My Swing (GolfLug)

[GolfLug]

Played this muni, Marine Park in Brooklyn yesterday. A quintessential and awesome NY muni experience! Played a bit long for my dinky 225 yard drives but came away smiling ear to ear..😊. Loved it.

Was paired up with two former Syracuse college players and let's just say I was very willingly reduced to being a spectator frequently during the round. I feel lucky to be playing decent golf in far away places and I play with some solid scratch/+ guys back home but man these guys were impressive.

I'm a bit more reflective of what life brings everyday as I get older. Great day!

[GolfLug]

Wanted to check out things from a different angle. 

Continuing to work on different aspects of the swing. Here revisiting much more neutral left hand grip, arms connection, width, stability, quick transition (feel is literally bouncing off P4 into pull arms down as hard as I can) and of course, a balanced finish. I think the pelvis piece is still nowhere it needs to be but it will come. It feels like there has been progress this year.

[mdl]

Consistent with your other videos from this summer, the big thing that jumps out to me is that your down swing is the whole right side of your body driving towards the ball. Even when you get your right hip back counter drill style, first move from the top is posted left leg spin the right hip and right should at the ball, get OTT. Your finish is also kind of a giveaway  

[GolfLug]

2 hours ago, mdl said:

 posted left leg spin the right hip and right should at the ball, get OTT.   

Thanks for the note, but is there a typo here? Not sure I followed.

[mdl]

On 9/2/2025 at 1:09 PM, GolfLug said:

Thanks for the note, but is there a typo here? Not sure I followed.

I meant like your hips slide forward a touch and your left hip comes back away from the ball a little.But then your left hip stays in the ~same place and your whole right side kinda swings around your front hip. Like a door and the left hip is the hinge! And you can see the results as you step basically at the ball with your whole right side momentum carrying you that direction!

[GolfLug]

3 hours ago, mdl said:

I meant like your hips slide forward a touch and your left hip comes back away from the ball a little.But then your left hip stays in the ~same place and your whole right side kinda swings around your front hip. Like a door and the left hip is the hinge! And you can see the results as you step basically at the ball with your whole right side momentum carrying you that direction!

Gotcha. Not bad. Yeah, the whole trail unit moves a bit outside-in through impact. I don't think the sequencing is all that bad but I guess I have a lot of structural 'equity' in the wrong places built over a lifetime of other sports and compensations from a couple of significant distal injuries. Like weight too much in the heels which Erik has been trying to get me to fix to help the pelvis rotation.

I'm about 10% closer than I was last year. The heel-weight is a tough piece for me but a matter of conditioning my trail ankle (I shattered it in 2020 and has maybe 50-60% flexion/extension range left) with a bit more intent. Thanks.

Edited September 4, 2025 by GolfLug

[GolfLug]

Checking in. Haven't posted in a while since haven't done much this year and not sure I will for a while. Nursing partially torn ACL and meniscus on the left knee since late December and trying my best to avoid surgery for now. May not be any golf for me for a bit. Of course, I did pick a good time to get benched. 

[iacas]

Dang! You didn't share that info. Soccer?

[GolfLug]

1 hour ago, iacas said:

Dang! You didn't share that info. Soccer?

Could have been but not for sure. Felt a slight knee 'click' during a ski run down the slope in late December but didn't think much of it at that time. Didn't feel right for a few weeks so went to the doctor, got an MRI in late Jan, which revealed the damage. Seems like a cocktail of ligament/cartilage possible long term degeneration and some new tears. Throw in some tibial over-calcification for garnish. Interestingly there was never much pain/swelling, etc for anything catastrophic. Just didn't feel 100% stable with some bone clicking doing couple of mundane things. 

I'm feeling pretty strong and stable now but docs order to not test the knee for a while while I'm doing some PT. Have some major travel coming up in March so will get another MRI in April to reassess further treatment if required. In the least have some interesting times ahead of me. 

[JetFan1983]

Brutal! Get well soon, Vishal. Good to hear it's feeling strong and stable.

[boogielicious]

Get well soon Vishal! 

[GolfLug]

First swings at after a 2.5 month forced hiatus. No surgery in the forecast at the moment! Doc said okay to start easing in gently over a few weeks. The effort is barely 30% here but felt solid. 

I think my swing changed a few years ago after my right ankle injury (weight shift profile). I wonder if this may bring about another change. I certainly won't pivot on to the knee (left) aggressively any time soon, if ever. Could even be a good thing..heh.