Tiger90

lol...that is awesome....keep him going!

yeah exactly, i agree. I wasn't that is the only way to do it. I was just saying before you hit, make sure your behind the ball. Weather you practice swing beside or behind the ball is up to you. But i feel that before you should you should walk into the shot visualzing it and then just go. I feel its very personal, with a couple necessary steps

Good Point. im not exactly sure what swing thought to tell you. I think swing thoughts are personal and whatever helps you get your head around executing the shot. Ummmmm, You should be able to walk forward out of your shot. If you weight is way on your back foot, you might not be clearing your hips. If you transfer your weight to the front foot more it might help you clear your hips. Your hips should turn to were your weight is focused. I would say to try and feel as if you can hit the ball and take a step forward in the same motion. I know that is a good drill to do to trasnfer your weight forward, however im not sure if it will help clear your hips quicker. I am a feel player and i really dont get mechanical when i swing, and because of that it is hard for me to put the motions in to words. But i would try that drill anyways and see what happens... it wont hurt lol. Sorry if i coudlnt help you out

Johnny Miller! Im not even gonna read this thread, all i want to say is Johnny MIller is the worst!

same here bud, but not cali....Canada lol. I do love being stoned and having the golf course to myself though, its pretty awesome. If you are frustrated out there, it probably will help, but otherwise it most likely wont make you play better. It will almost defiently make you miss a putt or two, but id rather have fun out there then be all serious, especially if im just playing with buddies.

I know people shank the ball all the time. However i just wanted to know if this ever is a consistant problem. In Tin Cup, Kevin Costner gets the shanks right before the US Open, and he cannot get rid of them. So i guess what im asking is, do people really get that bad a case of the shanks, where no matter what all they do is shank? Has anybody every got a case of this? I know everybody has shanked the ball, but has it ever been a big problem where you cannot get rid of them? Im just curious if what happened in Tin Cup has actually happened to one of you or someone you know...

I always, step back, take two practice swings, not perfect swings, just swing the club to get loose. Take a look down my line, step up and hit. I think standing behind the ball, and visualizing your line is very important to do right before you hit. A lot of pros say, if you walk from behind the ball and then take a practice swing, then you have lost your line. You can take a practice swing beside the ball, but before you hit, step back, visualize your line and then go. Another thing, you should set your club down line up your club face before you set your feet up. If you set your feet up before your club, you could also loose your line and set up improperly. There is no correct pre-shot routine, it is very personal. However, i think standing behind the ball, visualizing your shot and then setting up your club face first should be a part of every pre shot routine. My putting routine is a little different. After i read the putt and all that stuff, i stand beside the ball, take 3 practice strokes, trying to get the feel for the speed. I step back, visualize the line and what part of the hole the ball is going to go in. Then i do the same as every other shot, i walk up to the ball, with my eye on the target until i set my putter down, set up my feet and go.

The backswing and down swing are exact opposite in order of what starts to move first Backswing 1. clubhead 2. hands and arms 3. shoulders 4. hips Downswin 1. hips 2.shoulders 3. hands and arms 4. club head If you focus on starting to clear your hips first, before you start anything else, then you should get the feel in no time. And try to exaggerate this feeling, a lot of the time you may feel as if you are doing the movement, but in reality you may only be doing it a little bit. Hank Haney said it best, "im asking for a foot, and begging for an inch" (what he said to his student when he was trying to make him do something new in his swing) Exaggeration is key!

sorry, its was on an iphone, and not the greatest quality, but its all i have

Exactly!. In golf you never hit the same shot twice...so why would you practice that If you are LEARNING how to draw a driver for instance, sure hit a few in a row, but if you are Practicing a draw for a driver, hit one or two, then change it up, weather it is the target that is changed, the shot shape or the club. But yeah, why practice repetition on the range when you never do this on the course...kind of illogical

I love the waggle...its a very important part of the set up, its keeps you loose and moving. You dont want to be a statue and then swing.... Anyways, your swing plane looks pretty good...you can see your club go right over the corner of your shoulder (so thats good, as long as your club face is square, you should hit it straight). You look like your swinging too slow, i know everyone says to stay slow, but you look like you have the basics, down, just swing a little quicker and clear your hips quicker. If you clear your hips quicker, you will strike the ball much better, and the ball will go farther (i know you didnt hit a ball in this video, but i bet you dont hit it very far). It also doesnt look like you transfer your weight very much. This is what you do with your legs, its not a latteral movement with your legs, but a weight transfer (kind of difficult to learn but just practice and it will come. All in all, you do have a pretty good swing, but like i said i would just transfer your weight, clear your hips quicker and swing quicker...dont swing out of your shoes, but you gotta find the median where you can swing as hard as you can without sacrificing accuracy...and i think you can go faster. Keep practing though, it looks good!

I hope i get that 3 wood!

At least once a year i go through a week or so where i cannot find the speed to the greens, and there is a drill i do that will help me get the speed down pretty well. Its not a new drill by any means, i just wanted to share a great way to get a feel for the speed of a green if you dont know it (a brand new course) or cant find it(your home course), incase you are struggling with speed at the moment.... Anyways, i find a flat spot on the green, and put a tee at each foot for the first 10 feet, get 3 balls. You have to sink 3 in a row at each foot, starting at one and moving back to 10, you can't move on until you get 3 in a row. Time your self and try to beat it next time, (dont think about the time, but just check what it is when your done and see if you got better) I couldnt get the speed of the greens of my home course down a week before the club championship this year. I went to the putting green on tuesday, wednesday and thursday of that week, diid this drill each night, and only hit balls one of those days. I never putted better in my life in the club champ that weekend and had the lead after the first two rounds.....unfortunatly i blew up the third and final round the next week and lost...but this drlll hepled me get the speed down and i putted really well If you can putt a 10 ft putt, you can putt 20 and 30 ft putts too...

