My iron play, from 160 and out is atrocious!

I would recommend creating a my swing thread here

http://thesandtrap.com/f/4180/member-swings

Here are some links related to video taping your swing

http://thesandtrap.com/b/playing_tips/filming_your_swing

It is hard to sway what is actually going on in your swing with out seeing it.

LOL... Are you hinting at something here......???

I might suggest you take a longer club, and swing a little easier. A slower swing sometimes creates more control. The longer club could give you the distance needed with more control, due to the slower swing speed.

When I got back into golf some months ago, I looked at my distance chart vs my clubs. That chart was almost 3 years old. To get the distances on my return to golf I had 3 years earlier, I had to swing my clubs much faster than I was capable of controlling. Once I got it through my thick head, while checking my ego,  to swing slower, and use longer clubs, my control started to return for the distances needed. Over the past months, my distances have been increasing with my individual clubs.

Freudian golf instruction

Dead straight going left?  I know it well.  My hips are usually dead and my shoulders are doing all the work. So I'm sweeping the clubhead across the ball from the outside and the clubhead path is straight left.  One consoling thought is that i am not alone in the golf universe.

Making the assumption that you are right handed.  Had the same problem and took lesson from a professional teacher.  Man he had some neat toys that covered all that cool stuff we think is important.  Went to the guy four times and every time he worked with me on the lower body, leg and foot action.  For me, if I sync up my hips, legs and feet, it all comes together.  Somebody more knowledgeable than me can explain it in detail, but my legs would bend on the backswing which forces the arms to try to make corrections which was a disaster.  I see the leg problem in many mid to high handicap problems.

[quote name="djcs1204" url="/t/77955/my-iron-play-from-160-and-out-is-atrocious#post_1072046"]That would be exactly it. I felt like my hips were engaged, but I'll be Danes if I didn't hit a BOMB damned near 30-50 yards left of where I was aiming. Felt good off the face and all![/quote] This is my problem, usually on the first tee, once I see that ugly low hooky shambles of a ball flight, I sing shakira shakira and it usually rectifies itself by the next hole, by starting the down swing from the hips/legs first! [quote name="djcs1204" url="/t/77955/my-iron-play-from-160-and-out-is-atrocious#post_1072070"]I am right handed, but oddly enough I have a left handed set of clubs I play around with from time to time. I can hit the piss out of my practice balls (wiffle or foam) but put a real ball on front and I go silly.[/quote] I'd recommend a psychiatric assessment! This game is hard enough already!

I had the exact same problem. Took out the 4,5, and 6 irons and replaced them with Cobra Baffler Hybrids.....night and day difference.

Darn, no posts stating "Simple, just learn to hit your 8i 170 yards."

Seriously, Mike's suggestion is the best. Hybrids are great and everything, but it's going to cost you more than fixing your swing.