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I've been Playing Golf for: 5 years

My current handicap index or average score is: 6.5

My typical ball flight is: Fade

The shot I hate or the "miss" I'm trying to reduce/eliminate is: Push Fade

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I had just finished work so im not exactly in the greatest golf clothes here. But it would be interesting to see what some people think

Oh and just ignore my buddy commenting in the background lol

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Originally Posted by Kapanda

Knee flex helps the slice? How?

- Gets the weight forward, which helps the club travel down, out and forward on the inclined plane.  Low point or the bottom of the arc is moved forward

- Keeps the hips and shoulders closed longer.

- Pressure into the ground gives you the ability to extend the legs, raise the handle, raise the belt into the followthrough

All of these are draws pieces

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Thanks for that.

On the low point of the arc moving forward, you mean directly ahead of the golfer, correct? Not down the target line...?


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Where the club head reaches it's lowest point is moved forward.  We want to hit the ball before that point to ensure an outward path.  This is where we talk about hitting out without swinging out to the right.

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Originally Posted by Kapanda

I thought an outward path is what caused the slices... in-to-out path...

Out to in causes slices.  It also saps power.

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Appreciate your help mvmac! I played 18 yesterday before i saw this and shot +6. Was sitting +1 through 11 then walked onto the 15 at +6. Had a stretch of bogeys but then pared 16 17 and 18.

Im going out now for 18. Ill try and put a few of these tips to good use. Thanks again!

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Went to the range tonight and starting working on the shoulder turn and the knee flex.

Shoulder turn was hard to get comfortable with. But the knee flex felt really good. Just felt like it delayed the hips a touch and impact and was finishing position was at the target not open thus eliminating the pull fade. 90% of the time. Ill keep working on it.

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Went to the range tonight and starting working on the shoulder turn and the knee flex.

Shoulder turn was hard to get comfortable with. But the knee flex felt really good. Just felt like it delayed the hips a touch and impact and was finishing position was at the target not open thus eliminating the pull fade. 90% of the time. Ill keep working on it.

Try to feel like like your starting your swing with your shoulder just like you would on a putt, where you take the club in a straight line behind the ball. Your left shoulder should come down, not around, in the first few feet of your swing. If you have a good backswing the downswing should fall into place.

I'd say learn this shoulder movement on your chip and pitch before you do it while swinging, my guess is that your pitching technique has the same flaw.


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Went back to the range tonight and worked on the shoulder turn and knee flex. Once i hit a few balls and got a bit more comfortable with the turn i started hitting some really nice shots. And consistent to. Alot of balls landing right near each other which was nice. I think the knee flex really helps me not make the slight OTT move so i have been hitting a nice penetrating straight shot the last two range sessions. A few tonight had a draw but the wind was right to left so i am not really thinking much of it.

Hopefully i can have a few more range sessions after work this week and shoot some low scores on the weekend and get the cap down! :)

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Gonna step up the practice routine a little more and start working with a pro once every three weeks. Starting tomoro at 4pm. Im excited

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So had the lesson last night. My instructor was a pretty cool dude, nice and approachable, friendly guy. He gave me a couple of things to work on. Slight tweakage of the grip, relax my right elbow a bit more at setup and to straighten my right foot up at setup aswell. Felt a bit weird at first last night but i hit some solid balls after a while.

Then went to the range tonight and hit a bucket. I noticed last night and tonight with my new grip i started to get sore in the hands after 15 - 20 balls so i switched to the overlap grip. In the past the overlap has felt terrible but now with a slightly different grip it actually fells better than the interlock grip. Went on to hit some pretty nice balls, still feels a little strange at address but i know it will get easier once i hit a few thousand balls...

Gonna keep working at the range all this week after work and play on the weekend then book in again for another lesson.

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