Fowlerfan19

Yeah weight transfer is one of the hardest things for me. That video is from like two weeks ago and I think I've improved on some things since then but weight transfer for me is so hard. I can't for the life of me get my weight shifted to the front.

I'm pretty new to golf...so if your hands are too close to your body at address could that cause an outside to inside swing path? I feel like this is a big problem for me, more so on my driver than my irons. That's why I extended my hands out a little bit more and was making very good contact. My left hand is lined up with my chin. Is that too far of extension?

Played 18 today and on the front 9 I was struggling a lot. So for the back 9 I decided to extend my hands a bit at address and started hitting the ball great. Wasn't flipping as much as usual but I still had some shots that sliced with the driver. Irons were dead straight and pretty long. I've been struggling with my long irons and I was able to get the ball in the air today. Just curious, would it be better for me to have my hands very close to my body or extended out? I usually have my hands pretty close...back 9 extended them out to a little bit in front of my chin.

First off, thanks everyone for all the help. I appreciate it. Secondly, what should the elbows be doing after impact? A poster above said both of my elbows are pulled into the body. What should they be doing?

Yeah I feel like I top my long irons mostly because I'm trying to hit the ball up instead of striking it in the correct spot. I have a video on here, it's not that good but I'll reupload. A guy froze it and said my weight isn't getting to my front side and I'm flipping. I've fixed my posture and alignment a lot since that last video but the downswing/release looks terrible IMO.

I feel like when I flip my wrists at impact, I don't get consistent results. For example, I'll top a ball, I'll hit a huge divot before the ball ,etc. Some slice, some hook...Does that have anything to do with flipping?

1) What does flipping the wrists at impact cause? 2) After impact position (left wrist flat, right wrist bent) , what do the wrists do?

Firstly, it looks like you are a bit too hunched over shoulders wise. Your shoulders seem pretty far forward but that may be because you have a decent amount of knee bend at address. Two things, you have a small hesitation at the top of your back swing right before your downswing and at the top of your back swing your left elbow is bending severely. I think you can extend a touch more at the top of your back swing for a bit more power. Also, try and keep that left elbow a bit straighter. Not mandatory but it should help you out.

Two things...would this cause me to slice the ball? I feel like I do this off the tee because anytime I take a practice swing at the tee I'm not going straight at it. It comes from outside to inside. Could this also be because my arms aren't extended all the way at address? Perhaps my hands are too close to my body at address? Thanks.

Hey man thanks for the quick reply! Any idea on some drills or how I can fix these problems? I noticed how bad my shoulder/hip turn was so I've been working on that.

I never knew I looked this bad swinging a golf club...kind of depressing. Can somebody here list the numerous things I'm doing wrong? Thanks.

So I'm pretty much trying to revamp my swing a bit. My posture and alignment is a lot better and I was told I wasn't using my shoulders enough and was using too much arms. I've been trying to keep my left elbow straight and I can do this with relative ease up until the top of the back swing. It's impossible for me to have the club parallel to my target at the top of the backswing without bending my elbow. It's really frustrating because I feel like I can't make a full swing like this. Went to the course today and I was coming in at too steep a angle and creating big divots before the ball. Is there any drills that can help your left elbow stay straight and does anyone know what causes this? I feel like no matter how much I turn my shoulders it would be physically impossible to keep my left elbow straight at the top.

I'm a beginner golfer with a high handicap and I just came off my best round ever. Anything I hit with my irons was going long and dead straight. Then today was just terrible. I kept picking up huge divots before the ball, so I'd get them in the air but they'd go nowhere and I just couldn't make clean contact. It started to play with my psyche and I just had no confidence at all.What causes a huge divot before making contact with the ball?

I'm going to upload a video the next time I golf...which will probably be Thursday. It's always a regular slice. Ill hit it off the tee and I'll think it's ok and then it will slice 20-30 right right putting me in no mans land.

Perhaps you could upload videos showing the difference? I think I may bring mine too inside.