Swing Video, Give me something to work on

[mc0388]

Dude, you've got an awesome swing and would take money from 80% of the golfers I routinely play with....assuming you can pitch, chip and putt and can handle a little trash talking and razzing.

Thanks man, When I'm clicking on all cylinders Im difficult to beat (but there are still a lot of players better than me). When I play friends for $, they talk all kinds of trash, but I just keep plugging along and rarely owe people (I like my game to do all the talking). If you do get under my skin, Ill usually lash out with a personal attack that will quiet the trash talk for the rest of the match (I can be very intimidating if I need to be). I typically putt fairly well (<31putts), excellent out of the sand, and green side chipping is fair - good. Im trying to find wedges that I am happy with (feel and distances), Ive had probabaly 10 wedges in the last year and havent found my GAMERS yet. Always a work in progress If this games was easy, no one would play it... Thanks again for the compliment

[bunkerputt]

I typically putt fairly well (<31putts), excellent out of the sand, and green side chipping is fair - good. Im trying to find wedges that I am happy with (feel and distances), Ive had probabaly 10 wedges in the last year and havent found my GAMERS yet. Always a work in progress

I've gone through the same struggle. I'm starting to get in narrowed down, but I'm still tinkering. The only way I could make any sense of all the options was to break it down into two areas, all governed by my spin, trajectory, feel desires:

1. Clubhead * What kind of bounce do I want? * What kind of sole grind do I like? * Where do I want the weight of the clubhead? Some are toe heavy.. * What shape do I want? Vokeys are too square on the leading edge for me, Clevelands are too round 2. Shaft (Most important by far) * What overall shaft flex do I want? * How much do I like it tipped? When I got these questions answered, it was a simple matter of picking out the head/shaft combo that matched the closest. Unless you have your heads custom built, you probably won't find an exact match. If you know you have the closest match available to you, it's hard to improve upon unless you refine #1 and #2. That's why the overall goal in trying out wedges should be to delineate #1 and #2. Eventually, those won't change so much.

[Jameshooper]

Your swing looks good to me overall. As far as keeping your head still during take away, I think of keeping my right ear still and it has worked for me.

[Ringer]

Before anything else can be said, your grip promotes your fade and an inability to release the club. As long as you keep that strong left hand grip, you will always be a twister and not a swinger.

[mc0388]

Before anything else can be said, your grip promotes your fade and an inability to release the club. As long as you keep that strong left hand grip, you will always be a twister and not a swinger.

If I understand, you would like my left wrist weaker, by having the top of my hand facing the ground more?

[Ringer]

More like have the back of your left hand facing the target at setup. But make sure your left thumb is slightly to the side of the shaft and not on top. Keep some seperation between your left knuckle and thumb.

[jamo]

As for the grip, you want your hands to facing each other. To know what i mean, put them together, then grip the club.
The only thing that I see is that you have very little hip turn. This would lead to a slight fade and if you fixed it you would not only hit it straighter, but it would go farther too.

[mc0388]

More like have the back of your left hand facing the target at setup. But make sure your left thumb is slightly to the side of the shaft and not on top. Keep some seperation between your left knuckle and thumb.

Ive never had any one comment on my grip, sounds like solid advice to get the draw I cant ever hit...

[DBeane]

Very "Duval"-esk swing...

[whattaguy]

Oops. My post got removed because of my youtube link.

In short...keep your head down a little longer in your follow through. Look at videos of Vijay...his head is down well after he strikes the ball.

[unoiron]

I have been clocked at 112-116mhp SS. My nature ball flight is between 0-10yd fade. My typical misses are a pull and when I try to get fast I do push the ball (although not that often).

When I stopped your down the line video it appeared that you were coming just a tad bit over the top. So that when your club face is square you get that pull. I'm guessing your consistent fade is the result of teaching yourself to hold off the club through impact. The problem with this is that its a matter of timing more than mechanics. I think you can go a long way to fixing this with your set up. On the down to line view you look pretty square except that your right forearm is noticeably higher than your left. I think if you can relax that arm a bit and have it even or maybe even a little bit below the left forearm, it will promote a more inside out swing path on your downswing.

But what do I know?

[mc0388]

The more I look at my video and imagine doing some of the suggestions, the more I can see my grip limiting my movement through the impact zone. By weakening my left grip (have it face the target), it should allow my hands to 'clear' sooner, promoting the ever sought after baby draw.

Changing my grip and working on posture with a slightly wider stance shouldn't take too long to figure out.

Thanks again everyone for the critiques

[cody west]

not to be critical but try to work on your posture. your weight should be slightly more forward at adress and your back should be straiter. also your back knee is bent more than your front, you would hit it farther if you bent your front knee more or equal to your back knee. also swing easier.
if you want better ball flight and more backspin you have to get your hips and arms moving at the same time and always accelerating. try to take divots and attack the ball a little steeper. it seems like your coming in a little shallow.

[mc0388]

not to be critical but try to work on your posture. your weight should be slightly more forward at adress and your back should be straiter. also your back knee is bent more than your front, you would hit it farther if you bent your front knee more or equal to your back knee. also swing easier.

I was hitting balls 'thin' that day (not typical). I usually take a divot, although not a very big one with a 6 iron

[cody west]

I was hitting balls 'thin' that day (not typical). I usually take a divot, although not a very big one with a 6 iron

it should be long but thin. they actually say you can almost measure a player handycap by the measurements of their divots and how far after the ball they take and divot.

[mc0388]

More like have the back of your left hand facing the target at setup. But make sure your left thumb is slightly to the side of the shaft and not on top. Keep some seperation between your left knuckle and thumb.

Not to beat this thing to death, but: I was messing around with my grip, I can keep my left thumb on either side of the club and keep the back of my hand face the target. What side of the club do your mean? and my 'left' knuckle?

[Ringer]

Your left thumb should be slightly on the right side of the shaft. The side away from the first knuckle of your index finger.

[mc0388]

Your left thumb should be slightly on the right side of the shaft. The side away from the first knuckle of your index finger.

I appreciate the time you spent on that video. Sounds like I need to weaken my left hand a bit and shift my thum position a bit. Thanks again