I'm a member at a 9 hole course and shot regularly 10 over at the end of last season, which was my first season. Had a bunch of lessons throughout the winter, things were going great and I really expected my handicap to drop quick once the new season startet. I played quite well until the end of march but it's all gone downhill from there.
My last rounds were between 12 and 15 over, in my two first tournaments I played 35/36 points respectively.
Whenever I make a mistake on the course, I tend to follow up with at least another one. E.g. today I topped my tee shot, then went on to hook my lay-up into the rough only to chunk the following pitch.
I thought it maybe was in my head, so I tried not to care about my score (still keeping the score for the individual holes), but when I added up the numbers after the round they were just as bad as when I cared about what I shoot. Only upside is the rounds where I didn't care about my score were much less frustrating and I actually had a lot of fun on the course, despite my miserable play.
For now I've decided to keep on not caring,
For now I've decided to just keep on playing and not care about the score too much. Hopefully things will fall back into place soon, as I'm not sure what else I should try...
