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Hi everyone-

I have been taking lessons and have tried a couple of different instructors to get some varying opinions- My swing is fairly grooved and mostly I'm working on set up posture and position-

My question is:

one instructor with my driver has my arms more extended out toward the ball- With this I get more speed-

The other has me dangle my arms down as much as possible- This seems to really slow my down-

So what are you thoughts? Seems like extension with the driver and less with the irons is a trend I'm reading about.

Cheers,

DR

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Driver- Ping Anser 9.5  Diamana Ahina
3 Wood-RBZ tour 15
Hybrid-RBZ tour 4 Irons-  Ping I20s 4-GW with soft stepped X100sWedges 58 and 54 SM4s with soft stepped X100s Putter- Ping TR Senita

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Extending your arms out toward the ball will not add speed, but it will give you able to swing as hard as you can from the top without waiting your arm to drop down because you stand further from the ball(1 plane swing). At the top your arms will be flatter.

Dropping your arms as mush as possible will, of course, seems slower because you have to wait for your arms to drop a little, then fire(2 plane swing). At the top your arms will be much higher than the above position.

I use the same setup for every club. My hands are the same this distance away from my belly from Loft wedge to Driver. The longer the club, more upright my pine will be. With this, I am be able to use the same tempo everytime. Just don't wanna ruin my tempo...

Driver TP Burner 8.5* Stiff
3 Wood SQ 15* stiff
5 Wood SQ 19* stiff
Irons MP 67 (3-PW) stiff
Wedge 52* and 56* stiffPutter Mtisushiba Ball

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which position allows you to hit the ball straight? When I extend my arms out I always push the ball and when my arms are too close I will pull and sometimes hook the ball.

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If you are right handed have your right arm closer to your body than your left arm.

Titleist 910 D2 9.5 Driver
Titleist 910 F15 & 21 degree fairway wood
Titleist 910 hybrid 24 degree
Mizuno Mp33 5 - PW
52/1056/1160/5

"Yonex ADX Blade putter, odyssey two ball blade putter, both  33"

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