Had a terrible round and want to give up? Here’s what to do

We’ve all had days where nothing goes right on the course. But Sir Nick Faldo urges you not to bin your clubs. It’s time to ‘get factual’

We all want to play well. But golf is a difficult game. It’s part of what makes it such a great sport.

It can also lead you to despair and there are times, particularly if you’ve been performing poorly for a period, that you might think why you’re playing at all.

We’ve all been there. Everyone who has ever picked up a club has walked off a course after a terrible round and thought about packing in the game.

How do you combat those feelings? How do you move on so you can improve? For Sir Nick Faldo, a six-time major champion and one of golf’s all-time greats, there is a simple solution: Stick to the facts.

He said: “If you’ve had a rotten day, I say to the kids, ‘You have a little moan. Fine. Then stop. And then get factual’. Count your tee shots: ‘there were six of them in the right rough. And from the right rough they went in the left bunker’.

“So you go to facts, rather than saying, I can’t play. I’m fed up. This is lousy’. Get factual and then say, ‘what should we work on first?’

“Maybe it’s the driver, because if I hit more fairways that is going to be a nice chain reaction, isn’t it? I’m not playing out of the rough, and I can get on the green a bit better.

“Stick to the facts.”

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