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If any of you higher handicap golfers are trying anything/everything to get more comfortable and consistent with your driver... An instructor I have been working was trying different ways to get me to 'let the club do the work' with my driver. He noticed that although I am getting better and more consistent with my drives, I tend to work too hard instead of having a feel for what proper mechanics can do for me while exerting less needless energy etc. So, basically I can get the same distance/result of a good drive, with a nicer and less 'violent' looking swing. The drill is to set up to the ball as you normally would for a drive Bring your feet/legs together tight enough so they are touching. At first, you may want to try it with your feet/legs spread out about a grip length but no more than that. The ball should be close to the middle of your stance, maybe on the outside forward foot at most. Now put a nice swing on the ball. The purpose is feel, so don't try to hit the ball as far as you normally would. Just swing at 60-75% Sounds really silly/simple etc, but this drill actually helped me more than any other that I have tried! The drill is potentially excellent (assuming you have a somewhat good grasp on proper swing mechanics/club path) because: - it forces you to be mindful of balance more-so than you normally might be. (can't swing too hard, or you would almost fall over). - in order to hit the ball straight with a nice trajectory, you have to have your mechanics in check. This is a good check-point for that. If you have a nice tempo and proper rotation/coil, you should be surprised to see the ball go almost as far as when you hit a nice drive in your normal set up/swing. Doing this drill say 10 times before a round, or before working on your full swing with the driver at the range should work wonders! It actually trains your mind/body to remember that with the right mechanics, your club should be doing most all of the work. After the drill when you widen your stance and set up as you normally would, you feel extremely stable and confident that a nice smooth swing can give you some sweet results! If nothing else, it should give you a nice feel for a 70% swing when you are facing a tight fairway with trouble and you just want to get something out there safely in play etc. I am aware that this may be one of those things that worked for me, but may be the opposite of helpful to someone else, so consult your instructor prior if need be etc. I am excited at how helpful this was for me. I am hoping that even 1 or 2 people give it a try and that it helps them as well. Thanks, Kevin

I will, as soon as I can find a reasonably priced set of Mizuno MP-32's. Once you find your 'forever irons', why not? I guess one could argue that it wouldn't be smart, as new irons could come along and make your 2 sets obsolete, etc.

Also, the author of the four hour golf pro is far from a golf pro. He suggests that to break 80, you wear two gloves "because you wouldn't wear just 1 shoe, would you?" What a frigging joke. Get F'd buddy.

Actually, prior to The Four Hour Body, he wrote The Four Hour Work Week, which was written and sold in 35 languages and was #1 New York Times best seller.

I wouldn't read it just on the basis that "The Four Hour" part was lifted/ganked/heifed from Tim Ferriss. Guy should get his own style. For serious. Unless they are friends, it's pretty absurd. If this book ever gets successful/sells a bunch, I could see Tim grabbing a cut of the sales after a lawsuit. Oh, and everyone knows "The Four Hour Body", especially an author. It's a recent best seller and Tim is getting huge publicity lol. www.fourhourbody.com

Try moving the ball towards your back foot an inch or 2

I understand the focus aspect, and the fact that it's his job. I am not at a loss to understand this. The guy has to be stone-cold focused, and once he straps his golf shoes on and is on the course, no-one should expect him to even see/hear anyone else as he is known for being in the zone more than anyone else. I still think that from car to parking lot, prior to entering into the clubhouse he could fake smile/nod half-wave to a couple of kids without even saying a word or signing an autograph. People can and will defend any/every example of him being arrogant. In reality, it's his life, he can carry himself however he wants. I am not suggesting that he owes anyone anything, or that he needs to/should/has to carry himself differently. I just choose not to be a fan of someone who isn't like that. You will get a percentage of fans that have the opinion "Who cares what they do in their personal life or how they carry themselves in public or with their fans, I just care that they are awesome at golf and nothing else" vs. the people who find that aspect just as important as their skills on the course. I feel that in golf especially, I want to support/be a fan of solid people who are both awesome at golf, as well as with being somewhat consistently reasonably cool with their fans.

I think that OP is suggesting that Tiger could have remained focused, and not signed autographs, hell maybe not even said that he would sign after the round...But maybe a nice little fake smile, nod, or not having looked right through them, etc. That's all. Not a big deal. Welcome to the ex Tiger Woods fanclub, OP.

