It has been awhile since my last post. all of mine have been about the mental side of golf because i belive that is what is holding my back the most. I know I can hit the shots to shoot in the low 80's/high 70's on a regular basis, but my brain keeps getting in the way. I always got down on myself if i lippeed a put out or shanked a drive or something. Everyone here was very helpful, but i just couldn't or maybe wouldn't put what I was being told into practice. this leads me to the point of my post...I played my first round of the year last wendsday.( it was actually nice enough to play in indiana) Well i knew that since it was the first round of the year it wasn't going to be the lowest score since i kinda stopped playing last year. my goal, mentally was to try and take it one hole at a time-one shot at a time. now, I have always tried this but it never worked, i would always be thinking about the previous hole's missed putt in the middle of my next drive. But when i played this time i actually did it! i lipped 3 or 4 par putts and i actually forgot about them by the time i got to the next hole. and i did this the entire round. My question is ...how do I keep this going for the whole summer? i always seem to play good early in the year but am horrible come september. I really think that i made a majpr breakthrough mentally and think it will improve my scores, but i need help keeping this mental thing going. any suggestions?