My Swing (SnumfaGolf)

[SnumfaGolf]

I've been Playing Golf for: 1 Year Off & On

My current handicap index or average score is: 15.8

My typical ball flight is: Straight, sometimes I have a very slight draw with my irons.

The shot I hate or the "miss" I'm trying to reduce/eliminate is: I'm trying to get more consistent in my game, I have the most trouble with the low irons; 4 & 5, but I don't have any trouble with my 3 hybrid.

Clubs: - Nike Vr_s Irons 4 - AW - stiff

- Taylor Made Burner 3 Hybrid - stiff

- Adams Speedline F11 - stiff

Okay first a little background; I have played baseball almost my entire life, 5 - 18 years old (I am 22 now), and I just started playing golf a little over a year ago... I've probably only played 15 - 20 rounds, but I've been to the driving range quite a bit. I didn't really play too much for the first 6 or so months I started playing, but I've really gotten into it lately, been trying to make it to the range at least once a week. When I first started playing I had a slice of epic proportions on my drives, but I've slowly been fixing my swing and trying to learn the swing fundamentals.

Basically, my main problem is consistency. I can hit my driver really straight and long when I hit it good, but I might only hit it good half of the time... When I do shank it, I either hook it or pull it left, or I hit it really high off the face and pop it straight up into the air. Pretty much the same story with my 3 hybrid, except I never pop that one up, if I duff it, it's a pull or hook. Also for some reason I can't hit my 4 or 5 iron for sh*t. Strangely enough I can hit my 6 iron through lob wedge consistently well.

I'll get a lot more videos on here, but for now here's me taking some drives.... video was taken at the driving range earlier today.

**Note in the video I am not using my driver, I am using my friends r7 regular flex. I personally use an Adam's Speedline F11 with a stiff flex shaft.

Also after watching this video, I noticed a couple things to work on myself... I noticed my left shoulder is really hunched in towards my body and my right shoulder is really dipped down when I line up, I definitely feel like I need to keep my shoulders more square.... Also on my backswing I noticed my front leg/knee bends and torques inwards quite a bit which is definitely not something I see professional or scratch golfers do, I think that is contributing to my inconsistency...

Please let me know if you have any tips! Thanks a lot!

progression shot of one of my swings: http://imgur.com/a/QoJui/embed

Video:

[nevrino]

I noticed your lower body needs to have more weight forward at impact, look at the picture and see the difference in your left leg at impact compared to his.

also see this thread for correct positions in the whole swing: http://thesandtrap.com/t/53724/the-ps-positions-or-as-alignments-in-the-golf-swing

[SnumfaGolf]

thanks yeah thats something my friend noticed too, that comes from baseball, i was a power hitter and you're supposed to keep your weight back and knee locked in your baseball swing... thats something ive definitely overlooked in my transistion to a golf swing... ill definitely be working on that today, bout to play a round at mill creek in about an hour! also heres the video of me hitting. few balls, not sure how much it can help though since i can't get it slomo. [VIDEO]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrGgMvXi2Rk[/VIDEO]

[ChiralClubs]

If you have a windows PC, I think you can get Windows Movie Maker, which allows you to edit your movies and slow them down to 0.125x speed.

[SnumfaGolf]

^^ ah i don't have PC, I use a mac, but I'll try to figure it out next time i get a video up...

but i've sure had a frustrating last couple outings... i'm in the midst of changing my swing from my old baseball-esque swing to a more traditional style golf swing, and now i'm literally shanking 99% of my shots with my 4 - 6 iron... most of my shots would be line drive type shots that fly right and slice even farther right, and i seemed to be hitting the mat in front of the ball sometimes... i hit probably 60 golf balls yesterday with my 4, 5 and 6 irons and it was frustrating as hell not being able to hit well... it's so strange because i'm hitting my driver and my 3 hybrid comparably well, and i don't have much problem hitting my 7 iron through gap wedge.... i'm total at a loss right now... anyone have similar issues? should my swing be different from my 3hybrid to my 4 iron? if i try to hit my 4 iron with the same swing as my 3 hybrid, it never seems to work, and if i try to hit it like i hit my 9 iron, it doesn't work either... i know i definitely need to get another video up of me hitting with it, but if anyone has any tips for now that would be awesome... thanks