Anyone see a Golf psychologist?

[golfnutt]

...or rather should I say psychiatrist.

At the golf range, you would think I was a pro golfer (or at least a scratch). I don't replicate it on the course and invariably shoot in the high 70's. My shots don't even arc the same as they do on the range. I am just a bit more tense and that is all it takes.

I worry about hazards. I worry about OB. I worry about where the ball will end up. I know in logically that it is fruitless to worry about that and stay in the moment, but I just can't pull it off.

Thanks

[ntnBO]

Back in 2002 I spent two days at the house of Dr. Bob Rotella. It wasn't cheap, but was worth every penny.

BP

[CubicZirconia]

You don't hit off mats on the range do you?

[golfnutt]

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You don't hit off mats on the range do you?

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No, I hate golf mats. I am a 4.3 index. I know part of the answer is that I have to play more tournament golf. I seem to try to avoid making bad scores instead of going out and just going for it. All mental and that is why I think a psychologist may help.

[tuq]

My psychologist comes in a bottle and tends to work pretty well for the most part. Affordable rates IMO.

[Butcho22]

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My psychologist is a big fatty bowl and tends to work pretty well for the most part. Affordable rates IMO.

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[supermangina]

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My psychologist is a big fatty bowl and tends to work pretty well for the most part. Affordable rates IMO.

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Agreed, a bowl definitely helps my game. Golf psychologists are just going to tell you what you all ready know. Tiger says golf is like 80% mental, so if your afraid of OB or water on a hole it's totally going mess with your mind and subsequently your swing. All you need is confidence or hit a 3-iron instead of driver. Play for par not birdies on holes like that.

[Number7]

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My psychologist comes in a bottle and tends to work pretty well for the most part. Affordable rates IMO.

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Yeah, and always there for you, they don`t come better than that.


"You can adjust that to whatever your par is on a hole given your handicap. If your a 5, then the 5 hardest holes look to make an easy bogey."

I agree to some degree.
I have often told my like father at hdc 24 to not force holes, with so many extra strokes available.
When people like him stand in front of a par4 440 yards with troubles in several places, they then try to force there drive to new standards.
This is as always not gonna happen and the result is a rare green in regulation, but more often than not, a score of 7+ on the hole.
When these holes come up, if he just took his 3 iron from tee, then his 5 iron after that and then a short pitch, he could put for par almost everytime, lowering his average score on the hole with 1-2 easy.

When it comes to people like myself hdc 4,6 who does not play as often as i would like, my putting numbers are way too high, and i can come up with a bad shot at any given time.
And i can`t rely on my short game to get me up and down for par.

I can`t just point out the 5 hardest holes i have and chip it to green to put for par, cause that would be givin away a couple of shots.
When i look at my rounds i have good average scores on many of the hard rated holes, and i aim to hit the green in regulation on every hole.
Well almost, cause sometimes there are holes, where i will change my gameplan to either be able to chip it in to put for par, or just tee out with a 4 iron and maybe hit a 3 iron after green.


When it comes to the mental stress factor of difficult holes, and a competitive round, there can be more reasons to change a gameplan and sacrifice maybe 0,4 shot at a hole, to keep out potential disaster.

One of the reasons Tiger is always in contention (besides being the best) is that he rarely stand in front of these stressfull situations.
He has in advance looked at the holes, and decided that after 4 rounds, this hole will give him the best score if i play it like X.
So when he gets to the tee, he does not have to think about the potential disasters, cause he has already calculated them, and knows when he gets up on the tee with his driver/2iron/whateer, that this is the best solution, and if i hit a bad one, that is what happen, i made the right choise, and thereby he also have the benefit of rarely needing to question him self on the course.

Sometimes i find errors in some of the Pros course management (hard to say when they are better than me) but i find it alsomt funny in like this eksample:

We assume the players hit there 2 iron way more stabil than there Driver.

-Fairly long hole
-Fairway is narrowing in in driver distance.
-Pin is located all the way in the back of green.

Almost all the players choose to hit the driver, and then the wedge in the second shot.
Result: Many miss the fairway, with a lack of control over there approach shot.
Also almost noone of the perfect drives hi there approach close to the pin, as they have to hit short of the pin and then spin further away, some of those very aggressive hit it over the green with an impossible chipshot left.

Those going with 2-iron and approach with 7-iron results:
A lot more fairways hit and approach shot with control, resulting in noone over the green, a few left right though (as some from the rough with wedge too) and those hitting the green can get it close, as they can land it short and maybe one bounche and then stop, making more of these guys actually hiiting it really close.

[Skooch]

You might try the Golf 54 website. It has some good drills for working on the mental aspect.

[POKEROMGLOL]

you sound like my fiance's brother. He is a "+3" handicap or whatever & was the top ranked junior golfer in the country.

he plays to his handicap during casual rounds, but seriously has trouble breaking 80 in competitive rounds. it is kind of depressing.