Anyone Just Accept Their Swing?

[Vinsk]

2 hours ago, David in FL said:

I’ve been told that my swing looks like somebody who is trying to kill a snake with a stick.

I’m just not willing to put in the time and effort necessary to change it to the point that I will improve significantly. It is what it is.  I accept it and simply enjoy the game.  

I admire this outlook. I probably could’ve been like this had I never used video. Seeing how inefficient and ridiculous my swing was made me see how much power I was wasting. I like your swing analogy. Unfortunately mine looks like I’m trying to start a stubborn lawn mower.

[Carl3]

2 hours ago, David in FL said:

I’ve been told that my swing looks like somebody who is trying to kill a snake with a stick. 

Ha, I recently described my "old" swings as follows: 

Ever see someone get tasered? Now imagine them holding a golf club...

[cooke119]

I have taken three sets of lesson at $500 each in my younger days but I'm 66 now and have had three back surgeries. Yes I have accepted my swing. I have always fought a strong fade / slice with my driver so I put it away, I use my 3W almost all the time on par 4s and 5s which I can hit the hell out of. I get like 200 yards, 9 times out of 10 straight, so I can be putting for par as long as my iron and wedge play is on. I have taken lessons on chipping which have helped a lot. What I do need to keep working on is putting and mostly reading the greens. Three putts drive me nuts! I shoot in the high eighties, low nineties so I enjoy the game and don't get so pissed off anymore.

 

[RWC]

At 66, I've decided to try and accept my swing and concentrate instead on making bad shots a little better. I know I have some quirks in my swing that given my desire / time availability will probably not improve dramatically. What I can work on: short game, putting, course management and better fitted equipment are now my main focus. I have read LSW several times and am working to put those concepts into play. Started the season at a 16 index and have lowered it to a 13 as the season begins to wind down in Chicago. Goal is to get back to a 10 by the end of next year.

As one earlier comment said, its nice to spend four hours with friends but a heck of a lot more fun to do it while you are playing good golf!

 

[hespeler]

On ‎9‎/‎25‎/‎2018 at 12:10 PM, Vinsk said:

Absolutely true for me. It’s my problem but this is why I can’t accept my swing. I’ve said it before but I honestly do not enjoy the ‘scenery, the chit chat with friends, the fresh air’ If I’m playing awful. I can do all the above mentioned in a dozen different ways. I’m on a golf course to play golf and chasing after shanks won’t be mitigated by a colorful bird in a tree. Hell I'm likely to kill the poor thing with my 7i hosel rocket. 

I'm the same way.  I do enjoy all of the ancillary stuff but only to a point and it can't override my performance or lack thereof.  Wish I could.  I'd probably score better.

[gjunkie57]

I have accepted my swing. I had a swing that made everyone I played remark on how great it looked. I started telling them to stop saying that. My drives were 140 yard slices, it took me three shots on short par 4's to get to the green let alone on it, and I was using driver on 150 yard par 3's. Lessons and drills did nothing. There is some swing thing I was just not understanding, implementing, whatever. So one day I decided to just figure out how to hit the ball with the swing I have.

I went to the driving range and played around with ball position and setup. And know what? I now have the distance to reach par 4's in regulation. I don't have to worry the swing will breakdown under pressure because it is my swing. The ball just gets in the way at the right moment. The swing doesn't look textbook but I don't care. My alignment is not square but I don't care. The ball gets hit when the clubface is aligned with the path and that is all that is necessary. I now just practice to tighten up my dispersion and course management. I enjoy the game more, because I am playing golf now, not worrying about hitting the ball.

Edited October 1, 2018 by gjunkie57

[exCartboy]

 

I don’t know if I’ll ever totally accept my swing, but I have definitely tried to move from the “find my perfect swing” mentality to the “cleanup my current swing” mentality.

Years ago I went through a swing overhaul that took a tremendous amount of work, but was totally worth the effort. When I was done I was able to hit it longer, higher and more consistently with less effort. But I had to put in a couple of hundred hours of practice to make this happen, and my game got much worse before it got better. I was an assistant pro at the time, so I had the time - it was sort of my job. :)

At this point though I don’t have the time or inclination to overhaul anything (normal non-golf job, kids, etc.), and it doesn’t sound like you’re interested in putting in that kind of work either. What I would recommend is to try and understand what your big mistake is, and figure out what you need to do to mitigate against it.

For example, my #1 driver flaw is that I sometimes slide to the left too much on the downswing and don’t stay behind the ball, resulting in a high-right shot (aka a slice). I certainly make a lot of other mistakes, but this is the one that hurts me the most. When I do get the time to practice, this is what I primarily focus on, though I do try to chip and putt more than working on the full swing.