rclark82

I have to agree. I am looking forward to seeing what kind of consistency I can achieve this year with these changes. I would love to break 70, but this will take a lot more short game practice etc... beyond this part of my game

I think this is what I noticed when I was trying out the fairway woods. It felt like the club was more stable through impact, much more solid. I haven't had a chance since this to try the reduced backswing with my irons but I look forward to practicing .... as always

That's a good point. Do you think you should have different backswing lengths between fairway woods/ long irons vs mid irons/wedges

Haha. But technically no one can swing greater than 100% ;o) sorry...just the math nerd in me...

Wow, that appears to be significant resutls in just a couple of sessions compared to your posted initial numbers. It will be great to hear from you how this translates to distance with your driver !

Intro: Hi everyone, new to the forum, so I hope I'm posting to the right place and not repeating a long debated issue.... The other day I was trying some fairwoods(on sale for X-mas) and in the midst of testing found that my distance and accuracy was much more consistent when I reduced my backswing, but still full speed. I was actually hitting it further haha. I know I've heard that tour players only swing at 80% most of the time etc... Question: I was wondering if there was a distinct time you can remember making a concious decision to shorten the backswing, and maybe some of your own personal history / backstory around that decision? On the other hand, do you keep the full(er) swing and just swing at a lower speed? Thanks for reading my post to anyone who checks it out. Great forum!