Karlsson

Thank you all. Made some improvements this weekend, less wide stance as suggested, also moved the ball a bit forward. Hade some slice issue with the driver and think it can come from the hand postion mentioned above, want to have the more close to the left leg but fall back more to the center if I forget to focus on this. Have a feeling that if I peg the ball the higher I lose lenth but lower the chance for slice, if I peg low I gain lenght but the I have higher risk of slice. Also I got more length and accurcy with irons: Used the text on the grip more as a reference of correct impact angel and therefor closed the head a bit more. Also I raise the club a bit making the sole more parallell with the ground. Have had a tendence to hit shots right of green and a open club seems as the problem. gained 10-20yards.

A dramatic turn of events in this thread... Any more thoughts on my swing? Seems a bit extreme to start rotating the hips if only 1% off the golfers manage this....

Thanks. Have also noticed my stance to be a bit wide while playing but often forget to correct this. How about the front swing? Looking at the video the tempo slows down alot at impact and the club rotation end early. Looking at pros they alomst hit themselves in the back while ending the swing. Feel that I lack a bit length in my strokes. Often play with a player of the same index, same height, who swing slower but still often puts the ball. 260yards where I often 240-250 which is repeated if we trade drivers or irons. Looking at our swings I should hit a bit longer but must be losing length in some way.

I've been Playing Golf for: 1 year (played 10 years ago) My current handicap index or average score is: 18hcp My typical ball flight is: A bit more the the right than I aim, I slice the drives 2 of 5. The shot I hate or the "miss" I'm trying to reduce/eliminate is: The Tee slice and the uneven Iron shots, sometimes I make bad contact on the ball making it go hard to the right (not often). My problem is uneven strokes, I feel that I dont have a concistant way of standing in front of the ball and therefor can hit it from a wrong angel. Looking on the video I think my arms are to close to the body on the back swing and the front swing seems short and "breaked"? Also inlclued only one iron video, the batterys was bad. First some swing in full tempo and then in half, Videos:

Some improvements. -First skipped the 10 minute break after 9th, try to eat before the round and then drink water during the game and maybe a bit of snack during the round. This made the game consistent during the whole round eventough its not yet up to the level I want. Today I tried a "mind trick", said berfore the round that I would play against 36 strokes in the slope instead of 18 for fun. This toke pressure of the game and gave me more room to make mistakes without roining the game. This did not solve my bad playing but I sure improved the game and the temper alot. My goal is to reduce the slope by full strokes, ie if I score 40 point than I would play agaisnt 32 strokes the next round.

I might live under a false impression as well, I hit long drives and irons, played with index 8-9 and out drive them. I hit the green often from 6-7 iron and down. Therefor is start to think that "if I just start to keep the game up I could lower my index" but that might be an exaggeration. My game might be better when its good than 18 but not as much as I think. But to return to the main issue (also saw a new similar thread posted, any search genius who can help me find old threads in the same subject would be highly appreciated) I really need to get some tips of how to keep the focus even when things get bad. I figure there are some good advice on "tricks" to forget the bad holes, just blocking them is hard because you keep them in your head but just add a don't to it. Ie if I normally think "that was a bad hole" the suggestion of not thinking of it would make me think "Don't think about that bad hole" which is just as bad, its still the same thing just in a different shape.

The problem is also that I think I expect this to happen and therefor think about it even tough I try not to. Have thought about breaking the habit, starting with the back nine and going for the first second, just for a test to see if I can break the habit, also I tought about skipping the break after ninth. I am in good physic and I think I could be better to "snack" during the game instead of a pause. Also mostly to try to do something new with my game. I also need to work on my confidence (which is good in other situations than sports). When I play the first nine I make a lot of pars which is better than the 18 hcp I have and make me nervouse when it should give me confidence.

My first post here. Started to play last year after 10 years of absence. Starting be a bit frustrated of that I have the same problem each round. 1. First 9 holes, on my par or better. Good temper and happy. 10-15 about zero points, maybe a few sometimes, I start to make different mistakes, hooks, slices, topping etc no red thread in the errors. I also get quite mad at my self which is not good and also frustrated that I lost the score on the round. Its not exactly this holes therefor it is not course related. 16-18 I'm back on track playing good. This is the outcome of most of my round. Does not mater which course I play. Today I ate a good breakfast, and had time to warm up and no stress. Then I played and drank a lot of water and ate a snack during the round to keep my focus but it still happen. I pretty sure this is physiological, I expect this to happen and therefor it become a truth. I try not to think that way but I still do. I'm looking for tips to keep my focus and a way to "forget" bad strokes instead of analyzing them.