skillzwhogolfs

Thanks for all the info on here! I have used this slower swing a couple of days now and shot a 37-39 yesterday (was unsure of total score because of all lost balls due to leaves) and a 42 today (9 on par 5 because of hook into trees that I found and could not get out!) but I am getting a little longer with my drives also by hitting the sweet spot more often! had about a 280 yard drive down the middle and hit 5/7 FIR.

ok this is what I had a feeling about I never had good results trying to hit it at 4. Thanks for all the info!

I have heard that at impact your swing plane should be hitting at the 4 o'clock on the ball ( a clock around the ball when looking down at setup) When I do this I feel like the swing is more in-to-out. Is this just a feeling because i am so used to an out to in swing?

I also look in center of the ball never thought about it really but that is where i focus. I have helped some of my friends who was not hitting down on the ball by making them focus on hitting an imaginary ball in front of their ball. If they had to steep of a swing it did cause a top sometimes, but in general it hleped them understand hitting down on the ball more.

I think this is my problem too and probably why I hit better swinging slower.

I believe that the rest of my game is pretty solid, probably not the best by any means but even if I am spraying shots everywhere my highest score is usually 84 and when I am hitting good hitting more FIR and GIR scores are 74-79. There is always room to improve but I dont believe that my game is suffering from any one single part but obviously when I hit FIR and GIR

when I was swinging faster I was hitting drives between 280-290 but definetly less accurate.

I have been noticing lately that when I swing slower that my timing is more on, I hit it straighter and when I miss hit it, it still is not to bad of a shot. With my irons I do not hit them much shorter maybe 5 to 10 yards. with my driver I and 3 wood I notice a much more distance loss. driver goes about 250-260 and 3 wood probably around 220 (guessing). Questions that I have is: would I be able to become scratch golfer (big goal of mine) with driver going only 250-260? would it be a good idea to slow up my swing a little to ingrain the swing and hit it straighter and then add more power later? Has anyone else gone through this? Thanks!

Yeah well first of all about that I can say I have never really tried to find out how long my 3 wood goes, I have used it for the 220-230 par 3s and were able to hit them pretty good so that was my guess, but havent really hit it down the fairway to see how far it goes. and I am not sure about PW to 3wood but thats just what it does. could be because my 3 wood is an old calaway steel head.

I keep mine open, all but that one swing the other day when i had a little chunky 3 wood and mud went right in my eye, then I was forced to close them lol

Driver - 270-300 (300-310 drive the other day) 3w - 230 4h - 210 5i - 200 6i - 190 7i - 185 8i - 175 9i - 160 PW - 150 SW - 100-125 64° - don't use for full shots

This is a good idea and I guess you are right its only a good swing if i can repeat it during tournament play with pressure thanks.

So I have been working on my golf swing a lot lately (maybe to much) but have finally got a swing that I believe is pretty solid and feels good. Now what to get better? My best score is only 73 and really want to shoot under so what would you guys suggest I start doing? putting better, short game better, focus on reducing mistakes, anything else? just wondering what other good players have done once they got a good swing.

I actually found out the reason was not my hands or anything but that my body was rotating to much during my golf swing causing it to be open, I slowed that down so shoulder were clsoer to paralel and fixed it, thanks everyone

I have a question for you guys that has kind of been bothering me for a while. So I know of course to hit down on the ball and have forward shaft lean to do this. now when I set up (static) to see what my impact would feel like I notice that when I lean the shaft forward that the club automatically opens up unless I manipulate my hands a little to bring it back. So (just guessing and I know other things may result in slice/push) im guessing that when I hit down on the ball and have forward shaft lean it is causing my open clubface. (Im also guessing thats why when I try to draw the ball I get more hook because I have to rotate club more) So does anyone else notice this? am I the only one? is there a fix? am I just looking at this all wrong? Thanks Skillzwhogolfs