The situation is: you just warmed up on the range and you are hitting it short and crooked. You hit no solid shots, and they are shorter than the last time you played, and they all faded. Yuk!

The situation is: you went to the first tee filled with confidence because you played so well last time. But instead of hitting a perfect golf shot with your driver right down the middle of the fairway, longer than Tiger has ever hit one, your shot goes about 150 yards and then wobbles to the right into the rough. Yuk!

The situation is: you're on the fifth hole, and have been playing pretty well for the first five holes. Quite suddenly you start hitting shots that are uncharacteristic of your ability. You hit some hooks, some slices, and some fat shots. Yuk!

Has this happened to you? And what do you do when this happens? And have your efforts been successful?

It seems the vast majority of golfers, including the Tour players, try to fix their swing during a round of golf in order to hit the quality shots they expect to hit or have hit once. Does this work? Does it work for you? Does it seem to work for the Tour players?

It's hard to imagine any golfer that has not been in this situation, Tour player or otherwise. It comes with the game. No two days are the same, for the player, for the golf course, for the weather. Everything is a little different every day.

But you, as a golfer, go to the course expecting to play as well as you played the last time or maybe even better. If you played poorly last time, your expectations are not as high as if you played well, but you still intend to play well. So when you hit those first shots, and they're not as good as you can do, you