I still suck

[Leftygolfer]

I had a good golf weekend. wife went to see family and I stayed home. Played 18 on Sat and Sun. Nice weather for the most part except huge wind the first part of Saturday's round (Steady wind around 30 MPH with big gusts thrown in).

Round one: 87. 3 G 1 F 32 Putts. 2 3 putts. If I didn't have a short game I would have shot a 90 something. I am not getting off the tee well at all. I am missing both left and right. The alignment, ball flight change is a real work in progress.

Round two: More of tale of 2 9s. First nine, played white tees shot a sweet and I mean sweet 49. WOW. 15 putts. 1 G 3 F.
Just stupid. 3 putted twice.

second 9 Blue tees, 41 15 putts 2 greens and no fairways. Could have been alot better too. Had one three putt. Missed two less than 5 footers for par.

Now, we can tell I am struggling tee to green. Around the greens I am doing ok. I need to work on two things, Ball striking/direction and mid range putts. I should NEVER three putt from 20-30 feet and i do often. I wasted 5 shots over two rounds.

Any suggestions welcome. I am currently trying to tighten up my swing, not lift my arms. I know I need to video tape my swing to see really what is happening. I am not off by that much, just enough to be in the trees.

[James_Black]

Your the complete opposite of me, I can hit the greens ok and my chipping is good but I can´t putt.

You don´t need a really good camera, even taping your swing with your phone will give you an idea of what´s going on.

Lessons really help speed things up.

Good luck!

[Leftygolfer]

One thing I've noticed, My good balls are missing to the left (slight pushes) and my bad ones are pull hooks. I am coming over the top. I think I am going to stand a bit farther from the ball so I quit coming over the top.