Shank shank SHank SHANK

[jshots]

After getting myself down to a 9 handicap this summer and having the best mid iron game I've ever had I had to come to school and didn't play for roughly 1.5 months. I've been to the range now twice in the last 2 weeks and literally shanked every shot. I'm not talking like I hit a shot that was slightly off target... I mean I was hitting shots that started 30-45 degrees right of my target and then would continue to slice even further right EVERY SINGLE time. I spent an hour hitting a small bucket of balls just trying to work it out with no success.

I tried slowing things down, tried taking quarter, half, and even 1/4 swings, tried thinking about and changing my grip, stance, posture, nothing helped ... I can't even explain it. It didn't help that there was a hot girl from the CU d1 Womens golf team with an absolutely beautiful swing hitting balls right behind me.

Anyone experienced this?

[rustyredcab]

Never. When there is a beautiful woman on the range I do everything I can to make sure she is in front of me so I can watch her without turning around -- not behind me.

Quote jshots :

It didn't help that there was a hot girl from the CU d1 Womens golf team with an absolutely beautiful swing hitting balls right behind me.

Regarding the shanks: It has been a while (thank goodness) and I never figured out what I was doing. Mine were more random but very frequent -- like ever third ball. I tried lots of stuff. Finally went to very very short chip shots. Worked on things like wrists and descending blows to try and focus on things other than face contact. Started lengthening those chips and working weight into the shot. Then jumped to drivers. Back to chips. Then 8-irons.

And like some goofy hiccup cure, the shanks were gone. When I shank one now, I ignore it. I do not try and figure out what I did wrong. I treat it the way I'd treat some bird coming and stealing my ball. Nothing I can do about it, no use blaming myself and not likely to happen again.