Moving Hips Towards The Target

[BamaMN]

Ok, so I do a full shoulder turn with my back to the target at the top and I am a pretty decent golfer, but a very inconsistant golfer. Well, at the range today a guy came over and asked if he could give me a quick tip. So of couse I acceped. He then proceed to take a driver shaft out of his bag and proceeded to stick it in the ground. Here is where it got interesting, he had me get in my stance with my right hip (I am a left handed golfer) literally 6 inches away from the shaft. From here he told me to keep my swing the same but before I started the downswing he wanted my hip to literally touch the shaft with my head remaining behind the ball.

Now this felt terribly akward for the first 5 or so swings but soon after I was taking dollar bill divots and he said I was no longer chicken winging at impact. And it may sound unbelievable but I literally dropped 2 clubs. My 52 degree was going the same distance as my 8 iron. He said I was now compressing the ball and not scooping it. And my driver distance was incredible and more consistant even with a much smoother swing.

 He told me that with my hips now touching the driver shaft in the downswing it is allowing my club to drop into the slot. He took a call and had to leave before I could get any info on this swing.

I mean I hit for a solid hour after he left and I could not hit a bad shot. Just curious if anyone has heard of this being taught as I would really like to find some instruction on this. Thanks and have a great night.

 

 

[iacas]

[BamaMN]

On 6/20/2018 at 9:29 PM, iacas said:

Thanks Iacas, I had my best day today. All I focused on was starting the downswing by moving my rear knee towards the target. Believe it or not my hands droped in perfect and I was making great divots and hitting my driver longer that ever with a subtle draw. 

Our 4 man team won a scramble today and posted 15 under. We used all of my drives except one. I was taking great divots and hitting my 60 degree 100-105 yards, before you shared your postI was hitting my 60 degree 50-60 yards by scooping and NEVER having a divot.

My only question is on the backswing should I be turning back on a straight rear leg or keeping my rear leg slightly bed. I hit great by keeping it slightly bent, but I studied the pictures on your post and it appears that Hogan and Tiger turned on a straight rear leg. can you please clear this up for me.

Thanks again for getting me on the right path.

[BamaMN]

I seem to be firing on all cylinders, somewhat. My hips I literally slide as much as I can while keeping my head behind the ball. And with the Monte Elbow Drill I seem to be coming into the ball. 

However, I just can’t pull the handle through the ball so I end of scooping everything.

Today I went to the range and praticed “knock down” (I ran across a Yourube video) shots and things were literally firing on all cylinders. While focusing on keeping my hands low and pulling them through the ball, I actually started pinching the ball against the ground. It was as if I was trying to punch the ball with a held off have swing. I was hitting crisp iron shots while chocking down to the very bottom of the driver grip and getting 240-250 with a nice low ball flight draw with a stiff shaft. 

My question is, will this turn into a full swing down the road or is this just a tempory band-aid?

 

Thanks

[iacas]

Video helps, otherwise, you're relying completely on what your body "feels" and "feel ain't real."

You're firing on all cylinders but also still scooping the ball?

Also, I'm not sure what Monte Elbow Drill you're talking about. Just embed the video here: https://thesandtrap.com/how-to/embed-videos.

Here you go, man: https://thesandtrap.com/forums/forum/13-member-swings/ .