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That's good. Because I was just about to suggest going with a shorter driver. Stock lengths are too long for 90% of golfers out there. Well, keep doing what you're doing and work on that driver swing. Give yourself mental notes on swinging smooth and not hard. Golf is funny like that, the lower your handicap is, the more mental it becomes. Its funny because I had a terrible time with my driver today. My problem lately has been pulled shots. Its frustrating.

Yes, lie and lofts do change from use. Especially with forged or softer clubs and if you hit off range mats a lot. But they generally tend to get flatter, and not more upright. I have my irons and wedges checked once a year. And every year, the shorter irons are about a degree flat. I agree with the two posters above. It won't hurt to have the specs checked, (after 10 years on forged clubs, I strongly urge you do) and also there is prob some changes in your swing. But if you can have the specs checked and adjusted back, then that one things less on your mind in your swing thought to worry about right? And yes, the TP 9 are pretty soft (a good thing) and your local club fitter should have no trouble adjusting the lie or lofts to your liking. But rather than just adjusting it to stock specs, I suggest the same as what saevel25 said about the masking tape first to see how far on or off it is.

Adam, what kind of driver are you using and is it stock?

That is true, but what I was referring to as options are chips and approaches, not so much on full wedge shots. More options in terms of trajectory, simplifying having to hit 3/4 and 1/2 swings to just one "take something off it swing", as well as chip to roll ratios. Lets just say that if I take a 3 iron and hit it right 20yds into a bunker, I'd be bummed but not as bummed as leaving a 75yd approach short or long just 7 yds because that is when precision matters (atleast to me) the most to really get it close for a one putt. So in the case of leaving a 3 iron in or not. Mishitting a 3 iron 20yds to the right or mishitting a 5 wood 25-30yds, either way, I'm looking at the same scenario of getting up and down. So those two options are almost the same should I mishit it. But being forced to chip knowing if I dont' take just 1-2 yard off the carry, I'll be rolling past the hole, ..that's tough. Thats what gives me the yips more than a long iron approach.

Congrats on the weight loss. Much respect for those who do whatever it is they want to improve on instead of sitting there pouting and feeling sorry. Can't tell too much from those vids but so far here's what I noticed and please do not be offended in anyway. Your take away starts way too far on the inside. This causes a very flat initial backswing, leaving it very little room but to steepen aggressively once the hands get towards the chest and head level. You're downswing and follow through looks ok and fluid, but does look like you're coming a little over the top and cutting across the ball. Two things I can suggest working on is the takeaway and the follow through right after impact. On the take away, work on keeping the club head as straight back towards the camera (or even a little to the right of it) from your first vid. Extend your arms as much as you can and allow your shoulders to turn naturally, bringing the club inside. At the top of the backswing, hold it and look at where your club is pointed. It should be pointed towards the target, pretty much parallel with your stance line. Make your swing, but right after impact, imagine you want the club head traveling towards the target for as long as you can or the body will allow, only coming inside as your body and shoulder turns to the finish. Hope that makes sense and can help.

A drill I hope can help you. Right now, without looking at your swing, it sounds like you're trying to put too much power on the swing, causing a hip slide. One drill I like doing is having the shaft parallel to mimic the downswing coming near the release to impact. Your weight should still be somewhat balanced, slightly favoring inside of the right foot (for RH players). Keep in mind not to put too much weight to the right where you're shifting or sliding too much behind the ball. Everything should feel somewhat balanced. From there, make the best swing you can to a full follow through. Don't worry about how far you hit it but more on just hitting it as straight as possible. Focus on turning the hips and torso through the impact and not sliding. Its a very simple turn of hips and body, like closing a door. Know that your target is to reach a full follow through, with a finish with your hands above your head or so. Your weight will shift to the left foot. Work on feeling for the weight transfer but not allowing your hips to slide forward. Biggest key to the drill is not try to hit it hard as your body will initially try to since you will feel you are left with no back swing. When you do, your hips will slide and everything will just be off balanced. Try to feel for the hip turn and just how subtle it is. Once you got that down, from that same starting position, you can start taking the club back slightly, about 6-10 inches to give you more momentum coming through impact. Good luck with it.

More options around the green always works better than more options you'll face once in while. Its a lot easier to take some off your 5w or hybrid, as well as it doesn't need to be as precise as short approach shots. Because 5w and 2H have a much more relieved heel, its much easier to open the face to cut a high fade to mimic your 3 iron distance. I leave out the 3 iron and play a 18* hybrid. And if you have shots into the wind, hitting a low 4 iron or low hybrid isn't too hard to practice for. And ofcourse, if you play a course that have certain holes which really favors the 3 iron for your style of play, you can always stick the 3i back in and take out anything from within the rest of your long/mid irons or even the 3wood to fit that specific course.

I've been using a PW (48*), 54, and 60 setup for about 10 years. That left a good 20yd gap from my PW to 54* but I dealt with it best I could and learned to take off the PW. But nowadays with the typical PW much stronger than before, its almost a must to have a Gap wedge as the PW is more like a 10 iron now. I recently bought a new set of irons. Because my new PW is at 46*, a gap became a must. I went with a 50, 54, and 58 leaving a perfect 15yd gap between each one. The 3 iron came out of the bag. It took me a few rounds to get used to this setup but I now I have a bit more options around the green and approaches. The best thing about the gap is the added option with chipping as I now have a new carry:roll ratio to work with. I can chip with a carry of 5yds and 8yds, but very hard to carry 6 or 7. With the added GW, I can still chip a 5 yd carry and get a bit more roll than my SW. So in some ways, more wedges simplifies things rather complicates.