Golf Forums - Playin bad

 Im no pro. 

Find a good golf pro and commit to taking an initial 6-8 lessons, if you make it clear to the pro you plan to come back, rather than have a single one off lesson they can put a plan in place to get your game on track. 

If you don’t fancy golf lessons you can look at the multitude of golf videos on YouTube for free.

Either way you need to make time for practice, as a minimum 2hrs per week, if you want to improve quicker you will need to put in more time.

Other things to consider
Do you warm up before your round?

Keep at it Jonathan, we all started out like this. Don't give up, it will come with practice and patience and as Gary says, a proper set-up rountine will improves things too.

Thanks for the replys .

Im playin again sunday and guna try slow my game down and focus .

Have a good week folks

On the basis that no two days are the same... Be assured that we all have good and bad days.

Best way to improve is to know your own game, focus on what you can do and organise yourself to do more of what you do best. I recommend more attention on putting, avoiding three putts is a good way to improve quickly. A good approach technique can work to take pressure off the putting game as well.

Spend more time short game and putting than you do with longer shots on the range.

Know your distances with each club, consistent swing does help, trying not to hit the ball, finishing each swing with a good pose is recommended.

Teaching pro - find one that can see what you are capable off rather than a guy who tries to teach you what he can do.

There are some simple techniques which can work quickly to help you enjoy more.

Remember, it is a game to be enjoyed... Make yourself a long term plan... Focus on one or two things to improve at each round...

See a pro when occasionally, I visit my local guy for him to review an aspect of my swing when I need to correct something... Last time my guy suggested a simple set up modification that added 20 yds to each shot.

Best tip of all, play within your own capabilities - you don't need to out drive playing partners to have a good game...

And no two days are ever quite the same.. Remind yourself of good shots as well as remembering the that need improvement.

Most of all, enjoy the game...

 Thanks for the advise. Fustrated with how my last two rounds have ended.

Try to play as many games with a mate just to find your own game and rythm - personally when I join games with 'much better' players it is very easy to try and play up to their level and maybe try too hard - usually fluffing the ball off the tee or trying to play a similar shot to them when you really want to do your own thing. The better 'nice' players will see you are not trying to be too clever if you use a wood or hybrid or even iron instead of the driver. That said do watch their swing and tempo - you really can learn a lot from others out there

 i agree with mark's  post.  from my experience working  to become comfortable  with the irons at the driving  range and finding  out the average distance of  each club is so important.  once comfortable  you should have more confidence in transitioning onto the hybrid/3 wood  as you should effectively still  be using  the same swing (slight  change  in adress set up).  pair that with an hour here and there on the practice putting and chipping green and you should start to see the handicap  tumble.  regarding  lessons vs youtube tutorials, i would  recommend lessons but we all know  they're  not cheap.  youtube is  a good tool but if  not  used in the right  way can have negative affects. (again from personal pain and experience).  currently  what ive found is my coach is very good at diagnosing my swing  issues,  but struggles to relate a good drill to fix that personally  works for me.  so if he says my swing is suffering due to not turning  in the follow through, i youtube drills to help specifically for that  and see which works for me.  keep at it though  mate.  check out  some twilight  9 holes after work,  good  way to get some  cheap on course practice :) 

I'd suggest working on the mental side of the game too. 'Golf is not a game of perfect' by Bob Rotella is a fantastic read.

 Even a good player can sometimes have a bad play, everything happens :-)