bjoern2796

Once again the same at the 2013 British Open

I had a slice a month ago. Then I played with a scratch player in my age and i realized he had a much stronger grip. Everytime I read about how to fix a slice i skipped the grip session, because i thought my grip would be good. But after i captured my swing, I saw an open clubface at the top and that my swing was much too steep and over the top. I decided to play the next tournament with an open stance and the ball back in my stance and strenghened my grip. My ballflight was a slight hook. But I was able to control it and played my best round of the year. My home course has its most trouble on the right, so that isn't the biggest problem to end up on the left side. After that I went back to an square alignment and used my strong grip. Now my slice was completely gone and I played nice draws to slight hooks. But the hooks come to often. And it's fairly hard for me to play a straight shot, so that the ball isn't turning from right to left. But I can play good golf with this swing. But I would play better, if I would flaten out my downswing. It's too steep. I already tried to flaten it out but I can't find a good drill to do that. So I ask you if you could give me good drills or tips how to flaten my downswing out. When I flatened it out, I would hold off my release a bit more automatically and my ball flight would be a bit straighter and my swing directen would go a bit more to the right and so my swing would be perfect for me. Here's my actual draw swing (mostly hook): As you can see my takeaway is bit inside, but that's not a big problem because i fix that in the downswing. But as you can see my downswing is too steep: See how the shaft doesn't point to the ball halfway down? That's the mistake! Because it should look exactly like this: Please give me a few drills or tips to fix that. Thank you!

The U.S Amateur champion is eligible to play The Masters, The U.S. Open and The Open Championship the upcoming year. But is he still eligible to play these 3 majors if he dicides to turn professional after his U.S Amateur win to get money if he makes the cut at a major?

Yes, at the end of this season you can qualify for the Web.com Tour at Q-School (not longer for the PGA TOUR). But how many players will get the card. I can't find anything about that in the web. They are only talking about how to qualify for the pgatour by being in the top 25 of the money list or in the Web.com Tour Finals. But noone says how many spots at q school will get ther web.com tour card. Does anybody know that?

Does anybody know where Tiger looks while putting? That should be one of the right things!

I look at the spot between the ball and the clubface. And after the ball is gone I'm looking there too.

I realized, that Tiger wears a hat with his TW logo on Thursday and Friday. But on the weekend he always (at majors) wears a hat with a Nike logo on the front. Here you can see his apperal for the 2012 PGA CHAMPIONSHIP. And here is the apperal for the 2012 masters. It's always the same thing at the majors. But at normal PGA TOUR tournaments he doesn't do that. Why? Does anybody know that?

I've got a few questions: Do you think, that the swing is too upright? Do you think that my backswing is too wide? So should i cock my wrists earlier? And a problem that i found is, that I've got a little bowed left wrist at the top. It should be square, so my clubface is parallel to my left forearm. And when I've fixed that problem my shaft will be more parallel in line with my stance line.

@Beachcomber Here you can see my swing: http://thesandtrap.com/t/63698/my-swing-bjoern2796 I captured the video a week ago. I've broken my ankle yesterday, so I can't practice for the next 3 months.

I've been Playing Golf for: 1 year and 7 months My current handicap index or average score is: 15,7 (can't play) My typical ball flight is: little draw The shot I hate or the "miss" I'm trying to reduce/eliminate is: hook Videos: DL FO Rate my swing and give me a few tips. I've just broken my ankle. Yesterday in school sport we played volleyball and a guy jumped on my left foot and then it was broken. And now im sitting in the hospital and edited a few of my golfvideos I've captured 1 week ago.

try a normal good camera and then use twixtor. This is filmed with a GO PRO HD HERO Camera and was edited with the Plug in Twixtor for Adobe After Effects.

Yes I know that Rory and Luke play a draw as their natural shot shape. But almost all of the 10 players will fade a ball from 120 yards. Rory aligns his feet like a shot that is going 6 yards or so left of the flag. But his Clubface points to the target. And he plays a fade !!! Yes his natural shot shape is a draw but he plays a fade with the wedges and most irons.

Then Tiger is swooping around the air

Hey, I just watched the DP WORLD TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP in DUBAI. Like in every tournament the TOUR PRO's hit almost every time a fade to the green, with wedges,irons and with woods. It's an advantage because the ball will stop on the green quicker and you've got better control. So we should play fades into the greens too ? I will play fades into the greens in the future. My tee shots will be shaped like they are required too. What do you think about it ? Would you play fades into the greens also ?

