Posts by Open-Faced Club Sandwedge

As a 21-handicap, I think of anything over 105 as a bad score.  Mid-90's is a "good score".  If I were to have a good day (for me) with my driver, irons, wedges, and putter, all in the same round (never happens), I think I'd...

Your move from the top down is sort of "all arms".  You swing back (a bit too far for best consistency, BTW), and then the next thing to move is your shoulders and arms starting back down the way they came.  This is a problem...

My current driver, a Cobra L4V 9-degree, seems like it doesn't have enough loft for my swing.  I have a relatively high swing speed (drives I hit well go 270-280), but my most solid drives don't seem to have enough hang-time to...

Quote: Originally Posted by NuclearMike  I had been hitting the middle of the ball pretty regularly before and now I make solid contact nearly every time. ... I'm just afraid that my distances will be a...

I think what you're doing is quite interesting, and everyone who seems offended that you're trying to learn Hogan's swing seems not to understand what you keep saying: that your goal is to learn to copy the swing; not necessarily to...

I had one of those swing epiphanies I sometimes have last week at the range.    I had worked a good bit some time ago on making my hips slide correctly, which is a very important aspect of the swing that I've read...

Looks like your problem that's causing your tops and thin hooks is a bit of a flip.  Look up "holding the wedge", and pay some close attention to your left wrist at the bottom of the swing.  You want to make sure your left...

You really have to pay attention to how the ball is lying to know how to hit this shot:   For a very fluffy lie, you can't rely on the bounce to keep you from hitting under it, and so you can't open the club face as much and...

If your hands aren't turning over after impact, then unless you have an extremely strong grip, you would be leaving the club-face open through impact.  So you'd know because you'd be hitting push-fades.   Or, stated with...

You have to learn what fractional swing leads to what fractional distance.   For instance, for my sandwedge, using my swing: Full swing = 105 yards. 3/4 swing = 95 yards (weird, huh?). 1/2 swing = 70 yards. Choked down...