After a long
break away from the usual round of weekly golf you’ll probably find you have
developed annoying golfer quirks when it comes to remembering your back-swing
or ball striking accuracy. To some extent muscle memory plays a high part in
keeping your backswing in shape, but a break from the game starts to let in all
types of oddities. One of the most annoying aspects I discovered was that my
swing was pretty mush useless throughout my round of golf.
I miss-hit from the
tee 5 shots in total – all with top-spin so I was raising my body/legs during
the swing (this is very unlike me) my iron play from the fairway was atrocious
with shots pulling to the right. Driving was a disaster (again pulling to the
right) I managed to hit 3 fairways but had total loss in confidence that I’d
play a decent second shot. My putting was OK (perhaps the only part of my game
that seemed solid) and I managed to hole fairly long putts but of course I was
putting for double-bogey, which is never a good thing.
Playing
golf’s a mentally challenging sport, so I thought that I was punishing myself
too hard and begin to lighter up thinking this would help my golf swing get
back to normal – this didn’t work for me and the same continual misfortune of a
poorly-aligned golf swing seemed to cause even greater frustration. Next time
I’ll ensure I practice at the range well before I play a next round of golf.
