My Swing (kpeng)

[kpeng]

Total newbie to golf here, this is just my 8th or 9th time at a driving range and I just played my 3rd round of golf tonight. Let me know what you think please!

 

I've been Playing Golf for: 2 months
My current handicap index or average score is: No idea.
My typical ball flight is: No idea.
The shot I hate or the "miss" I'm trying to reduce/eliminate is: Tee'ing off with a driver

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Videos: 

 

Edited September 28, 2018 by kpeng

[iacas]

Not bad. You're going to want to learn to gain more "depth" on your backswing - from this view, that is your hands moving to the left in the video more, more away from the ball.

That shows some "depth" gained there more.

[kpeng]

@iacas - thank you! A friend of mine was critical of my grip when we played last night, my right hand goes under the club a bit with the palm almost facing my head. But my argument is it keeps me from hitting with an open club face because it's harder to twist my hands outward. I tried it with a more traditional grip and was slicing badly.

[DaveP043]

22 minutes ago, kpeng said:

@iacas - thank you! A friend of mine was critical of my grip when we played last night, my right hand goes under the club a bit with the palm almost facing my head. But my argument is it keeps me from hitting with an open club face because it's harder to twist my hands outward. I tried it with a more traditional grip and was slicing badly.

First, welcome to TST, we're glad to have you.  I know you're new to the game, but please get involved with the whole site.  Your viewpoints and opinions, even as a newbie, can be just as important and informative as those of us who have played a lot longer.  It'll also help you to become familiar to the rest of us here, which in turn will help you get more feedback when you ask for help.  Also just a little tip, if you type the @ sign and then start typing a screen name, you can pull down the members name, and they'll get a notification that you mentioned them.

So about your grip, you can go to the "Info" tab, select "Instructional Content", and find an excellent discussion of the grip.  I put it that way to help you learn to navigate the site, rather than simply posting the link.  However, @iacas is excellent at prioritizing his advice, so if he suggests you work on your depth, that's probably the right thing to do right now.

[kpeng]

Thanks @DaveP043, happy to be here! I plan on definitely being active on the board. This was literally the first thing I posted when I joined last night haha

[iacas]

How's it going, @kpeng?

[kpeng]

Been working on my swing and getting out to play more. Here's an update from a couple weeks ago.

 

Edited January 3, 2019 by iacas
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[iacas]

On 9/28/2018 at 6:15 AM, iacas said:

Not bad. You're going to want to learn to gain more "depth" on your backswing - from this view, that is your hands moving to the left in the video more, more away from the ball.

This isn't gonna be "more depth."

We're happy to help, and it's free, but you've gotta put in a little effort on your end. Ask questions, get good video, talk about what you're working on… something.

Or, just enjoy playing golf and talk about other topics in the forum.