robrey85

You should try spot putting. Find the line and pick a spot 6 inches in front of your putter on your line line and just putt it over your spot. I assure you, you'll put more in the cup. A good drill that I've been doing is put tees at 3-10 feet from the hole and with 3 balls start at 3 foot and make all three from each tee. If you miss a ball you have to start over from the beginning. EDIT: Go check out Putting Prescription too. It changed my putting completely. I was using a grip, swing and putter that just didn't suit me. Now that I found what suits me, my game has improved dramatically b Good luck and report back on how it works out.

I have been practicing twice a week and playing once a week for about a month now. I have been really frustrated with my lack of consistency. (82 this week, 99 the next week, 89 the following week, 107 the next week) it's pretty ridiculous. My main crux is just getting off the tee. Not only off the tee but off the tee to a position where I'm using a club I can hit solid and confidentially. I randomly came across a Shawn Clement video about him talking about the fishing pole cast and how your job isn't to hit the ball but to just swing through to the target and all this jazz. I have never heard it explained so simple in my life. I decided to try to feel what he was talking about and I made some practice swings and found some other videos of his drills and this past week I went to the practice range four days in a row to make some swing changes and wow, what a difference. I'm not hitting as far with this change but ball contact is much more consistent. I am fairly sure I'm not hitting the balls as far because I'm not delofting the club as much on my setup. After doing this I still couldn't get the feel of hitting my longer woods: Dr/3W. I googled, " Why can't I hit my driver?" Lol, what I found was shit I never thought about. I read a thread about one dude talking about swing weight, another talking length and shaft flex with some swing weight. I decided to try a test of length that I found one guy do with fantastic results. I taped the backside of my DR/3W grip and marked from the top, every quarter inch. I went to the range and did my warm ups and tested out the 3W from the normal position off the deck and every 5 balls I scooted down a quarter inch. After a half inch I was hitting the balls consistent and solid. I tee'd it up and went at it agressively and boom. Solid. I was stoked. I did my driver, same thing and had to choke down an inch and a quarter before I was getting consistent solid center strikes. With the other swing changes I made, my back doesn't kill me like it did before and I'm hoping that with the data I found about my woods plus swing changes that I can get to a 12 index before the end of the year. Would be nice! I'm 17.0 index right now after this last update.

I shot my best round about a month back at Sand Hollow Golf Club in Hurricane, UT of an 82 and I didn't know the course so I decided not to use the driver plus I was smoking my 3W. I had looked at the holes overview on Google Earth. The course was 64 and some change long so I figured, if I can play like that without my driver, why do I need it in my bag? Especially when I spray it every which way. Since then, I have shot a 107, 94, 89, 98, and 90, haha. ------ On a seperate note, I've started practicing twice a week. My short game, is so much better. I notice because in my past few rounds my doubles and triples have decreased dramatically. I'm still working on technique and I started trying the "chipping ratio" method and that works great. I have a huge problem with ball position with my long irons. I can't seem to find the right spot so I'm working on that as well as my full swing with mid irons. I REALLY need to work on my 4-6 foot putts because I have missed so many short putts lately. It's frustrating. It's not that my putting stroke is bad, it's my green reading skills. I am so bad at reading greens. Aside from going to an AIMPOINT seminar, any pointers on how I can improve my green reading skills without just playingt he course?

I would want Adam Scotts swing. I love watching that dude swing his golf club. It's so smooth, powerful and beautiful.

Shot 91 on a super ****ing windy day. Tough conditions when I normally shoot 93 on normal conditions.

Just swinging the club in front of the mirror, I can feel the difference. Less tension in my lower body and mid section. I can't wait to hit a ball with this change, haha.

Right on, I'll give it a try. I read about that in Ben Hogans book but never really liked it. It's been a while so I'll try it.

What did you mean by not an 18s swing?

Btw, that club was a 6i

Here ya go dude. I know the face-on isn't the best but my camera man didn't realize he needed to be a little further back and there was no time to make another shot. Hopefully this works out! Also, I made sure that this matches second by second so there is no discrepancy. I probably should have done a driver swing too since my problem is with my driver. d:|!

Couldn't tell ya, but the next person on the range to tell you stop practicing, I would tell them, unless they plan on buying me a replacement put a sock in it in the nicest way possible, haha.

I hated those balls. They felt good off my putter face but that's about it. I had some check but I get much better check and spin from my current balls, Callaway Hex Chromes

I'm speaking from experience because I was just like you last year. I was getting 45+ putts a round. My worst, was 52. HORRIBLE. I then bought the book "The Putting Presciption", the best decision I ever made with regards to my golf game. It talks about putting from the grip, to the stroke, it has drills and games to help you improve plus a lot more. It actually ended up helping me to choose a better grip and stroke than the one I was using. I went from your standard overlap grip to your somewhat nonstandard reverse overlap grip and wow, what a difference. If you're struggling with 3 putts, it sounds like you have a problem with the distance putts that are 30+ ft away. There is a great drill you can do to help you with it, one of my favorites. It helped me from 7-9 3 putts a round to 2-4. I have yet to have a round without a 3 putt, but in time, it will come. I am usually in the neighborhood of 32-37 putts per round. My best ever was 25. d:x (lucky) Anyway, check it out, I promise you with all I have, you will not regret it.

Perfect example of the stupid samples, lol, but great song. It's almost to the point where the samples just annoy you but I will tell you something, it definitely grows on you.