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Thanks for the tips, folks. I'll be working on it.

Thanks for the input. I guess what I failed to convey in my post is that I am trying to swing more in to out, so I was using my hip and foot placement to attempt to get my path in the right direction. I read the ball flight laws and I am definitely swing out to in on my "natural" swing - I have a textbook straight slice. Ball goes straight for 150 yards and then makes a hard left turn for another 150. As far as the hitting the ground - you're spot on. I am a picker and have been trying to work on that with my irons as well. I seem to be able to do it with wedges, but once I get to a 9 iron or anything more I lose the ground contact. I still catch myself ending on my back foot just like I'm hitting a baseball, so I feel a lot of work coming to get that out of my swing.

So I've been working on the OTT part of my swing. Hopefully in a couple of weeks I can get another updated video on here (busy with work and getting married in almost exactly 4 weeks). One thing I have noticed is if I over correct I get a nasty hook (I know, most people say start hitting a hook and you know how to fix it then). My problem is that if I try to back track and find a happy medium I'm still either nasty hook or nasty slice - there's no "happy" place I can find. One of the conscious efforts I have made is making sure my right hip is "locked" in place at the start of my swing so I don't open my hips too soon - which seems to help a bit. Other adjustments are being conscious of my feet at address, putting my left foot a bit back or "closing" my stance seems to help. Can anyone tell me if I'm on the right track with these adjustments or do I need to just scrap it for a bit until I can actually get time for a lesson from a pro? I've been playing nothing but 3w off the tee since starting this because I'm getting an average of 240 in the middle of the fairway with it - which I'm ecstatic about, but if I could get a few extra yards once in a while, why wouldn't I want to improve my driver swing?

Thanks for the replies. I'm going to try to figure some things out this weekend when I get home off the road.

Lately I've been noticing that I hit the ball much better if I press my hands forward and then start my backswing keeping that angle, as opposed to creating that angle at the top of my backswing. I'm doing this on my irons (5-9), but not woods or driver, and not wedges. It's a much cleaner strike and I get the distance and accuracy I expect to achieve with the given club. Anyone have any input on this? Is it going to be something I will have problems with in the future? Any thoughts would be appreciated.

Bested myself today. Not entirely sure where the shots were coming from. Shot an 85 at Stumpy Lake GC in Chesapeake, VA. I think it had to do with putting my driver up and hitting my 3W on all the tees. Just haven't had confidence in that particular driver since I got it - will probably be the last used driver I ever get. Golf Galaxy called and my new one is in so hopefully I'll be back to playing a driver soon.

Shot best 2 scores of my life. Played at Meadows Farms in Virginia. Shot a 41 on the Island Course and then shot a 41 on the Waterfall Course (both are 9 hole courses). Needless to say I was pretty dang happy.

A good course here is ~$45-50, although one does offer an after 4 deal of $20 play till dark during the summer. Another course not quite that nice is $25 during the week and $30 on the weekends. Farther south at the beach it's around $50-60 on the weekends, with some courses considerably higher approaching $80-100..

Thanks for the response. I was afraid of the OTT swing. I had been thinking I was just leaving the clubhead open at impact (okay kind of hoping that since it would be an easier fix). The weight transfer part of it I have been working on recently, but it's hard as heck for me since I'm a prior baseball player where I always swung off the rear foot. Once again, thanks for the insight.

Thanks for the responses. I didn't know about the smash factor and numbers and all that - good to know.

Kinda new here and had a question. I just traded in the driver I had been using (Taylormade Superfast 2.0 with regular flex) and got fitted for a new Cobra Amp Cell with stiff flex. The guy doing my fitting at Golf Galaxy mentioned that with my swing speed of 104 (rough average) he would want to see a higher ball speed. My ball speed averages around 140 and he allowed that 10 mph faster would be more normal. Disclaimer: I travel so I wasn't truly prepared and had on my usual cowboy boots instead of tennis shoes. The wife gave permission for a new toy so I took the opportunity when I had it. My question is how can I change that? Is it simply a matter of not hitting the sweet spot or am I doing something else wrong? I apologize for the wordy post but would appreciate any insight y'all might have. If I need to provide any additional details let me know. Thanks.

The bolded part of this post helped me tremendously. I went from a horrible (think football field wide) slice to either straight or even a slight draw if I do my part on the swing.

Traded in a Superfast 2.0 driver and an R11 3 wood for a Cobra Amp Cell driver (red). Also picked up a couple boxes of Callaway Hex Hots to try.

Hello everyone, I've been reading this site for a couple of months since I started playing (never really did more than hit the ball around in high school, then took a 10 year hiatus from that when my dad's clubs got stolen while I was in college). I live in North Carolina on the coast, but I'm originally from the mountains (Wilkes County). Hoping to get to know some folks on here as I'm on the road every week with my job. I'm all over NC, VA, MD, DE, and south/east WV at any given time. Always keep this forum up for a read on my phone or computer. Well there you have it, pretty simple, just another guy from the wrong side of the ball (lefty).

I'm a territory sales manager in the agriculture industry. Cover NC, VA, MD, DE, and south/east WV. On the road 1000-1200 miles/week.

I've been Playing Golf for: 2 months My average score is: 110 My typical ball flight is: 250+ if I hit it straight, 230 if the slice hits. The shot I hate or the "miss" I'm trying to reduce/eliminate is: Driver Slice/Iron Pull Videos: