geeeeeez i dont get

[wildcorndog]

i could hit my driver great (300) very consistent.......however my irons suck i cant even hit a pitching wedge! then all of a sudded just out of no where i start killin my irons and i can also spin a ball like a wizard! bad news is everytime this happens i lose my driver! it has to be the difference in swingplane. I dont know how to use a flater swing on my driver while keeping my irons steep.............

[ajschn06]

I'll flat out guarantee you can't hit your driver 300, much less do it consistently....

[Shanks A Million]

  ajschn06 said:

I'll flat out guarantee you can't hit your driver 300, much less do it consistently....

Yep, I second that. Gonna be a long thread here with some real fun comments.

[sean_miller]

  ajschn06 said:

I'll flat out guarantee you can't hit your driver 300, much less do it consistently....

Maybe it's the humidity. I mean Fulton County Stadium wasn't called "the launching pad" for nothing.

[motteler621]

well an iron is alot smaller of a head than a driver. Also, with a driver you are using a sweeping motion (which is what beginners master first usually). This might be why you hit your driver alot better than irons, you have the sweeping swing down but not the iron swing with your hips and hitting down. You also have to get the accurate hit to be good with irons.

[senorchipotle]

  ajschn06 said:

I'll flat out guarantee you can't hit your driver 300, much less do it consistently....

how do you know? ever seen the man swing? if you've got the right body type it doesn't take a pro golfer to consistently hit a ball 300 yards. now, to hit it accurately with consistency is another matter entirely.

op... check your distance to the ball and make sure you're following through the ball. but most importantly, make sure you're swinging on plane!

[Titleist_ProV1x]

  Shanks A Million said:

Yep, I second that. Gonna be a long thread here with some real fun comments.

3rd that .........

[Kingfisher]

[QUOTE=wildcorndog;462302]i could hit my driver great ( 300 ) very consistent.......QUOTE]

Come on guys, go easy on him. Maybe he's talking about 300ft, not yards

[saevel25]

Lets not start this again...

[James_Black]

can we take the discussion about distance to the driving distance thread.

I think this is your problem, your using the same swing for your driver as you are for your driver.
Your hitting down on your irons (which is giving you spin) but it's messing up your drives.

You need to sweep a driver not dig down.

[wildcorndog]

I think you guys would be suprised... Wish I could film it for u. I hit a par 4 in one twice now, honestly I have no reason to lie or even talk about my driving distance. My question was about swing plane.

[Shanks A Million]

  wildcorndog said:

I think you guys would be suprised... Wish I could film it for u. I hit a par 4 in one twice now, honestly I have no reason to lie or even talk about my driving distance. My question was about swing plane.

Trust us, everyone thinks they drive it 300 when they start. I did too. Sometimes, we even drive par 4s. If you can't hit an iron and a driver at the same time, though, you can't drive it 300 regularly, no way, no how. Get a video, if you have to use the cell phone, or a friend's phone, whatever, just do it.

[wildcorndog]

I have a iron video on here I was struggling at the time though... I'll try to get a driver swing on here.. I carry it about 285 I would say but It always ends up over 300. I measure by yardage markers and my golflogix. U have to understand I'm not a 60 year old man I'm quite flexible and a athlete to boot. Sounds like penis envy... Just sayin

[BallStriker]

I'm just going to say this......There are plenty of guys out there that have the strength and athletic ability to hit the ball 300 yards, although not consistently. I just played in a scramble this past weekend and saw 3 or 4 guys who can't break 100, but can hit the ball a friggin mile every 5th or 6th swing.

So, while I agree that he probably can't hit is 300 "consistently," I can't agree with a patent belief that he can't hit it 300 yards at times.

[wildcorndog]

When I started I was like that every 4th or 5th shot would be great. About 2 years i was about 50% now i've been at 70% for almost a year. I guess consistency is relative to how consistent ur other clubs are but almost 3 out of 4 ain't bad... Now I ain't sayin 3 out of 4 fairways I'm just sayin it may go past a dogleg into the woods... Or it may be a little in the rough to either side but still a great shot for me anyway. I'm a much better driver then alot of really good golders I play with. By the way I'm not overly strong

[kpaulhus]

You must use a Taylor Made driver. Those things are long.

[jamo]

  wildcorndog said:

i could hit my driver great (300) very consistent.......however my irons suck i cant even hit a pitching wedge! then all of a sudded just out of no where i start killin my irons and i can also spin a ball like a wizard! bad news is everytime this happens i lose my driver! it has to be the difference in swingplane. I dont know how to use a flater swing on my driver while keeping my irons steep.............

Just so you know, the number one way for people to not take you seriously is to say you drive the ball 300 yards. (Number 2 way is ball grammar/spelling/lack of capitals IMO.) But, to your problem, if you are spinning your clubs more this could mean you are also producing more side-spin on your driver, which makes all problems with the short clubs even bigger. That's likely not really it, but if you really want an answer you need to upload a video or at least say where you are missing your driver. Slice, hook, push, pull, poor contact, it could be a number of things.

[Shanks A Million]

  kpaulhus said:

You must use a Taylor Made driver. Those things are long.

They are junk, super high spin, the stock shafts are weak. They are made for people with bad swings. The tour issue TM clubs are totally different. Callaway, Ping, and several other brands, however, release their tour clubs to the public.