A fear to overcome

The WOODS ....

I have this fear when hitting with my woods.
Somehow, it feels weird holding such long clubs.

And the fact that I almost 'killed' my neighbours @ the range didn't help!!!

Arghh ...

Anyone had the same issue before?

Your Fear can be only conquered with practise. Every golfers have been thru that.... and hopefully you got yourself a pro to help you with it.

Golf is a game of sheer confidence. IF you are confident that you can hit a great shot, often, you will. It's mind over matter.

For me, I prefer to hit my balls into the rough. I get more enjoyment from the game and I get to explore the various wildlife which one doesn't often see.... for example, we say a baby cobra at RJCC recently

I too have the fear for the longer clubs.

I tried to give them different names....eg. Sleepy, Bashful, Doc, Grumpy, Sneezy, Happy and Grumpy.

I think it helps to mitigate the fear......try it out

My fear starts from the tee box, and then i fear the fairway , and then i get really tense in the bunker. Finally, i collapse into a nasty frenzy when i am on the green. i wonder if i should be playing this game. Psychologically, it's just too paralysing.

golfjoy wrote:

The WOODS ....

I have this fear when hitting with my woods.
Somehow, it feels weird holding such long clubs.

And the fact that I almost 'killed' my neighbours @ the range didn't help!!!

Arghh ...

Anyone had the same issue before?

Don't worry too much about the killing part...my friend and I regularly attempted the same thing during every range session...

I have the same problem with long clubs...does not help that I'm not tall either....hence my resolution for the new year is to focus on mastering my 3 and 4 hybrids before upgrading to the woods and drivers

Duval_S wrote:

I too have the fear for the longer clubs.

I tried to give them different names....eg. Sleepy, Bashful, Doc, Grumpy, Sneezy, Happy and Grumpy.

I think it helps to mitigate the fear......try it out

Ditto for me.....fear for the woods....only once nick for them. 'F@**.'

Technospaz wrote:

Golf is a game of sheer confidence. IF you are confident that you can hit a great shot, often, you will. It's mind over matter.

For me, I prefer to hit my balls into the rough. I get more enjoyment from the game and I get to explore the various wildlife which one doesn't often see.... for example, we say a baby cobra at RJCC recently

snake? wah lau I'll take unplayable lie any day bro...i'll even take stroke and distance kekeke. That's my no.1 fear in golf. Number 2 is a 3-foot putt for par. Number 3 is topping my ball on the first tee when you have flights behind you. Number 4 is ball lies above of feet. Finally, number 5 is Mloy's loud screams when I'm about to swing, i'm starting to get used to that

My no.1 fear is rain with thunder... can only play once a month then go to golf course but can't play...

My fear is the pitching wedge. Always top the ball. So sian to use it. So much so that I hardly use my wedge. Wedge for SALE!!!!! Just kidding. I suppose I am not practising my pitching enough therefore that result.

mloy wrote:

My fear is the pitching wedge. Always top the ball. So sian to use it. So much so that I hardly use my wedge. Wedge for SALE!!!!! Just kidding. I suppose I am not practising my pitching enough therefore that result.

dear darling, mayb u hit it too long for u to practise your Pw..... dun it so far can or not, pan chance lah

btw, merry xmas .....

but hor, when you top the ball, it went into the hole lei...

i hear somebody Par 4 almost one on.. no wonder PW is no use to her..

if u already thought of failure, you will fail... got to learn how to block out the negatives associated with each clubs and believe you can hit it... of coz you dun do that blindly... if you really cannot hit a 3 wood, do not use it on course yet... practise first.

If you always top your wedges, pitches or chips, thats because you do not trust your swing and keep thinking that you will top it... interesting thing abt unker shots, pitches and chips, the more you hesitate in your swing, the more you will top it...

believe you can do it and if you top it, accept the fact that such things happen and move on... tough luck... in golf, funny things happen... once i had a good drive to the middle of the fairway, walk up to it and cannot find the ball... if I am to worry my drives will get lost in the fairway, then no need to tee off with driver liao

slinger wrote:

mloy wrote:

My fear is the pitching wedge. Always top the ball. So sian to use it. So much so that I hardly use my wedge. Wedge for SALE!!!!! Just kidding. I suppose I am not practising my pitching enough therefore that result.

dear darling, mayb u hit it too long for u to practise your Pw..... dun it so far can or not, pan chance lah

btw, merry xmas .....

Merry Christmas to you too slinger. Till we meet again......

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mloy wrote:

slinger wrote:

mloy wrote:

My fear is the pitching wedge. Always top the ball. So sian to use it. So much so that I hardly use my wedge. Wedge for SALE!!!!! Just kidding. I suppose I am not practising my pitching enough therefore that result.

dear darling, mayb u hit it too long for u to practise your Pw..... dun it so far can or not, pan chance lah

btw, merry xmas .....

Merry Christmas to you too slinger. Till we meet again......

Dearest GR Champ (B2B)......my suggestion is don lay up....chiong for the green and such, don need to use PW lor....

My fear is a golf club.

haragolfer wrote:

My fear starts from the tee box, and then i fear the fairway , and then i get really tense in the bunker. Finally, i collapse into a nasty frenzy when i am on the green. i wonder if i should be playing this game. Psychologically, it's just too paralysing.

Yeah, i think you should quit too. Get a new hobby.. maybe take up sewing.

My fear is the dreadful sand bunker. Blee and Mizzy can attest to that. Almost every hole. Harrowing experience at OCC

my fear is people asking for strokes from me ...

zephyr_bloom wrote:

My fear is the dreadful sand bunker. Blee and Mizzy can attest to that. Almost every hole. Harrowing experience at OCC

yeah i think the sand at occ is bad. thin half inch layer of sand on top is loose, fools you becos just below that, the sand is hard, compacted and wet most times.

mizzy wrote:

zephyr_bloom wrote:

My fear is the dreadful sand bunker. Blee and Mizzy can attest to that. Almost every hole. Harrowing experience at OCC

yeah i think the sand at occ is bad. thin half inch layer of sand on top is loose, fools you becos just below that, the sand is hard, compacted and wet most times.

Ah? Then can you 'test' the sand before hitting?

Technospaz wrote:

My fear is a golf club.

Duval_S wrote:

I too have the fear for the longer clubs.

I tried to give them different names....eg. Sleepy, Bashful, Doc, Grumpy, Sneezy, Happy and Grumpy.

I think it helps to mitigate the fear......try it out

OOOH? R u really this cute??!?!?!