Totally lost my swing..

Any advice anyone can give me is greatly appreciated. I have totally lost my swing. It's so bad, I don't even know what my natural swing is anymore. I have taken lessons in the past with not much success. Should have never taken lessons. Was much better just playing by natural feel. I'm an 80s low 90s golfer (or was). Was in Phoenix last week, played 3 rounds and never broke 100. Shot 112 on my last round and was lucky to shoot that. Did not make solid contact more than 5 times in 3 rounds. If I swing super slow I can make decent contact but get no distance. If I try to swing harder I just hit week fades with no distance. Seem to get way too "quick" . Don't mean to ramble on but I am at my wits end.

Ok.....I'll try and film it tomorrow....problem is I have a couple different swings. I can swing more compact/short - but it does not feel natural to me. Seem to get way too tense. I can also swing longer and looser which is more natural to me. Not sure which way to go. Have played ok with both swings. Should I film both?

Any advice anyone can give me is greatly appreciated. I have totally lost my swing. It's so bad, I don't even know what my natural swing is anymore. I have taken lessons in the past with not much success. Should have never taken lessons. Was much better just playing by natural feel. I'm an 80s low 90s golfer (or was). Was in Phoenix last week, played 3 rounds and never broke 100. Shot 112 on my last round and was lucky to shoot that. Did not make solid contact more than 5 times in 3 rounds. If I swing super slow I can make decent contact but get no distance. If I try to swing harder I just hit week fades with no distance. Seem to get way too "quick" . Don't mean to ramble on but I am at my wits end.

Hey dude, right there with you. I'm playing tomorrow, first time since Aug. My swing went downhill last April, no idea wtf was happening. I was a 5/6 hcap and began shooting high 80s and 90s. Got so disgusted that I quit, thinking it was mostly in my head. So, gonna try again. Been to the range this week (huge blister at the base of my right fore finger); hit the ball pretty solidly. I'm jazzed again, feeling pretty confident. We'll see what happens.

Sorry no advice, just commiserating with you. My tact was to lay off awhile and see if I could clear my head and get it back. Hopin for the best.

[QUOTE name="Gunther" url="/t/79517/totally-lost-my-swing#post_1098313"] Hey dude, right there with you. I'm playing tomorrow, first time since Aug. My swing went downhill last April, no idea wtf was happening. I was a 5/6 hcap and began shooting high 80s and 90s. Got so disgusted that I quit, thinking it was mostly in my head. So, gonna try again. Been to the range this week (huge blister at the base of my right fore finger); hit the ball pretty solidly. I'm jazzed again, feeling pretty confident. We'll see what happens. Sorry no advice, just commiserating with you. My tact was to lay off awhile and see if I could clear my head and get it back. Hopin for the best.[/QUOTE] Good luck Gunther......hope it goes well!

I was going to add that it's nice to have you back Gunther.

Lost mine a couple of times, I know how you feel, very frustrating. So, what I did was, go back to basic's. Went to the range, got in a good posture to start with, then made sure my grip was good, then double checked my address position. I then made 1/2 swings, i.e. where the shaft never goes past parallel to the ground, made sure the toe of the club was facing up on the back swing, and then on my follow through which was  the same as my back swing, parallel to the ground. Hitting shots at about 30 to 40% speed. As I made solid contact , I would SLOWLY increase the speed, never exceeding about 60-65%. Once I could hit 10 shots w/o a miss hit, I would increase my take away, until I could hit decent shots again. I have a tendency to get steep, and come over the top, so I made sure that my swing was on plane. You might consider trying this, helped me. But as above, posting a video, so the experts can see where you might need some help.

Do this and [U]do not[/U] try to progress too fast.  If you had "it" before you'll get "it" again.  Good luck

Well, picked the wrong day and course to play my 1st round in 5 months. Played a course I despise, really tough and I've always been psyched out by it. Slope is only 129 but I play much tougher courses better than this one.

And, we had nice sustained 25-30 mph winds. So, I shot a smooth 98, only 3 pars but they were on 16, 17, and 18, all dead into the wind ,

I found my swing! I was crunching the ball again, with a draw, back to my old ways. Chipped and putted horribly which doesn't bother me, I'll find the short game again.

Wow, what a great feeling to be hitting the ball well again. Playin tomorrow and Wed. Excited!

Great job!

Good for you! I've been trying to lose my swing for ever, still no luck, I might be stuck with it...all I can do is keep working on it and hope for it to get better.