My Swing (pitkane)

I've been Playing Golf for: about 4 + 4 years mostly in summer (~5 months). 4 years when I was younger and 4 at age 22-25

My current handicap index or average score is: HCP 14

My typical ball flight is: mostly straight, but too often slight curve to right or slice. Never hooks but sometimes random draw, which is where I'm aiming :)

The shot I hate or the "miss" I'm trying to reduce/eliminate is: slice with my driver is sometimes pretty bad.

Most work needed ( my thoughts):

- Get good and _slower_ rythm to the swing.

- Stretch more often, swing feels kinda stiff at the moment :)

- I know my grip needs some work also. It's pretty hard to spot it from the videos, but my right hand grip is pretty open (palm is "under the club"). It's hard to fix, cos gripping right doesn't feel so good, it feels like my wrists are much more inflexible.

My goal is to get consistent swing which is easy to repeat, and play rounds staying in the fairway :)

Here is the youtube playlist which has all the videos below:

http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL07B47BD5F199424C

Videos (all available in 720p):

More videos in few days.

Thanks in advance!

- Mikko Pitkänen

I think you have a good swing and it seems like you're making good contact.  What may need some improvement is your lower body, if you had more stability you might find more consistency.  It looks like you are making a straight back and forth, swaying weight transfer whereas I try to rotate more.

I immediatly notice a sway on the backswing, however it appears that you start your downswing with your lower body which is incredibly good.

If you tried to make less of a hip movement on the backswing, along with the same or even more of a shoulder turn on the backswing, and then come down naturally like you are doing now, you may be suprised at the result.

I'd say that is the best 14 handicapper swing I've seen in quite some time, the lower body movement to start the downswing even before you complete your backswing is incredible, you may be a few minor adjustments away from some seriously consistent ballstriking.

Try not moving your hips at all on the backswing, but you still have to make a full shoulder turn, and see where the ball goes, my guess is thats its going to go really far.