My favorite golfer growing up was Big John Daly. He is still up there for me. One of my all-time fav videos is John Daly vs. Fred Couples match-play on Shell's wonderful world of golf. YouTube it, you won't be disappointed at all. A great and memorable moment from that match, is when John is teeing up and a fan says something during his waggle, and then John pull-hooks it into a marsh and ends up with like a 7 on the hole...Well right after Daly struck the ball, Freddy gives it to the fan really good. Something to the effect of "A LITTLE BIT QUICK ON THOSE, SIR! DON'T MIND US". Fred is my fav just in the way he carries himself on the course, and around people he plays against, the fans, etc. Word. I am 30, but my father is a hardcore golf guy... I used to really hate on Phil, and called him "Chatter-Box Phil"...We had a running joke in my household "Hey Phil, in 1,000 words or less, what brand of ball are you playing today?" (because Phil loves to talk, obviously lol). But now, I actually really like Phil very much. He is one of my current favorites for sure.

This would seriously make an awesome movie, lol. Anyways, in my opinion: -Current course difficulty/distance now should be a wash when compared to 80's course difficulty/distance. We have better gear now, but the courses play longer/tougher. How should that not equal out? -Tour players now (on average) are better than they used to be. Yes, lets say a certain percentage of them would still hold up today assuming they didn't age getting here, and we assume that they had/were used to new gear. But it should easily be safe to say that golf was less saturated back then, and that it was much easier to be a tour pro then than it is now (like prior posts referencing a percentage of tour-pro's in the field back in the day who were golf pro's at best but not tour-pro material). Our worst tour-pro's now are better than the worst tour-pro's then = 100% true Our best pro's now are better than the best tour-pro's then = Too hard to say with too many variables to consider.

My vote would be to have a series of lessons (Ten 3-hour lessons in 14 days) with Mark Crossfield. He seems really chill, and I know that I would learn a lot from him as I have already made so many improvements in my game just from watching his videos. That won't happen, though (unless I win the lottery). I would seriously like to drive over to Erie, PA and have a 3-hour lesson from Erik Barzeski this winter in his indoor facility. I could drive there in 2.5-ish hours. Is that a possibility, Erik?

Guinness or New Balance. Just because.

Bringing this thread back. I have recently been watching 'Shell's wonderful world of golf' re-runs from the late 80's/mid-to-early 90's and it really reminded me why Fred Couples is my all-time favorite golfer. Seriously.

When I first started golfing, I was told that my steep outside-in path was alright and that I had a really good swing etc (because I could hit the ball pretty well for a newb/hacker). I ended up getting stuck or hitting a wall, and wish I would have learned a less steep/inside-out path way sooner. Sure, I had a nice fade (not a slice at all) with iron-shots...but when I wanted to stop playing a big banana-slice with my driver, I had to change my whole swing. That swing change translated into my irons, and now I play a draw-shape with an inside-out path for 90% of my shots. Wow, what a difference in accuracy, trajectory and distance. Plus, almost every new golfer or hacker plays a "fade" - Sure, you can get used to it and make it work...but I am not a fan of that option in my experience.

I actually have a 20 degree Zebra 5 wood that I hit better than any club I have ever used/owned. The thing seemingly weighs as much as 2 of my MP-32 blades lol - feels like a brick. It got so haggard that I had to sand it down to the bone and re-paint it. I used it as a driver up until 3 seasons ago...People would bust my chops when they would see me using it as a driver, but I can hit it 230-240 from a tee/driver stance (I hit it 200-220 off the fairway in the middle of my stance). Won't take it out of my golf bag because I am so confident with it...even though it is super out-dated/ugly.

My 905-R driver seems to be at least twice as heavy as my G-10 (with the exact same V2 shaft)... I used to prefer the weight of the 905-R , but now I prefer the weight of the G-10. I get a sore back from the heavier drivers lol.

A+

For sure. Also, good luck on maintaining scratch for as long as possible. Here's wishing you the best on your future rounds, and hoping you go into the +'s Stoked for you! My goal is to get into single digits in the next 2 seasons, and I can do that fairly easily as long as I get rid of my 5-10 blow-up rounds in the 90's per season. Current goal is to shoot consistently lower than 85.

Congrats! Unreal. Hope you treat yourself to something sweet

U mad?

Congrats! Great feeling for sure. High five.

Did you invite the guy to join you in the cart, and he said he would prefer to walk? Either way, the comments you received are mostly valid here, just done in an overly-arrogant way (some people on this forum are d-bags). Your round of golf, you can do what you want...but playing angry birds when? You should watch all of your partners shots out of respect.

I lol'd.

I look down at the ground and chicken wing my arms over the sides of my head and face

I just purchased that red slim last week. I have played 2 rounds with it, and really feel comfortable over a putt with it. Good purchase