I do this every day? It is so frustrating! And the worst part is I am hitting my 52 great yesterday and couldn't hit my 56 worth a crap. It's like every time I play there is a club I play great and 1 I can't find the broad side of a barn with.

[marketheal]

I'm consistant.I consistantly have at least one or two (sometimes more}blowup holes that tank my scores.

[gedsiz]

I don't know what it is, if I am just feeling more confident some days, or it just clicks some days and not others, but have you had days where you swing a club perfect and other days where it looks like you just took up the game? We played a tournament on Sunday and I couldn't hit my 52 gap wedge worth a crap, in fact after about 9 holes I didn't take it back out for the other 18 holes. Yesterday I go out and play and I stuck my 52 gap wedge EVERY TIME I hit that damn club! WTH, why can't I do this every day? It is so frustrating! And the worst part is I am hitting my 52 great yesterday and couldn't hit my 56 worth a crap. It's like every time I play there is a club I play great and 1 I can't find the broad side of a barn with.

Haha... welcome to golf!

[Thomaswhitee]

I am consistent to the point where I play to my average score 90% (+/- a couple of strokes) of the time. the other 10% is about a 70/30 mix of better than average(70%), and (30%) worse than my average.

As far individual clubs causing me grief, it happens, but only on one hole. If have problem with a club just once, I don't use it the rest of the round. If course conditions say not to use a specific club, I don't attempt to use it from the start.

Previously this week I played two very nice scoring rounds of golf on a very nice golf course. Yesterday at my home course, on the driving range I swung most of my clubs terribly. Perhaps the difference was at the nice course, I was hitting off well kept turf surfaces, and at the driving range I was hitting off chewed up, sandy turf. Who knows. We just have to play with what we have that day, and not let it bother us. I play very few rounds where I am swinging every club in my bag consistently well, for 18 holes.

[priceyicey]

What i have found is that the key to consistency is concentration. Don't lose focus. I do this by having a quick pre-shot routine where I say a few quick pointers and make sure to keep my head down. As easy as that sounds I think it is the most important part of my game. If i'm struggling, I will stare at the spot where the ball was long after it's been hit. I guess the rest just takes care of itself.

[Sopzoozyren]

I just have one aspect of my game that shines through above all the others every day and its usually different, minus my pitching and chipping. That's THE BEST part of my game, and my SW is my favorite club that I have. But depending on the day, I can have a really lousy drive shot (or off the tee shot, regardless) or a really bad putting day, but I'd like to get to a point where everything is ok, and I'm not worse with one over the other!!

[marketheal]

I just have one aspect of my game that shines through above all the others every day and its usually different, minus my pitching and chipping. That's THE BEST part of my game, and my SW is my favorite club that I have. But depending on the day, I can have a really lousy drive shot (or off the tee shot, regardless) or a really bad putting day, but I'd like to get to a point where everything is ok, and I'm not worse with one over the other!!

Hope you will have better luck than me.About the time I get one thing fixed another goes back to the drawing board.Like starting to 1-2 putt only to have drives not make it to the ladies tees.Or have a couple of great shots only to screw up the clip.Ahhhh golf...gotta love it.

[Blotassefesek]

I am consistant to the point i play to my h/cap more times than not.

[arriftell]

Been there. I learned that my game can change daily and I have even seen it change between the front and back nines. The good shots and good days just keep me coming back. That my friend is what addiction is; giving you just enough to feel good and make you want little bit more to feel even better.

[unatkot]

I am truly inconsistent. My scores in 2009 ranged from 74 to 117. My handicap hovers around 13 because of it. That is one of the things I plan to work on this year, rescuing my round on a bad ball-striking day.

[arriftell]

That 74 must have been sweet C-Tech. I hope the new TM's keep you closer to the 74.

[jamisi]

I don't know what it is, if I am just feeling more confident some days, or it just clicks some days and not others, but have you had days where you swing a club perfect and other days where it looks like you just took up the game? We played a tournament on Sunday and I couldn't hit my 52 gap wedge worth a crap, in fact after about 9 holes I didn't take it back out for the other 18 holes. Yesterday I go out and play and I stuck my 52 gap wedge EVERY TIME I hit that damn club! WTH, why can't I do this every day? It is so frustrating! And the worst part is I am hitting my 52 great yesterday and couldn't hit my 56 worth a crap. It's like every time I play there is a club I play great and 1 I can't find the broad side of a barn with.

