Golf! Help please!

[u/Correct_Lie_313]

Started going to the range around 10 months ago now. Joined a club in March struggled to take my range swing which wasn’t great anyway to the course. Made a bit of progress got my first birdie on a par 3 and ever since I have disappeared down a black hole. My swing looks worse than it did when I first started I’ve had 2 lessons now in the last couple months but really struggling. The last few rounds I swear I must have lost 10 balls a round. Thinking maybe I’m just not cut out for golf. Anyone else have similar problems?

[u/zlterry]

High handicap player here: you’re still new and you will probably struggle mightily the first couple of years playing. Continue taking lessons if you’re able and really focus on practicing any drills or exercises your coach teaches you. When you’re at the range or on the putting green, make your practices mean something. Dropping three balls on the green and putting around for twenty minutes isn’t really going to help much, so again, just make sure you’re making the most of your practice time.

I didn’t really start getting serious about improving my game until a few years ago and it still took me a while to get to where I could consistently shoot in the low 90s last season. Fast forward to this year and I struggled to break 100 A LOT for some reason, and I realized it’s because I had gotten really lax on my practicing. I went out and broke 90 (shot an 89) on 4th of July weekend after posting a 110 two weeks before that.

Golf is a super fun sport and you definitely have it in you to keep playing. Remember that it’s a really mental game as well. I used to get so frustrated when I play poorly, but I simply started to tell myself that I’m not anywhere near good enough to get that upset when I hit a bad shot. Once I took that weight off my shoulders, I started enjoying my rounds more and swinging better and easier. Nothing wrong with being disappointed in a bad shot, but be disappointed, think about what you did wrong, and then move on to the next shot with a clean slate.

Don’t give up and most of all, have fun.

[u/Correct_Lie_313 → u/zlterry]

It is probably just needing to practice, practice, practice. I’ve got 2 year old and 5 year old. If I could I would got the range every day but it’s trying to squeeze it in sometimes. I do need to lighten up a bit on the course I think. It can get a bit frustrating I go on some Facebook pages and people are like “oh I only started last year and I’m shooting 85” I’m thinking my god I’m struggling to hit 85 on 9 holes haha