I usually get about 30-50 balls or something (big pile) and hit to 3 or 4 differnet pins.I never chip to the same pin more than twice in a row (just trying to keep the feel and not get repitition). I try to pick a spot where one pin is pretty striaght forward, one is uphill, one has a tighter landing area, or whatever is available, but i try to have different shots. I never really play the bump and run, altough i know i should practice with it (i can never get the proper feel for the distance), becasue it can be very usefull. However, i always use my 60 no matter where i am. ANd then i go into the rough and basically do the same thing, and hit more flop shots. I finish it off with some bunker shots, again to different pins. Chipping and putting are probablty the most important thing to practice and often are the least. The first thing to go is feel, and that is the chip shots and putts. We can go a whole winter and come back and hit a solid iron shot, but probably 3 putt the first green.

I think for a 36 handicap that you are thinking about way to many things during your swing. You should probably just think about, grip, posture, some tempo and try to hit down on the ball. Just try to make solid contact and you will start hitting the ball straighter. But if you are trying to get rid of a slice, and want just one simple swing thought, i would suggest trying to close your clubface at impact. If you do that, you will not hit the ball right. Having a flatter backswing can definetly help block out the right side if you dont come over the top on the way down, and close your clubface to your swing plane (a draw). A lot of people slice the ball because they start off inside, and try to compensate, end up coming over the top on the way down and slicing the ball. So if you are gonna have a flat backswing, make sure to stay flat and dont come over the top. And if you stay flat, but have a square clubface to your swing plane (out to the right), you will just push the ball right....So if you close your clubface to the swing plane (more towards the target), you will draw the ball. But that is a lot of stuff to think about, and unless your striking the ball solidly while hitting a straight shot, i would not try to learn how to hit a draw....

I played Biltmore a couple years ago for $50 on golfnow.com. Its got really nice greens, the ball rolls very true, and i would defiently play it again.

wherever you go, be sure to use www.golfnow.com I got to florida every feb with some buddies and we play pretty good courses for under $50 using golfnow.

Super Stoked to try this out

Yep! These look awesome....I'm a huge taylormade guy, so i may be biased, but i have the burner 3 wood in my bag now and its my favourite club to hit. This new club makes we want to take out my favourite club Watch DJ just destroy this club

1. Get my feel for chipping back (lost it this summer) 2. Consistancy 3. Eliminate double bogeys 4. Course Managment (never say, f*** it, im hitting driver!) 5. Block out the anger, it has never helped once in the history of golf 6. Win my club championship

That makes sense hahahaha. Now i understand. I couldn't visualize it either, but when you say open to the target, and closed to the swing path, then that makes way more sense. I thought they were saying open to the path... I guess i was wrong lol, sorry guys, it just made zero sense when i thought of it the other way, and i couldnt believe you guys were trying to defend that lol. Thanks Hoganwoods!

Golf Town! i wouldnt risk anyting else when it comes to my golf clubs

If you DO NOT have the magazine however, i can explain what it is about, What it does is compare the stats for the week of the pga tour winning pro (so whatever pro won each tournament, they take their stats for that week) and compares them to the stats of a scratch golfer who is playing to their handicap. So it is comparing both categories when they are playing pretty well. It says that as far as ball striking goes, a scratch golfer can be in the same game as a pro, which makes sense. I mean, i play university golf, and i would say 50-60% of the guys can hit the ball 300 yds, and flush a 3 iron 225 when they are on their game. They can also make solid contact with the ball most of the time, and there are a few guys whose ball striking, espesically with their irons is proabably comparable to a pro. Driving stats, are a little better for a pro, but not much, only 0.5 more fairways hit per round. Greens hit, pro will hit 2 more per round, but distance to the pin is the same for pro and am (20ft) (where the ball striking comes in) But here is where we start to see the difference, A pro will have 3 less putts per round, and make 20% more putts from 6-10 ft. and 3 putts are 3 percent higher for am's. In the article, it basically says the difference comes from the short game, wether it is sinking a birdie putt or not 3 putting, or if it is getting up and down from around the green. It also comes from avoiding those bogey runs and double or even triple bogeys. Finally, it comes from the mental game and not getting frustrated or down on yourself. Altough a lot of pros will get angry and frustrated once in a while, or more often for some, they are usually much better in controlling it and shutting the negative thoughts out. Something a lot of amatures are not able to do. A lot of guys in university golf get frustrated at some level or another. Jason Dufner walks around the course like he is trying to nap while walking....unbelievably calm no matter what happens. It goes on to saying, they know what it takes to go from a 7 to a scratch, and what golfers need to do (i.e, minimize 3putts), generally to get down to a scratch. But they say to go from a scratch to a plus 7 (what a pro plays at when they win), they cant really pin point any one or two things that most people would need to do to get down to that level. And that is becasue it is such a different game, a whole nother level. A final interesting point, is that if you are not consistantly shooting 68 at your home course, a course you should know every bump and slope of, you should not be trying to go on the PGA tour. I thought it was a great read.

I was going thru my Golf Digest mag's in anticaption of the 2012 golf season and I came across an article i missed in the June 2011 issue with Kuchar on the front. If any of you have this issue, go to the article "how low can you go?" pg.106-111. This is a great article that explains the key differences between a PGA pro and a scratch (0-2 index). It analyzes all aspects of the game and is very interesting. As a scratch golfer myself, watching the golf channel i have dillusions about my own golf game until i actually go out and play and realize that i should probably stay in school. Anyways, i couldnt find the article online, but if you find it, please share it. If you have the issue, please read and let me know your thoughts. I always wondered how a scratch compares to a pro, and here it finally is...