I can shape my teeshots like I want to. And.my.natural ballflight is a slight draw

So without much testing the best decision would be, that i tee my ball on the left side of the tee and aim my feet like a shot to the right edge of the fairway and my clubface points just a few yards right of the middle of the fairway and then I hit a little draw. And I should play a club that is short of the bunker because the fairway is wider and I avoid the trouble of the bunker. Is that right ?

I hit my driver 245 yards.

No the hole isn't just 342 yards. The hole is 351 meters, so 384 yards.

These aren't yardages. That are meters. So to the front bunker that are 240 yards.

Hi, when I am on the first tee of my golfcourse I don't reall y know what type of shot I should play to avoid trouble. On the right side there is Out of Bounds and on the left side there are trees everywhere. And there are a few branches hanging out from the right side. So you must watch out when you want to play a draw. On the right is OUT OF BOUNDS, so you could play a draw to avoid that trouble. But the branches are making you crazy. And when you play a fade the ball could fade to much and is in OUT OF BOUNDS. What type of shot should I play or would you play ? I play with a Driver. The tee from DL :

I tested it today. The course is 13.2 kilometers ( 8.2 miles ) away. But i didn't need 20 minutes like granitegolf said. I needed 40 minutes with a relaxed tempo. I rode a FOCUS mountainbike and it is so much easier to ride a mountainbike than a normal bike. But 20 minutes. That's pretty fast.

Hi, I am 14 years old and I want to practice golf very much on the golf course. But the next golf course is 8.2 miles on a cyclist-friendly path away. My golfbag is in a locker at the golf course. So I don't have to carry my golfbag. But I would need 45 minutes until I will arrive. My parents aren't playing golf and they brought me to the golf course with a car until now. But they can't bring me to the course every time i want to. So the only option is to ride a bike to the course. Should I do that ? I want to go there every day.

I use the same putting routine like Tiger Woods: As Dr. Putt has noted in the letter on "marking the ball," Mr. Woods inscribes a short straight line on the ball to aim along the intended line of the putt. When he replaces his ball in front of the marker, he initially uses this line for a first guess at aim. He leaves the marker in place at this point. That is the first step. Step Two. He walks in a clockwise direction to the hole carefully examining key points where there may be break and changes in grass. He crouches behind the hole looking back at the ball. The walk helps him get a feel for distance and changes in elevation. This walk takes about 20 to 30 seconds, depending on the length and complexity of the putt. On short putts of under 4 feet with no break he may skip this step. Step Three. After returning to the ball, he carefully adjusts its position so that the short line inscribed on the ball is aimed along the path he has chosen and removes the coin marker, placing it in his right pocket as he steps away. This takes about 5-10 seconds. Step Four. He crouches about two to three yards behind the ball, places his hands on either side of the bill on his cap to shut out all visual distractions and glare, and makes a final check on the line, probably visualizing the path of the ball into the hole. This takes about 10 seconds. Step Five. He assumes his stance beside the ball parallel to the intended line setting the blade of the putter beside the ball with his right hand. He places his feet in alignment with the blade and often shakes the left hand a few times to free it from tension before assuming the grip. He is generally looking at the hole while he does this. While looking at the ball, he takes one practice swing, and without stopping, he takes a second swing. On the follow-through he looks up at the hole, probably imagining the ball falling into the hole. This gives him feel for the distance and promotes a sense of a freely swinging pendulum. This takes about 20 seconds from the time he left the crouching position behind the ball. Step Six. Next Mr. Woods steps up the the ball, left foot first, then places the putter head behind the ball. He rotates his head to look at the hole -- he is very target oriented. Then he rotates his head back. He shifts his feet slightly to settle into his stance. This is done by shifting his weight to the right foot (lifting his left foot slightly) and then shifting weight to the left foot (lifting his right foot). He takes one more look at the hole, again carefully rotating his head. After he rotates back to the ball, he quickly focuses on the ball and begins his backswing. The time between looking back and the backswing is less than a second. The only variation here over the last couple of years that Dr. Putt has noticed is that Mr. Woods sometimes triggers the backswing with a little forward press. Dr. Putt has observed that when Mr. Woods is putting well, the press is practically nonexistent. Dr. Putt saw little of the press in Mr. Woods' dramatic streak in 2000. This process, from stepping up to the ball until striking it, takes about 10 seconds, usually slightly under.

yeah i know that too. maybe you forgot to grip the club like you would do on a straight shot ( after turning the clubface to the left ) then you must regrip the club with your normal club. Then you can release the clubhead properly and the result is a draw. But i want to know how to regulate that turning to the left properly.