Cizzle

Man, it looks like if wind is blowing 10 mph left to right you would fall right on your face! I don't know how you don't lose your balance haha. I agree, standing a little closer and maybe bending your knees a tad bit more (they looked locked but I doubt they are) and you would look much more balanced and comfortable. Right before impact it looks like you jump up due to all the wait being in your toes of your left foot. I think standing more closer would create a better center of gravity and the weight would be more in the balls of your feet instead of your toes.

Precisely. The hinging is a natural response. The way to create the backswing is to fold your right arm. Make sure your right arm is not straight, just your left.

Yes, not so straight that it feels like your elbow is going to break but it should be fairly straight throughout the entire swing until after you hit the ball when it begins to fold.

The very first thing for you to do is fix your backswing. Look how far back you go! I think fixing that first would be good because as long as you are swinging that far back you will have almost 0% of making a good swing.

Your putter may be ugly but your sub 30 putts per round will look beautiful Just think of it that way.

Actually they do. I think it's a +-1.5 degree difference, the 10.5's can be as high as 12 and as low as 9, the 9's the same way. You can call ping and asked for a digitally measured 10, or 9.5 and it will be that, probably stamped with a 9 like OP.

Good stance. On your backswing, you have a nice shoulder turn, but you turned your hips 90 degrees along with it creating no power. Have your belt buckle look at the toes of your right foot in your backswing. On the downswing, you throw the club. Instead, do absolutely nothing with your arms, let gravity let the club fall and push your right knee towards the ball and have your hips turn. You will see that the club will fall right into position and that your arms will do nothing. Simple right Finally, it looks like you slow down your follow through. Don't. It should feel like the follow through is the fastest part of your swing to you, which is weird, but makes sense. You look like you're trying to literally make your follow through happen. It should come natural and your arms should just swing around your body. Best of luck, the above things will not come easy and will take work, but if you keep up the good work you'll be the number one golfer in your high school, which will make the girls swoon over you hah.

Whatever you want, check it out. http://nipponshaft.com/steel.html Nickent hybrids come with the 950gh, but you could go lighter or heavier if you want.

Nope, it's a twist alright. I just read a book on how to create an effortless swing, probably one of the best books out there (up there with Hogan IMO). Your right knee should shift towards the ball, transfering your weight to the inside of your left foot, twisting the hips to the perfect place, bringing the right elbow/shoulder down and putting you in the perfect impact position. Your knees should end up touching or being very close. And to answer the question, I've always started the downswing with the weight shift, but never during the backswing. Hogan said starting the weight shift during the backswing is fine and shows how important starting the downswing is with the hips.

If your divots point a tad to the right it should be fine, but if its like more like 25 degrees you are probably coming to much in-to-out. I think you should try standing a tad bit more closer to the ball and see what happens. It seems like it would force a little bit more out-to-in (still in-to-out) which would create a steeper swing. This is important when it comes to your wedges because you'll create more of a pinch on the ball, creating more backspin, which is always good for your approach shots. Hopefully someone that knows better can verify my suggestions, or correct them if I'm wrong and steer you in the right direction. But standing closer does sound like it could work for you, your arms should be about 5 maybe 6 inches away from your body. I know changing stance can be extremely hard, especially at your level. A much more sound approach would be to just try not coming so much in-to-out, and making sure right elbow stayed tucked toward to your body and see if that produces a a slightly bigger divot for you. Lastly, even though divots generally are recommended, especially for the wedges, if it aint broke don't fix it. But if you feel that tweaking your swing will help you get to that next level, I think this is where you should start. Best of Luck!

Thicker topline generally means the iron is thicker, which makes it easier to not dig. If the iron is very thin (like blades) the club can easily cut right into the ground. If it is thicker, it will kinda glide across the ground, and make it easier to contact the ball if it is hit fat.

