Fighting the big block with an open stance

[MikeLowry5]

So this is my 2nd season playing and there is one constant in my swing and putting motion and that is I push the ball ALOT. If there is a reason that I have yet to break 90 since playing it is the penalties I incur off the tee when pushing the ball into hazards and out of bounds.

I toyed with it tonight with my 64 after a lousy round that saw a score of 100 and it felt much more comfortable. On the putting end it paid off immediately as I had to shoot a 46 on the back nine just to get to 100.

I have have looked at Fred Couples and Lee Trevino who have made a push work by opening up their stance to the target yet still swing on a path towards the target.

Outside of the potential for slices and pulls are there any other pitfalls from starting slightly open? From observing it has immediately forced me to bring the club back on a more straight back path rather than wrapping it around my back and to free up my swing which gets balled up from closing myself off so bad.

[westcyderydin]

i dont know...just make sure that you feel like you are staying over the ball during your swing...now if you are kinda "collapsing your back side" and you are not straight up and down but more "reverse C" looking at impact, that will cause you to keep the club open at impact and you will push it. but if u keep your chest over the ball and try to stay a bit more level, then you should be able to close the club at impact a bit better. and also look at how your hands look when you set up to the ball. your thumbs will probaly be pointing somewhere toward the direction of the ball. now if at impact they are pointing more behind you and the back of your hands is more toward the ball, then you are obviously keeping the clubface open.

this is kind of a lot to say without seeing your swing, but if u notice that you are doing any of these things just fix them and you will be fine with a normal stance.