i need golf help, i just dont understand whats happening to me?

Question

I am 24 and I have been playing golf for 12 years. i am a 3 handicap(worldwide) and very capable of shooting underpar anywhere any day....until 2007 showed up. i havent broke 80 this year and im hitting it solid but the score is much higher then normal. I never been a great iron player probably hitting only 10 greens a round but with accuracy with the driver and my shortgame and putting(my strength) i've always been able to put a solid low 70's on the scorecard. have i peaked and declining or will my game bounce back....It's been 3 months now and now the mental doubts and frustrations are getting to me. the only thing i can think of is my weight(i did go from 190 pounds to 175 from october 2006 to january 2007)

i'd love to think its mechanical but my video recordings of me dont really show a change.

Answer 1

Well, you sound like a better player then me, but this would be my advice- when you go out, have your partner watch for one particular aspect of your game (irons, driving, putting), and then have someone else go out with you and do the same. You might be able to uncover something by getting a couple different sets of eyes on you.

Answer 2

I had a similar implosion around 5 years ago. My score went up around 20 stokes a round. It ended up being two things for me: 1) I had been dieting and losing weight. I was not eating in the morning before golf and would lose focus while playing. Now I take a few snacks with me and it has helped me stay focused for the entire round. 2) I had lost confidence in my swing. I would hit one bad shot and then start thinking about 100 things that I need to do. I was thinking too much during my swing. So I broke my swing down into five parts - take away, hand location in my back swing, hip turn, forearm roll, and finish. These were the five areas of my swing that I could feel. I concentrate on those five feels during my swing and I not only got my score back to where it was, but bettered it by around five strokes. Good luck.

Answer 3

Track your shot results before you drive yourself crazy. Monitor fairways hit, distance off target with your irons, Distance from hole with your chips, etc. to find out what you specifically need to work on. A telling stat like avg. distance on first putts will show you how much of a chance you are giving yourself to make par.You said you've looked at video, but have you had it analyzed by a professional? Normally solid players like yourself cannot get advice from friends or playing partners. Is the video able to be manipulated by a computer or are you just trying to analyze your swing in slo mo? Have you become more aggressive(shooting for more pins,trying to cut the corner on the drive,etc.?) At 24, my guess is you haven't peaked. Golf is full of peaks and valleys. Ask any PGA pro. The info you have given is a beginning but more is needed to get you to understand where changes need to be made.

Answer 4

Buy the book "Zen Golf" by Dr. Joseph Parent. It's a great book to help with on course visualizations, breathing, etc. I'm a 6, that was struggling with breaking 80 this year as well. Since reading it, i found my game again. He's got another book called "Zen Putting" coming out this April. It's a cheap book, worth a shot.

Answer 5

Next time you go out make a special scorecard that shows fairways hit, GIR, saved chips[one putt after], saved pithes and number of putts this should show you where you lost your game. Also have you changed practice habbits or have something else in your mind when you are about to hit? I know the scorecard works for me try it out. Good luck.

Answer 6

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Answer 7

you probably just need to adjust to the change in weight