mikep34

Hi, (age 22) Played golf for around 3 years, but only casually for the first 2 years. Taken it seriously for 11months after I received my original handicap of 16, but have been cut to 7 since then. Hitting driver on a good day between 260-300, solid yardages with most of clubs down to gap wedge going around 105/110. Really looking for a career in golf, whether it be as a club pro or a tour player (aim high!). Am going to give myself 2 years to get my handicap down to scratch/ +'s. How realistic would that be? And does anyone have any tips towards going down this road? and what would peoples advice be in my practicing any drills and any focus areas towards achieving this goal? cheers

Got my handicap down to 7, in a pretty short space of time (only been playing about a year and only had a handicap since october). Really aiming at scratch standard or better, and it is simple to say you need to par each hole but was just wondering for practice purposes what the targets should be. Obviously the nearer the hole the better but for drills specifically what should I be focussing on and what are the requirements. For example out of: 5 tee shots Driver- (% of fairways hit and average yardage?) 5 tee shots 3 Wood/Hybrid (% fairways hit and average yardage?) 5 Par 3 tee shots - Greens HIt? Fairway Iron Play- 190, 180, 170, 160, 150, 140 (out of 5) green side Bunkers up and down % longer bunkers (30/50yards) and putts, roughly the average just roughly wanted some advice (preferably from scratch or better players) to how you structured your practice (what you focussed on, how you practiced), and what standards you set within these sessions. cheers

they generally start down the left centre and then fade/slice right. have been practicing slowing the club speed down and concentrating on rolling my wrists over at impact, trying to create more draw. but have still noticed a few leaking right. hit literally every fairway today through 18 (used it on about 13 holes) but noticed the ball starting left fairway and finishing right fairway. So all in all not the end of the world but there is still that ball wanting to go right instead of holding its line. will put the close feet, progressive drill tomorrow as I am playing again. I'l try and get a video up asap, get it on youtube or something and see if anyone can help further. thanks a lot!

http://golf.ubersense.com/video/view/M8zFw7kQ/woods-3-wood-16 can anyone see this?

ok so drop the right elbow a bit and remain a bit more neutral in the backswing. but saevel25 what do you mean by not taking such a big turn and keep the flexion in the front knee?

HI, been playing a coule years, got h.cap down to 15, but lately have been shooting pretty low rounds (73-81), but each round there will be a shocking hole usually caused by a poor tee shot. Particularly with 3wood and the driver (titleist 910 F 15 3wood, Titleist 909D3 9.5 Driver), but am hitting everything else really solid. I either top the ball, or hit huge slices with the 3 wood (NO DRAW WHAT SO EVER) and either hit big slices or nice straight fades with driver (again zero draw) BUT am hitting all irons with a nice draw!?!?!!?!?!? I think im coming a bit too steep, and have managed to sort out my slice with the irons, just with woods its the same old story. HELP, are there any drills anyone knows of to keep me from swaying slightly in the backswing, and to get me hitting a straighter off the tee?? and stopping my backswing becoming too steep at the top!? THANKS