My Swing (Ty_Webb)

[Ty_Webb]

I had two events the past two days. Yesterday I was playing a course blind. Hit it solid. Hit 9/14 fairways, 12/18 greens, 34 putts. Many of those putts were the result of balls that were close-ish to the hole when they landed, but wound up a long way away once they'd finished rolling (backwards mainly). Then today, hit 11/13 fairways, 11/18 greens, 37 putts, and shot 80. 8 over par and it wasn't particularly pretty. My big problem today was my pitching. I was inside 100 yards of the hole and off the green on 9 occasions. 

1st - drive to about 75 yards, fanned a 58 degree short and right. On the green, but a good 40 feet away and good two putt from there (so took 3)

2nd - laid up to a bunker and it's narrow past it, so had 165 in, missed it right with an 8 iron. Wet rough, chip from about 5 yards off the green and the club snagged. It got on the green, but only temporarily. Overcorrected a bit on the next one and hit it a bit firm and it rolled out to about 35 feet. Putt didn't break and it ran on a bit and I missed the one back (greens were fast and a little bumpy, which didn't help, but doesn't excuse either). (took 5 to get down from close to the green)

4th - had about 95 from the right rough, hit it on the green and two putts (3)

5th - 90 from the fairway, tugged it and it got a firm bounce, chipped on and hit what I thought was a decent chip, but it ran out down the hill and two putts from 20 feet (4)

7th - 65 from the fairway, significant upslope and hit it a bit hard, ran long left against the collar. Tried to blade a PW, but it got under a bit so didn't advance it anything like far enough. Made a good two putt from there (4)

11th - 63 from the fairway, hit a squirrelly pitch on the green and two putts (3)

12th - 75 from the semi-rough, caught it a bit clean and it wound up on the back edge. Putting down a tier and it ran 8 feet past (that was actually a really good putt and couldn't have done any better I don't think) and missed that (4)

13th - 55 from the fairway, overcorrected and hit the big ball before the small ball. Then made a stellar up and down from 25 yards short to an elevated green with a putter (3)

15th - down in three from a greenside bunker (3)

That was it. The other 9 holes I hit it on the green from outside 100 yards. So on those 9 occasions, I took 32 shots to get in the hole. 3.56 average. Terrible.

Reason I'm posting this in here is to see if anyone has any suggestions for how to work on my contact with pitch shots. I don't have access to a grass range. Only mats and it's easy off a mat. Partly I think my problem is I've hit it off mats so much this winter that I've lost my judgement on where the ball is versus the ground because of the leeway granted. Open to ideas. I also suspect that under pressure I stand a bit closer to it and then get steep and hit down on it and it puts me in a bad place, but I can't seem to get myself to not do that. 

[GolfLug]

Feel like you are left side dominant. Keep the back of your glove running through impact. Keeps leading edge down without digging. You will pick them clean with some zip if the grass is nice and generally acceptable results off anything less than ideal. Works with both hingy or dead hand pitches and chips.

Edited Friday at 01:55 AM by GolfLug

[Ty_Webb]

Some dtl and fo normal and slowmo shots from today with a whiffle ball in the back yard. Trying not to overbend right elbow and it seems to have my arm lifting more too. 

[GolfLug]

Haters will say steep, but I think you have exceptionally educated hands to play at scratch. 

[Ty_Webb]

36 minutes ago, GolfLug said:

Haters will say steep, but I think you have exceptionally educated hands to play at scratch. 

It is, but it's better than it was a couple of months ago. Last time I played, I was basically just living with aiming it down the left side and letting it drift back. I hit 11/13 fairways and the two I missed were one with thick trees down the left and room right and it landed in the fairway and kicked out and one where I lost a bit of focus and forgot what I was doing and missed it in a right trap. If I can get my arms lifting how they're supposed to, I think I'll have more room and be able to get the club down more before the rotation kicks it out again. Club is slightly outside the hands at P6, so still a bit to go, but I'll get there.