The best advice I can give for playing a ball out of water is - don't.
From its earliest beginnings, golf has been a gentleman's game - to be played as much for the sake of the game as for the contest.
A buoyant, positive approach to the game is as basic as a sound swing.
Don't take your bad shots home with you.
The less said about the putter the better. Here is an instrument of torture, designed by Tantalus and forged in the devil's own smithy.
I feel like I'm back visiting an old grandmother. She's crotchety and eccentric, but also elegant, and anyone who doesn't fall in love with her has no imagination.