My Swing (dhatcher)

[dhatcher]

Hi Everyone,

I'm new here and this is my first post.  I'll get right down to it.  I've been an off again on again player for a number of years.  I played briefly last summer (a few games with my father in law).  Long story short, he wants me to join a scramble tournament this June 30th.  It sounds pretty fun and we both figured a scramble tournament would be a good first tournament for me to play in.

I'm heading back to the practice range starting this week and wanted to see what everyone recommends as far as some drills to help get my swing into shape.  I've always had a problem of inconsistent ball contact.  I could hit 2-3 really solid shots and then duff a couple and then hit another good one or two and then duff maybe a couple more.  Of anything, I really desire to get good, consistent ball contact that will send the ball up and straight.  Not concerned about distance, club head speed or anything else.  Simply just want to get the ball off the ground and going straight.

I do have some videos of me at a store last year swinging some different irons and such (had my wife use the SwingPlane app on the iPhone to record them) if it helps, I can share them somewhere.

Thank you all for any help you can provide.  I am really looking forward to getting back into golf more consistently.

[dhatcher]

Here's a couple of vids of my swing from last year, incase this helps on where to give advice.

[Timothy Voyles]

I'd start by saying shorten up your back swing. The further you go back the more room there is for errors to occur. Power doesn't have to come from a massive back swing or even swinging hard as hell. Slow down your whole process some too. You looked really quick throughout the whole swing.

Easy back swing and even tempo are what I focus on for consistency.