It never gets better...my last time out I had three birds and was even par and felt like I was leaving shots all over the place...I'm not good enough to NOT be happy shooting what I did; it was a a good outing for me; didn't change how I felt though...expectations never match results for me and one of the real truths in this game is to learn how to deal with the less than perfect because perfect rarely happens...

[unatkot]

It never gets better...my last time out I had three birds and was even par and felt like I was leaving shots all over the place...I'm not good enough to NOT be happy shooting what I did; it was a a good outing for me; didn't change how I felt though...expectations never match results for me and one of the real truths in this game is to learn how to deal with the less than perfect because perfect rarely happens...

Back when I was a newbie golfer, I played with a stranger who shot one over par from the back tees while I just broke 90 from the regular tees. As we were finishing up, he commented that he was really unhappy with the way he had played. He said he was due to play in a pro-am in California in a few months and he didn't want to embarrass himself. It was then I realized that being a golfer meant never being satisfied with anything ever again.

[teentodiefows]

I know this is a cliche but I think good consistent golf comes from "taking it one shot at a time" Seriously...think about it. If you can really focus on just the shot at hand and not worry about your score or what happend on the last shot or worry about whether you can hit that club you have in your hand or worry about the weather etc, etc...then you have a good chance of executing well and with that will come consistency. Does that mean you will execute every shot perfectly? No...and that goes back to taking it one shot at a time. I can recall some of my best rounds where I just focused this way and even though I hit some bad shots and did not execute everytime exactly the way I wanted to I ended up shooting a good score. This is much harder then it sounds as it is inclusive of making good cousre management decisions and having a solid pre-shot routine that you stick to for each shot regardless of how your round (or the last shot) is going...

[pBiRXp8u]

I'm consistent in that my scores don't vary a lot when I'm playing on a course that I'm familiar with )about 3 or 4 here in the area. How I get to that score can be very inconsistent.

Sometimes my short game might be just off and I string a bunch of bogies, then the next time I'll have several doubles or worse interspersed with pars and birdies.

Like anyone, I still have the occasional blowup round, most often when playing a new course. That seems to make me a bit tentative and indecisive, which is just about the worst thing that can happen to me on a golf course. Last year I started deliberately playing other courses to take me out of my comfort zone more often, and I really did seem to get more comfortable in strange settings. Planning on continuing that plan this year. The hard par about that is the cost. I have 2 regulation courses in the district on which I can play 18 holes for $14 with cart, so it's hard to talk myself into going elsewhere and pay 3 or 4 times that.

[agrismhig]

I'm not. My scores are all over the place, not just week to week but even playing the same course in similar conditions on consecutive days.

[Joesred]

So true bigvivec I always feel that I couldv'e done something better my girlfriend always says that "no matter how good of a round you have you always complain about something, or "forget the last hole or it will ruin the rest of the round" so I guess this year will be about just letting things happen and to be happy with the round whatever it may be, I am going to really make my best effort and try to apply this philosophy, I guess that is one new years resolution that I'll be happy to keep.

[unatkot]

so I guess this year will be about just letting things happen and to be happy with the round whatever it may be

If there's a pill for that, I need a large prescription, please.

[jamisi]

If there's a pill for that, I need a large prescription, please.

Yeah, make it a double...


...on the one hand I like the hunger, the drive to do better...I like that you will never master this game...it also drives me nuts...whatareyagonnado!?!?

[Blotassefesek]

It never gets better...my last time out I had three birds and was even par and felt like I was leaving shots all over the place...I'm not good enough to NOT be happy shooting what I did; it was a a good outing for me; didn't change how I felt though...expectations never match results for me and one of the real truths in this game is to learn how to deal with the less than perfect because perfect rarely happens...

I was once told by a club pro (David Huish) that the better you get the less you enjoy it. Once your expectations are pretty high,the more difficult it is to reach them.