I can't move on after bad golfing?

You're being way too hard on yourself CC. It was one meet. Just go back to the drawing board. Get some practice in and prepare for your next meet. You cannot go back and change the outcome of your first meet. What you can do is play better at the next meet. Your present mind set isn't going to help you play better. You have to forget about it. Trust me. Every golfer has had a bad outing. I've had a round where I shot 54 on the front 9 and shot 40 on the back. I had another round where I shot 46 on the front 9 and 38 on the back. I had another round where I shot 46 on the front and 36 on the back. Keep a positive attitude and keep playing.

I'm sad to read about your experience. If the problem is actually missing the golf ball during a tournament, it sounds like 99% of your time should be spent at the range or with a golf instructor who can diagnose what's causing your misses. Perhaps you could ask the coach to let you take a few weeks to sort things out and not play in tournaments during that time. Either way, you'll need to forget about that round and move on in some constructive fashion. Find some meaningful yet realistic goals to keep you motivated and try to stay out of tournaments until you're hitting the ball every time you swing. No more misses. There is a post to an article about trying to recover from a bad round. Check it out. Maybe there is something in there for you. Good luck! It's time to move on and start improving.

Sajathia, your story is very sad but not unique. In all that you said there was one sentence that gave me a clue as to what your possible problem is and how to correct it. "you can't hit the ball". This could be that you lift your head before the club head reaches the ball or your trying to 'kill' the ball to make it go farther. Remember that the shoulders and hips supply the power and the arms and hands guide the club. This is basic golf. Now Even the pro golfers have bad days, Tiger couldn't hit a ball straight in many tournaments and then he won several big tournaments. Practice at the golf range to take a slow smooth back swing and forget where it goes until you can hit the ball consistently for two dozen times.

Spartawo...

Hey CC,

I'm sure you expected to shoot better than 86. My advice would be, if you like the game, go to the range when you can and practice. As for playing on the team, does everyone on the team play in the meets? If not, let the coach worry about it. If he wants you to play, go out and play and do your best. If you've played in the past and you "wern't terrible" as you say, you'll do better the next time out. You probably don't want to hear this, but if and when you do have to play again, you're going to have to forget about it and just go play. If you don't, you won't be giving yourself your best chance to play the way you think you should, and that wouldn't be fair to you or your team.

Golf is a lifelong journey you will figure it out one day and I'm not even talking about your golf game entirely good luck!