How often do you guys make notable changes?

[adamgoodman]

I'd say I notably change something every 2-3 weeks...
Hopefully that'll change now that I'm getting lessons for the first time ever!

[saevel25]

I don't like to change things much unless something comes up. I am a big one shot type of person. I only curve the ball when needed, which would be to take a big curve around a tree. If i can hit my slight draw then I will hit it. If the pin is on the right side of the green i might upright my swing a bit more take a little bit off the draw to get it closer, but middle of the green is good. I can play 80% of the green accurately, and live with 20% middle of the green, thats good stuff.

But right now i am changing things to get more consistent. Fixed the over the top in my swing last year. Fixed my weight shift issue after that, took about 3-4 months. Now i am working on my balance, my alignment, and my hands at impact. If i get these down i think i can be very good.

On the side i will work on putting and short game. But after getting these fixed, i don't think i need to change things, only need to work on shot making. I don't like to tweak what works, unless there is an absolute advantage in the returns.

[UPPandDOWN]

I just started playing golf 3 years ago. I made changes constantly during the first 2.5 years. I was getting way to mechanical thinking that it would help my game. I was shooting 90's then. Within the past year, I have gone to pure feel and changed things based on that. Now the only thing that tends to change is my ball position. I have dropped my scores to high 70's to low 80's just doing this. I stopped trying to copy the players on tv with my swing and left it to feel. It has really helped.

[Brakkus]

I've been playing 3 years and knew when I started that I would have real trouble accelerating my progress due to being 12 miles from a range only playing once a month and having no garden to speak of to practice.I have very good hand eye and decided early on that I would use my previous tennis experience as an association with golf.It seemed to me that as a righty the golf swing was like a 2 handed forehand,and quite by accident stumbled on Mike La Bauve whose videos grabbed me with the one plane concept,bought Hardy's book and promised to keep it simple and not be deterred.

I must admit as my love of golf grew so did the need for imformation on all things golf,and my swing went for at least 4 months while I kept tinkering.Now I have narrowed it down to really just 4 main things,set-up,left arm connection,balance,and tempo.That's it,and like the previous poster mentioned I think golf is about marrying main accepted fundamentals with kinesthetic awareness of your body,what it can do,the speed it would like to swing,a sense of position throughout the swing.

It's less about changes now and more about focusing on one part of the swing and paying attention to how my body feels so giving my brain a memory of how a good swing feels in different parts of the body.Sounds convoluted but in essence it's much more simpler than forcing yourself to keep that still,straight arm,must use my hips more etc....

[Taggsy]

I change my swing almost every time I visit the range (3-4 times a week).
I'll go home, actually think about my swing, and come up with a couple of things I can tinker with. Then on my next visit I'll implement those changes and jot down what seems to work, and what doesn't.
Generally I have a framework, or foundation, that remains constant each time. I always aim to hit my club a few inches in front of the ball, and I always aim to keep the club shaft pointing to the target line at all stages on the swing (except when parallel to it). Apart from that, I'll change anything.
I'll change either the dynamics of the swing (what actually powers the downswing, how active are the arms etc), or I'll change positioning (stance, grip, at what point the backswing stops etc).

I think it's important to tinker with your swing, so long as you do it properly. That is, to be methodical and logical (understand cause and effect and ball flight laws), keep a journal of what you're changing, and how the changes have effected ball flight or consistency.

Unless you're happy with your swing, then I think you should slowly and constantly make changes to it until you're satisfied, it's the only way to improve!

[GaijinGolfer]

I try not to make changes unless I feel like I need to. Making swing changes and equipment changes frequently is only going to mess you up and destroy your confidence.

[Stretch]

I change my swing almost every time I visit the range (3-4 times a week).

I try not to make changes unless I feel like I need to. Making swing changes and equipment changes frequently is only going to mess you up and destroy your confidence.

I guess I agree with both of you. I feel like I'm tinkering massively with my swing all the time, but then I actually look at film of it and it's pretty much the same as ever.