[koebforfrn]

For most of my golfing life, I could say that is largely how I feel. But goals can be shifting targets as a round progresses. If I get off to a rough start and quickly get well over par and realize that a few cylinders are skipping, I shift that goal to something realistic that usually involves parring in. Most rounds for me have always been finding a way to get thru 4 or 5 holes unscathed, and by then I have found something I can work with to score at par back to the house.

I agree with this as well...


Some days everything is working and you can go after your PB...other days (today in my case), you find yourself behind the 8 ball for some reason or another, then it's fundamental focus time, find and latch on to something that works and ride it for all it's worth...

That bit about stopping the bleeding is key...a round can slip away so easily once the trust is spoiled and you start questioning feels...personally I have a couple of go-to swingthoughts and swing alterations that seem to always work...I'm not going to birdie with them, but they are solid enough to play when the wheels are in the process of coming off...Like SS said, get a couple of pars under your belt, reverse the trend and more likely than not something will raise its head that you can hobble the rest of the way home with...