Quick help from magazine article

[Jeepthrills]

Have you ever read an article and taken it right to the course for a quick fix? Saturday I read Butch Harmon's tip from Golf Digest about finishing tall on the follow through. I was playing on Sunday and hit a fat shot when I thought about it. I made a conscious effort to do it and it really helped. I picked up 20 yards on my driver and they were straight with a very slight fade.

[iacas]

Have you ever read an article and taken it right to the course for a quick fix? Saturday I read Butch Harmon's tip from Golf Digest about finishing tall on the follow through. I was playing on Sunday and hit a fat shot when I thought about it. I made a conscious effort to do it and it really helped. I picked up 20 yards on my driver and they were straight with a very slight fade.

Yes, but probably not in the past decade.

[lamebums]

Have you ever read an article and taken it right to the course for a quick fix? Saturday I read Butch Harmon's tip from Golf Digest about finishing tall on the follow through. I was playing on Sunday and hit a fat shot when I thought about it. I made a conscious effort to do it and it really helped. I picked up 20 yards on my driver and they were straight with a very slight fade.

Last month's Golf Magazine had ten fixes to save strokes from your game. Since at some point I suffer from most of those disaster shots, yeah, I read it and took it seriously.

Here's the list: Popped up my tee shot - Not often anymore, but sometimes when I tee it too high, I get one of these. Pulled my drive - About one out of 20 drives is a mad pull, usually into trees. Hit a wicked slice/hook - I have a natural, long draw - my miss is most commonly a massive hook. Hit that long iron super thin - Occasionally, but my problem is hitting it off the toe. Hit a short iron short and right - Yep, that happens, although usually because I underclub. Topped a fairway wood - Used to happen every time I pulled them out. Now I get them in the air, but 70 yards off line to the right. Hit that bunker shot fat - Used to do this a lot - although not enough swing is more accurate. Flubbed that flop shot - I don't flub a flop shot. I skull it, and it goes 50 yards off the other end of the green. Bladed that chip shot - What round is a round without blading a few chip shots? It's why I always putt from the fringe, and when there's less than five feet of rough between me and the green. Shanked that chip - Only had this on the range. Shanked a few flop shots, clubface open -> hosel in play. http://www.golf.com/golf/instruction...620527,00.html

[Jeepthrills]

The funny thing is that it was nothing I didn't already know. It just happened to pop into my head at the right time and worked for me. Granted, I'm playing again tonight and it may not help at all.

[elivate]

Have you ever read an article and taken it right to the course for a quick fix? Saturday I read Butch Harmon's tip from Golf Digest about finishing tall on the follow through. I was playing on Sunday and hit a fat shot when I thought about it. I made a conscious effort to do it and it really helped. I picked up 20 yards on my driver and they were straight with a very slight fade.

I have that magazine and I was just reading through it again last night. I plan to try that tip tomorrow and hope to hit some better iron shots...

[Norm66]

Whenever I get one of these great swing thoughts it works well for a while and then stops working even going the other way. For instance I started the day slicing every tee shot so I started concentrating on releasing the club. That lasted (nice long draws) for about 4 holes when the hook set in. It took me almost a month to get back from that little adjustment. What a game this is.

[Sherpat]

A few months back, just before starting taking lessons, I was slicing all my shots something awful. Then I came across an article in Golf Magazine which related the common cure of holding a glove or towel under one's left armpit and swinging so the object doesn't drop. Voila! With my first swing that way, the ball went arrow straight. I still do that on the range to reinforce the swing path that forces.

I also incorporate a swing tip I got in, of all places, the Edwin Watts cataloge recently. In one of the little "Tips From Our Pro" boxes, it was recommended that placing standing on a hilly lie with the ball below your feet will force you to stay bent over through the entire swing if you want to make contact. Since I am guilty of standing up on my downswing and topping the ball often, I've started taking that advice. It's actually helping quite a bit, from what I can tell, even though I only started doing that a week or so ago.

Tom

[elivate]

A few months back, just before starting taking lessons, I was slicing all my shots something awful. Then I came across an article in Golf Magazine which related the common cure of holding a glove or towel under one's left armpit and swinging so the object doesn't drop. Voila! With my first swing that way, the ball went arrow straight. I still do that on the range to reinforce the swing path that forces.

For the first tip, does that include on the follow through? I have tried this and it feels ok, but I usually drop the glove on the follow through, is that wrong?

And for the second tip that one is in this months Golf Digest too...

[Sherpat]

For the first tip, does that include on the follow through? I have tried this and it feels ok, but I usually drop the glove on the follow through, is that wrong?

Hi Elivate, good seeing you again.

Well, if your shots are going straight then that is the ultimate test. I have to admit, when I read that tip they never said whether or not the glove should drop *after* contact with the ball. But I always folded my left elbow a bit on my follow through to make sure it stayed there. I notice that when I don't use the glove now, I have built up enough muscle memory that I strike the ball on the same path as WITH the glove there, but I also extend my arms farther on the follow through, which helps gain some distance. So yeah, if the ball isn't slicing but you drop the glove on the follow through I guess you're doing it right. I haven't seen the latest Golf Digest. Thanks for that! Tom