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Thanks, some great help here I will try this on my next round, especially playing the percentages as i do tend to be risky sometimes, hopefully this will help me improve my game Thank you very much :D

I think you're right, the blow up holes are my problem, i hit quite a lot of fairways because i don't really use my driver (only on long par 5's with wide fairways), i tend to play for position with either my 3 wood or an iron off the tee looking at my last card I play consistently throughout with a few bad holes with a 7 or 8 thrown in there, i could do with sorting these out, i'm not bad around the greens but i think i might start to work on shots from around 70 - 95 yards where it's a wedge but not a full one, i'm not the best with that distance control, could learning how to spin help me with this? Also with my approach shots although i can hit the green regularly i do leave myself with monster putts sometimes which can often lead to 3 putts, so maybe increasing iron accuracy further in my approach game could help but i'm not sure how to do this, any advice?

Hi, I'm 20 years old and golf runs in the family so i get to play a lot, however my dad and older brother are still better than me :( To solve this, about 8 months ago i started practicing more which helped me get my handicap of 15 down to 11 and instead of posting inconsistent scores I am much more consistent playing to my handicap or around abouts with scores of around 82 - 86 and much less often having awful rounds However, all parts of my games seem to be just decent, I wouldn't say I have a strength and it usually depends on the day which part of my game will be the strongest but usually i drive it straight, on a good day hitting around 14 of the 18 fairways, my iron play is getting better hitting most of the greens (some distance control errors that need fixing) and around the green i have a decent touch (i don't know how to spin the ball though), but would maybe like to hole a few more make-able putts My question us, what can I do to take my game to the next level as for the last 3 months, i have stayed consistently at my 11 handicap with around the same scores, should I focus on one area of my game or keep practicing everything, looking at my cards i am happy with how I am doing but would still like to become better than my dad and brother who are the 2 best golfers in the society I play at. Any advice would be grateful, thanks James

I went to the range and was still slicing a bit but realized it was me, I could feel my self cutting across the ball and was even doing if with my three wood I also hit it perfectly straight with a three quarter swing Not sure how to fix it though :-/

I am a student, off to university later this year with a nice golf course/ driving range just a mile away

Thanks, i'll be down the range tomorrow then :D

how would I fix this, would it just naturally come while playing? and no bar the odd bad swing i generally hit my woods and driver straight

Hi, I had an old set of taylormade firesole irons, these were okay but they were old technology and weren't very consistent while also unforgiving for non-perfect swings, they had a bubble shaft too. I have recently purchased taylormade burner 1.0 irons and although they feel okay I keep slicing them, it can't be my swing as i didn't slice my last ones, and i don't slice my driver or woods, the new shafts are steel "uni flex" i've used them a few times so is it just a fact of needing to get used to them or do i need to change my swing to suit? The weights and lengths of the clubs are very similar Thanks, James :)