Weird question to ask a 8.4, but are you afraid of taking divots? For most beginners, they literally are "afraid" of hitting the ground and taking a divot. It could be a mental thing for you. Also, it could be you're just a sweeper, which is fine. Are you not taking a divot even with your wedges though? Divots are natural and recommeded. My advice would be to make sure your left arm is completely extended throughout the swing until after contact, to make sure you are not getting more upright during your swing and to make sure you are hitting down through the ball. -This also came into mind. You could be coming too much in-to-out. Is your normal miss a push? You could also be standing too far from the ball.

That Z Factor is the training aid you would want to look at. Iacas did a review on it here at the sandtrap. My best bet, if you get it, you will realize you do not want a straight peldulum putting swing. Link.

Draw will hurt you in the long run. Go with the regular Burner. Also, check into the Tour Burners, Justin Rose tells me they are the bomb!

I agree swinging like a madman hitting ball and after does nothing to help your swing. Did you say you pactice putting and chipping with range balls though? I use them in the sand, but for green side chipping and putting I use the balls I play with. You get much better feel and you play with your actual balls that will help improve. for 60 percent of my bucket, I practice hitting 30-100 yard shots into the driving range. Great practice.

Nippon. Great steel shafts making their way in the industry.

I say he makes a ridiculous bogey putt to crack 100! Dent - 92 Bump-n-MI - 96 ERC7.5-97 Cizzle - 99 michaeljames92 - 100 Pinseeker81 - 101 i-Guy - 102 Wisco-Kid - 103 Klew - 104 rudygu - 104 Rusty2228 - 106 iacas - 109 BigAl5150 - 109 Finn07 - 109 Golf_Junkie27-114 Elsfan 117

Sorry this is not going to help, but you're right in the middle of Regular/Stiff shaft and the only person who can answer this will be a qualified fitter. IMO, your driver shaft is much more important to get right than any other shaft, with your irons, playing too weak or stiff will have an impact, but not as much as your driver. It could help if you could tell us what kind of shaft you were looking at. Some shafts will play very stiff, while others more whippy. What were you looking at getting?

By using tabs, I open up Golf Talk, Tour Talk, Swing Tips, etc etc. Then, in each forum, I open up every thread I want to read via tabs, then close the main forum, and repeat on the next. Soon, I have like 10+ threads to read, and the whole things take 15-20 minutes. Easy!

Thanks guys. I'll focus on my right leg during my backswing and downswing to make sure it remains constant, and that I am not dipping in the downswing. Also, I rarely hit it fat, but next time at the range I'll stick a tee where my ball is and make sure my divots are at least an inch in front.

Less than a year ago, when I started golfing, like most I had an out to in swing. This resulted in very large divots pointing left. Almost a year has passed, and I have done 3 months of lessons, and am currently revamping my swing with hogan's fundamentals. I have seen improvement, but what I have noticed is that I still have very large divots. I even take them with my 4 and 5 irons and it is not just a brush against the grass, it is very deep. Is this a result of still coming out to in? My trajectory is straight and piercing, and I have no complaints. The only problem is after I'm done at the range my spot looks like a mess and all dug up. If having giant divots is not a problem, then I'll deal with it. I do not believe my swing is steep, I wish I could try to get my swing on film. Any ideas why this is happening? Also, my divots do point a tad left of my target, is this coming out to in :-/

I would suggest you keep the g10s for some time until you really need to get more of a players iron. The g10s will make your game more enjoyable as well as your scores better. There is nothing wrong with GI clubs, remember the masters champion just won with nike cast irons, including a 45 degree PW and a 3 hybrid. If you really think they are hindering your game though, look at the i5 pings, I'm sure they are the same price. The i10s would be too much for you though.

If the club is too open on the backswing, this would help. But I see this more as a quick fix for most. Like Elsfan stated, there is a definite swing fault happening, most likely OTT and coming out to in. Correcting these both would be much better for your swing, and you would not have to change your neutral grip.

On 16, you hit your GIR, putted only once, yet shot a bogey?

Let us play at Augusta!!