Newbie needs help with swing

[tham121988]

I have played for about 6 months now and I have yet to achieve a semi accurate swing. I still miss hit, slice, ect. Where do I need to go from here to improve? I feel lost. I have tried different techniques and have taken a couple of lessons with no sucess. Any help would be much appreciated!

[newtogolf]

I've played about three months and have developed a fairly consistent swing, but it's all relative. You say you still miss hit, slice, etc, but many experienced golfers do that, it's a matter of how often you slice and mishit. You may not have had a good instructor, or possibly not spent enough time practicing. There's alot of good golfers on here that can help you out, but you will need to give them more information and probably post a video of your swing.

[tshapiro]

You've probably got hundreds of little things to learn, but, if i were to make general recommendations:
Swing with your entire left side - not your right, Slow transition starting with your left hip. Relax your hands. Try this 10,000 times.

[mcgriff]

You sound like you are right on track. Build up your game from the green out. Same principles that apply to the tiny swings apply to the big swings.

Hit thousands of practice putts at home, hit thousands of little chips at home, hit thousands of pitches in the yard. Things progress from there IMO.

Welcome to golf! It's a tough sport for me, but I love it.

[max power]

If you're a 10 handicap I doubt your swing problems are that severe.

[tham121988]

Thanks for the tips. I'm going to the range today to work on it. My handicap isn't 10 I didn't know what it was so I just put somthing because it was required to register.

[Open-Faced Club Sandwedge]

Thanks for the tips. I'm going to the range today to work on it. My handicap isn't 10 I didn't know what it was so I just put somthing because it was required to register.

In order to avoid misconceptions, you may want to change it to a number larger than 30. Then people will know you're a beginner.

You said lessons didn't help, but that says to me that you either took lessons from the wrong instructor(s), or you didn't work on what they said to work on. If you found people who couldn't help you, you should try again, except maybe try to gather a few recommendations first so you can find someone who has really helped other beginners. If the other thing is the case, well, then I don't I have to tell you how to fix that. -Andrew

[saevel25]

To many swing thoughts... Go see a golf pro, or to plug Eric, go up to Erie PA :b

Build your swing from the Irons first, Putting 2nd.

a minimum you have,
14 drivers per round
18 iron shots
30+ putts

Missed GIR will lead to short game shots, missed driver will lead to penalties or punch outs. But, key is being able to hit the Greens and putting.
Pro's scramble average 58% of the time, thats just over half there missed GIR's they save par. If you have a better chance of making par or better with 1 putting or 2 putting than chipping one in or getting up and down for par.

[tham121988]

Well an update. As a reply to andrew the problem as I believe was the lessons I have taken were from two different instructors and they tought 2 completly different ways. Which led to some confusion. I have found someone who helped me quite a bit last week and my swing is 100% better. I am hitting much more consistently. I have changed my grip and a little in my stance. They said I have a very orthodox swing I just had a few things that I needed to tweak and well... that made all the difference in the world. I shot 1 over par for the first time!

[hacker23]

I have changed my grip and a little in my stance.

yup, at this stage you should focus on the fundamentals (grip, stance, posture). Develop a good base and build your swing upon that.

[delav]

Well an update. As a reply to andrew the problem as I believe was the lessons I have taken were from two different instructors and they tought 2 completly different ways. Which led to some confusion. I have found someone who helped me quite a bit last week and my swing is 100% better. I am hitting much more consistently. I have changed my grip and a little in my stance. They said I have a very orthodox swing I just had a few things that I needed to tweak and well... that made all the difference in the world. I shot 1 over par for the first time!

+1 round after 6 months of playing? Well, I believe I'll be jumping off the closest overpass.

Congrats though, post a vid of the swing as you progress.