adam3205

I think the program is a good idea. Even more so, I think it's a great idea for new golfers to start on par 3 courses. The last 2 times that my partner and I went out, we got stuck behind the same party who couldn't hit the ball more than 30 yards and they didn't let us play through until the 8th tee (we caught them on #3). Even the front tees were too much for them. They would benefit much more from a round at a par 3 course than 5 rounds playing from the front tees. Now, the case could probably be made that I should move up a box since I'm a high handicapper. I play from the whites, 3rd farthest of 4. However, my scores have gotten consistently better. When I started 10 years ago I played nothing but par 3's for the first year. Then I spent most of the next season on the front 2 boxes before moving back. My reasoning for staying with the white tees this year, getting back into the game after 4 years of not playing during college, was that I feel that the challenge is the best way for me to get back to the level I was at 4 years ago. Plus, it's rare for my party to hold up a party of the same number. I think people that are looking to improve should be playing from the tees that are challenging to them and maybe just slightly above their skill level. You get better at the game by working on something you can't quite do at the moment.

This is what I just started doing for every shot, even putting, because I was lining up to the left naturally (left handed). I pick out something about a foot in front of the ball. Then I address the ball and just take a few seconds staring at the ball and my designated aim assist, drawing a line through the ball, to kind of forget where my actual target is. After I set up along the line I look at my target to get a feel for how proper alignment should look relative to down range. Then look back at your ball and imaginary line for a few seconds before swinging to help prevent yourself from making swing adjustments. I've had to weaken my grip pretty significantly to avoid hooking the ball (speaking relative to my left handedness).

As a high handicapper, short game practice is the most practical for me. On an average par 4 I slice my drive, hit 1 or 2 iron shots fat or thin and am left with a

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Okay you're probably right. I'm sure that working on these suggestions is going to expose many more bad habits I've developed as a form of compensation.

Thanks so much for all the help! This forum has been an incredible resource, even though I haven't done much posting. Yeah, I love living in the middle of nowhere! On occasion I break out the driver and real balls and let em fly down the hill. It's a pain to find them in the field at the bottom though haha. I did play baseball for almost 10 years. I've struggled and struggled with my address position...I just can't get comfortable. Should I set up a little closer to the ball to help keep my backswing mechanics closer to my body? I've gone back and forth with that and ball position this year. So I need to have my hands lower in my backswing and farther back around me instead of bringing them up to my neck at the top of my backswing? I suppose bringing them up high is a product of my baseball habits. So I should keep my hips from moving back, only rotating them? When I first started golfing I wanted to kill the ball so I'm sure the long back swing coming up to a baseball bat position stems from that mentality..."if I bring it back farther, I'll swing faster and hit longer." I've actually found that a very strong grip works the best for me. I watched a video, which I can't find now, that talked about the natural position of the hand when hanging at your side. Thats the position your hand and wrist want, so taking that grip at address will help you get back to that square position at impact. I've always been told the 2 knuckle rule and I always felt that it was contributing to my open clubface at impact. But I'll give a weaker grip another shot as I work on these other suggestions. Changing up my swing may just make a weaker grip more comfortable! Thanks again for the detailed replies.

Here's my swing with a 7i. I've battled pushes and slices (left handed) for years. Since getting back into golf this year after playing about a handful of rounds during my 4 years college, I've managed to make some improvement. I started thinking about trying to look under the ball as I make contact and that has helped some. Also, most of my mis-hits are towards the heel of the clubface. I've never calculated my handicap exactly but based on some rough estimation it's probably in the mid 20's. I apologize that the DTL angle is a bit far away. I'm going to shoot another video once I get a nice day and can make it out to the range.

So nobody has found that having the dominate hand on top can cause a slice or pushing the ball to the left (for a left handed golfer)? I've battled those as long I've played golf and can't seem to mend the issue. Granted, I've never put in the time that I should put in to improve my swing but I was just curious to see if anyone had discovered that putting the dominate hand on top caused more slicing issues than putting it on the bottom.

Nice little golf themed video.

I fall into this category. I do everything right handed except swing a golf club, baseball bat and I longboard from a lefty stance. My father is the same way and my brother is exactly the opposite. I was curious if anyone else out there falls into this same boat. Also, does anybody have any speculation as to what effects this could have on a swing?

This. I just snagged a new set of Di9's off rockbottomgolf.com's ebay store for $130. I didn't hit them first...only because I'm a lefty and couldn't find anything but Nike SS4D, Burner HT and Adam A3OS sets in stock in Dicks (the only golf retailer in my rural area). For the price I figured they were worth the chance based on the slew of positive reviews. I have yet to give them a thorough workout at the range, but they feel nice chipping around my yard. They also look much cleaner and classier (to me) than most SGI's. I started playing about 10 years ago, but played only a handful of times through the last 4 years while I was in college. What I was looking for was a new set of irons that I can use to develop my swing back into good fashion. I've been playing on a set of MacGregor's that are probably 15+ years old, handed down to me from my grandfather. So I wanted to get back into current technology without spending so much that in a couple of years I won't be able to justify dropping more money on a higher level iron, if I choose to do so. Definitely get what feels best to you, but don't be afraid to look past the big names on clubs.

Hello everyone. I started playing golf in my early teens thanks to my grandparents who gave me my first 2 sets of clubs. Unfortunately I pretty much stopped golfing during college, but I've decided to get back into it full swing this summer. I live in Pennsylvania and the scenery here is awesome, making for some delightful rounds of golf. I'm a lefty and I have an old set of MacGregor Battlesticks that have seen their better days, but tax return season is here so I'm looking to upgrade (which I'll be discussing in the proper forum). Thanks for reading! Adam