Why does the swing fall apart?

The front nine was great....lot of fairways and greens and 4 over. Then after a bad par 3 on back, swing fell apart, hooks, mis hits etc 12 over!. I am 13 h'cap. It was a county tournament. Hd a good chance to top my bracket. But then!!!

Here are the highlights...

2 Birdies(Both par 5s, tap ins!!)
1 Quad Bog
1 Tripple Bog
2 Double Bog

Now couple of excuses....

1) started play at 12:00 but usually done by then.
2) Skipped lunch and instead had a few bars and couple of gatorages.

I think it is more mental than physical.

But then beyond this, how does one get back the swing after a bad hole?

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Ranga

Tom Watson was on the Golf Channels "Lessons from the Pros" and he put it this way. "Find something else to blame it on." He said he was playing a practice with Phil Mickelson I believe. Anyway, Phil completely shanked a shot into the trees and then turned around and said "My club hit a rock this big(3 inch) behind my ball. When Tom looked at the area Phils ball had been, there was no rock. He said Phil was blaming a bad shot on something else to take the blame in his head off of himself. According to Tom, a lot of players do that. It takes care of your subconcious beating up on you the rest of the round. Try it, it might work. Like Watson said, "A good golfer never blames himself."

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I think you put that one about 2160 inches too far right. LOL

Classic Tour Highly High Bore (Cleveland HiBore clone) 10.5 degree, Gramman TP440 stiff 3.5 torque shaft
KZG Maraging Power 9.5 degree steel shaft #1 "fairway wood"
Knight Virage woods, irons and wedges
Knight putter
Cheapest double titanium balls I can find. lol

I should have blamed someone else...there was an opportunity. n the backswing there was a loud scream from a near by tee. My partner asked if it caused me to mis-hit? I didd't want to blame others for my bad shot. But may be it will be a good way to excuse yourself.! Thanks.

What were you thinking after the first nine?

To understand if this was a mental game breakdown we really need to know who you were feeling about the game - you state of mind.

Were you thinking - I could win this. If I par the next two holes then....etc, etc.

By the sounds of your post you were thinking what you stated on the post after nine.....I could win this. I suggest reading "golf is not a game of perfect" and evaluating you own game against this book.

Otherwise you need to give more info. Asking if you mental game broke down without saying what your mindset was on the course is like asking someone to fix your swing fault without describing the problem.

Hope this helps, the book is really good. It emphasises the importance of the mental game in real life senerios.


JCBDB

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