Im posting this asking for advice, any advice will do, good or bad... dont care!

This weekend I attended a tournament, it was windy, it was cold, but at least it wasnt raining (like it was everywhere else around the area). I got to the course early, I stretched, I warmed up, did a bit of putting, etc.

Then when the first round started I just couldnt make anything happen well, I quite possibly played the worst round of golf in years on that day. It wasnt the wind or the cold that was bothering me, but there was something that was just ruining my game that I couldnt put my finger on and I couldnt fix.

Granted, I didnt have much sleep the night before and I did drive 3 hours to get to the event that morning but that shouldnt have ruined me that much, I have played events under the same conditions where a few things may go wrong but nothing like this weekend...

So I guess the question is, how do some of you deal with yourselves after a bad tourney? What do you do to get yourself out of that state?

Thanks

You just have to realize that is impossible to play good every round every tournament. If you look at most tournaments where someone played amazing for 4 rounds, they usually win by a big number.

Just shake it off, sometimes its not there. Get it ouf of your head and turn it around next weekend.

this weekend, I was at a small C-tier. It was a two round event and after the first round I was 1 stroke out of first...The second round i played worse golf than I have since I can remember....On the way home I kind of woke up..?... I was on I-95 with the windows rolled up, and some sad song on the radio. I was in the midle lan doing forty and being passed by cars on BOTH sides...It was weird. I really dont remember the drive up until that moment. I was in a wierd shock. Anyway. I putted outside for a while and then just talked about it with other golfers. ...probably doesnt help but it I saw this thread and had to write something.

You should just quit the game :D















Well, not really. We all have bad rounds/tournaments. Shoot, after throwing one of my best all time rounds (1014) at last years Texas 10 finals, I followed it up with one of my worst rated rounds. (885)

So I quit playing Pro.










Well not really, I turn 40 this year (actually next week) so I have been playing Pro Masters and enjoying it. But even after cashing in my first few tournament this year, I even got a 1st place at a C-tier, I fell apart and finished almost last at the next tournament.

BTW, see you in 2009 at the Austrailian Open

I read you Sjur, I was there too. It's been on my mind all day. I practiced on my home course today to get back in some kind of groove and shot miserably.

I don't mind playing poorly sometimes. I'm adult enough to recognize game potential and the investments it takes to reach that level. You can't stay at peak for long.
So you have to find the levels you can live at. I get down on this but for me it's all about perspective. Last week I shot great at paw paw. The week before I cashed at MSDGC. The week before that I kept up with Mela and Brinster at the Jam, and ran the event. So game-wise I can't really complain too much. And I have a lot of friends that play, that will not tolerate any self pity from a guy that can play as well as I can.

I hope I (and you)can put it together for the Yetter. See you there.

I don't know if this address' the original post.
I guess I "deal" with my poor playing by remembering why I'm doing this and smiling to myself. Knowing I'm able to achieve the shot and that there's so much more to do.

BOB
Putt it right!

BTW, see you in 2009 at the Austrailian Open



Yeah, hopefully I can get my game back on track by then...

Thanks to all of you that have posted on this thread... it helps to know that Im not the only one that has had this happen to their game just like that...

retire

I just cry for the next 6 days straight, then play better the next weekend.

Beer usually helps.

Included in my final round supplies is always a 6 pack, cooler, and ice. That way you can still stick around for the awards and have a good time.

I am down about bad tournaments for about a day. Then, I let it go. Then I get out in the backyard and practice putting. I just realize that I cant put in the time to keep my overall game at a higher level all the time. I play and practice when I can, and go have fun. The good rounds will come back, and so will the bad. No way around it. I just shake it off and dont dwell on the bad.

1. Go to the local strip club
2. Get a lap dance from the hottest chick there.

You'll forget you even played disc golf that day, let alone that you had a bad round.

After a poor performance, I look at the larger scheme of things and ask myself, where is the one place I want to be right now?
I remind myself how much love I have for the sport and no matter what the circumstances, I would rather be playing disc golf than anything else. Strings of bad shots lead to a bad round, but it's ok, things pick up! Recall any previous tourneys where you go out the next day and can't miss anything outside of 40' and your drives hit every fairway? Remember that disc golf is of checks and balances: Usually, when putting is on, drives are off, when drives are on, putting's off...there are days where everything is on and days everything is off. Recognize those "on" days and ask yourself how you got to that zone. Instead of revelling in that round, dissect it and figure how to tap into that power....

But most of all, smile...you're playing disc golf.

FriZZaks, B.O.B, let the Yetter be your rebound tourney...c'mon, c'mon, c'mon. If all else fails, player's party with lots of free beer!!!!

Have a talk with someone who's suffered a major injury---one that kept them off the course for a year or more. Compared to the agony of being unable to play at all, having the opportunity to play and play poorly doesn't seem so bad.

I think there will be a few frizzaks at the Yetter

Look at the bigger picture.

For instance. I just blew up and showed a pitiful performance at USADGC. I had one decent round, but even it had big dissapointments, I could not bring my game together, just when I would make a great shot on a tough hole, I would shule my next shot.

But then I look back at the ratings and think "I averaged 950 golf in the toughest Amateur field in the world. If I am going to be POed about shooting amateur (sub 955) golf, then I need to move up to Pro". At least playing in Open, you are allowed to be mad about Advanced scores. In an tournament in July, I finished DFL (only beating the DNF's) in the open division. I was mad, furious, frustrated, and ready to quit......




I would have finished 3rd in Advanced.




Perspective is the key. And if you are a pro, and you are complaining about shooting amateur rounds, then that is just the name of the game. After all it is golf. After every tournament I take at least 2 days off from playing any disc golf. That lets me clear my head about any bad mistakes I was doing, and gets me craving to play again, and then by the time I get to the course, I am so happy to play I do not care how I shoot.

Have a talk with someone who's suffered a major injury---one that kept them off the course for a year or more. Compared to the agony of being unable to play at all, having the opportunity to play and play poorly doesn't seem so bad.


Amen.