Beachcomber

I'd love to review your 54* and 58* wedges. I've been using Vokeys, but the grooves are getting beat.

Edit: I just watched the video that the Golf Channel has on their site. It moved. BUT... There comes a time when the PGA needs to tell these 'Internet Nerds' to back off. I can't believe that they are going to continue to encourage outside agencies like this to possibly influence the outcome of a round of golf. It is pathetic. Especially when it is clearly not improving his lie, or benefiting the intended stroke. And it brings the players integrity into question which is lame.

Seriously that is really a lame penalty. I don't know how anyone could claim that what he did improved his lie. While it may have 'moved' did it really 'move'? Wow. Edit: this is in response to the video Mvmac posted. I haven't watched any others.

I will once I see how things go on Tuesday. Some orders are pending.

Ouch! O__O

Yep that is Tijeras. Solid track... I may weasel my way out there next week and give the tips a go? But I also like your idea of playing one box up and trying to go low. The thing is I'm trying to get my cap back below a 5. And down to my goal of a 3 for 2013. I'm running out of time... So it's go time!! :golf clap: I played Tustin Ranch from the tips and shot a 76 with a double on #11. So I was pretty stoked with that 2 differential and it dropped my cap down to a 5.4.

You Gl*******, you'd totally get DQ'd for that!

Friday the 13th and he shoots 59.... Skeletor!!!

Come on Skelator!!!

Lol, that's an old swing. But yes. My posture was too upright in that swing.

In his defense, there was at least one of those shorter putts that had a lot of wind. From a guy who once lived, and played a lot of golf in the Windy City, that can really play mind games with you when you're trying to make a steady stroke and you're getting blasted by the wind over a 5ft or less putt.

One of my buddies has the Vison Track. It definitely will help you swing more in-to-out and help reduce the OTT move. I'd get that as it isn't an expensive training aid. And it will give you immediate feedback as it will help you visualize the proper path. And when you hit it clean, by tracing the proper path, you'll see the desired results. In fact I'm going to buy one and add it to my 'indoor swing den'.

What is your desired ball flight? From the video I watched, you have nice tempo and effortless looking swing (I only watched your 7i swing video).... But you're hitting pull fade and slices because of your face and path are too far in or left. The video you can see your impact and post impact is going left. Shift your baseline right and you'll start having a chance at hitting a draw. If that is what you're looking for?

I'm not a long hitter. In fact, out of the the foursome I typically play with, I'm the shortest of the group. But I can still hit my driver on average around 240 to 250. Legit. And my 3W 235 to 225 and 5W 225 to 215. Sometimes if I hit it really clean, get a nice bounce, or have wind helping each of these can go a little further. Point being that I can play some of the longer courses in the Orange County area (6,800 to 7,000 at or near sea level with wind) and play fairly decent. Typically, my rounds are right around 77 to 82. Sometimes 74 to 84. And I've found this is typically true even if I play a tough or easy course. For whatever reason, I don't seem to really score significantly lower on the easier courses? It is strange. I could perhaps just have a mental issue where when I start to play above average, say I rattle off a run of birdies, it gets into my head? But I just can't seem to go really lower than that mid 70 range right now, no matter the slope/rating. So for handicap purposes, I'd rather play the more difficult rated course. In fact, I'm going to start doing that at the course I have a card at, and play regularly. I'm going to start playing from the tips and believe it will help my differentials. I typically shoot 78/79 from the Blue Tees: 6,547, 71.2/130. Whereas the tips or Black Tees: 6,973, 73.5/136. I haven't played the tips yet because of the two par 3's on the front have intimidating water carries. And both can play into the wind.

My Son is still in the womb... But what I plan to do is just take him to the range and hit balls, roll putts on the practice putting green until he is around 5yrs old (perhaps older?). So simply make it 45 min to 1hr of swinging the club just for fun. Keyword, make it fun. Then when he can at least make semi-consistent contact, take him out on the executive courses in the area. And as he gets bigger and stronger, then move to the real course... All while ensuring he is having fun. Make mini games out of it. I learned to play with my Father by playing a shortish 9-hole course, and he would let me tee off, and hit shots. If I missed or duffed it, he would have me pick it up and bring it up to his ball. We would do this until I learned to manage my own game, and play the course. It worked out pretty well. And I didn't get my first golf lesson until I had played for a few years. And my first lesson was mainly about golf etiquette, the proper grip, address posture, ball position and aim. Very basic lesson which I'd recommend for any beginner.

Yep. I've had those rear their ugly head too. It's when I lean into the ball on the back swing... Have you caught any of these on video? Like this? The very first swing my head leans into the ball and hit a dead shank with an 8i.

EJ, Zip! Happy Birthday boys! Here's to many birdies and eagles to the both of you!!

Duff Daddy is one of the reasons I love watching PGA golf. And this story only adds karma to his stash.

I go days where I will wear them. And days where I don't. I really like protecting my eyes from the sun and wind. But sometimes I just find that my lenses are too dark. So I take them off. I guess I should be more regimented with them, but I'm not.

Mike thank you for resending the video. I watched it this morning. And after reading the last few post you made a light bulb went off. So today when I played, I focused on keeping the left side on the start line or alignment stick. Wow. It worked like a charm, and I hit the ball 300x better than I did last Saturday when I was trying the extension stuff. Result....76 from the tips. +2 differential. I'll take that every day. I was hitting some fabulous golf shots and felt like I could go really low with this golf swing.

Jet, lots of similarities in issues... Thanks for posting. But this piece for me is the most helpful (bold). I play really good golf when I have this visual - left shoulder getting under my chin - with a steady head. I need to get back to that visual because I've been trying to get so much extension on the backswing with my right leg and trying to get that right hip deeper, that it was causing some contact issues (head leaning into the ball on the back swing). Ultimately this was leading to heel side contact - and the dreaded shank would rear its ugly head every now and then. I'll do some more drills and try and feel like my head is pulling away from the wall on the backswing and see how that does.

Scrapping all this extension stuff and going back to Key #1. I can't lean into the ball on the back swing... As that is leading to death shots on the course.

Good point. Question for you... Curious what you think... Did that 1/3 speed swing with the Pipoe really fix my goat humping? That was the cleanest A8 I've ever witnessed of myself! Now if I could only replicate that at full speed!!!