What is your #1 golf tip for golf improvement - Page 5

I wouldn't go that far. I say work on consistent contact, hitting hard to me is all about not decelerating or being non-committal but I believe accuracy should come before power. But that is just an opinion.

 

Learn to swing fast first then dial it back a little to control it. Learning to hit it straight first then try adding speed I would think be more difficult.

Maybe that's why I suck? Lol.

 

And you post that you are an 8 handicap - we were talking about mid to high handicappers.  The LW is a difficult club to make consistent contact with, particularly for a player who doesn't even make consistent contact when chipping with a PW.   Instead of trying to get too cute with a 60° when they short side themselves and chunking or skulling the shot, they would be better off just getting the ball on the green where the next shot is a putt.  Sometimes you just have to take your medicine.  

 

I don't give a hoot what anyone actually does, but if the near bogey golfer really wants to save some strokes in the short game, he'll be money ahead if he dumps the lob wedge out of his bag until he has gained the skill to actually use one.  Last I read, even Tom Watson doesn't carry one, and he has some pretty crazy short game skills. 

I hardly ever use my 60, the lie has to be perfect...

Be the Ball

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGKkmpbhv9k

Head up and eyes down. Otherwise your shoulder move is messed up because the head is in the way.

Not to beat a dead horse but - that's not true if you turn your shoulder down.

 

Totally agree. There is a great thread debunking the old "athletic set-up" idea. I would encourage all to read.

 

My tip would be get your weight/pressure more forward at impact. Usually this is best accomplished by sliding your hips forward. Just make sure that your upper center (head and sternum) do not move forward. 

Always, always, always accelerate the clubhead through impact.

Sure. But that doesn't seem to be a particularly natural way to swing the shoulders. It's a piece of advice Luke Donald talked about that's helped me be a lot more consistent.

The pros keep their head in a straight line with the spine. So many times we hear "keep your head down" but a lot of people end up with their head too far down. Just my observation though, I could be wrong. But its helped me a lot.

Our spines aren't straight lines naturally, trying to make them straight and rigid is unnatural. Have a bit of a rounded feel to the upper back, and turn your shoulders on a slightly steeper angle, this will allow you to turn your head down and look at the ball without straining.

Really...............if you want to improve....you have to play a lot.    There is no simple fix.  Playing once/twide a week is a start................

 

 

I never practice........... I played a lot of golf to get to a 0HC.  I haven't hit a ball on the range since 1995.  I played my way to a 0HC.

I should clarify. I don't mean straight and rigid. Straight as in natural/comfortable. No hunching over or anything, and the head should go in line with the comfortable spine position. You could have the head as low as you want, but then you'd have to have an extremely steep swing. you shouldn't put the head "down" because steep shoulder swings are hard to repeat. Head down advice causes as many problems as it fixes. Eyes down at the ball. 

My one tip - memorize this:

 

 

 

 

as a 4 hc, you are a much better player than i am, but i have to disagree with a couple things.

 

the angle that you turn your shoulders on does not determine the steepness of the swing.  you can have a steep shoulder turn and a flat swing, and vice versa.

 

the reason why we want a steeper shoulder turn is two-fold  - it becomes more perpendicular to the angle of the spine and therefore more efficient.  steep shoulders also mean that the head isnt going to be bumped by the left shoulder on the backswing, and that the head can remain in a better position for you to be able to see the ball without angling your eyes downward and straining them.

 

 

I love it!  This is beginner catatonia over the ball.  Good find!

Its not how..its how many :)