postmanclark

Thanks for your advice, I shall remember it -when I play in a few hours time.

So on Saturday I am due to play for the 2nd scratch team sat my new club (hcp 7 - 12). I'm not really sure what to expect - I know, of course that it is match play, where there aren't any shots given; but apart from that I don't know much more. I have played competively in other sports, so I'm not that alien to the situation - but I would like to know about things such as: do you talk to your opponent (or not), do you have a beer afterwards; whether making my own score saver from the pages on the course of internet is a bit too keen and OTT. Then there is the strategy side. I haven't played at the course, but I know someone who used to be a member. It is short and has fast greens. I can hit a longish ball, so an option is to a driver and reach a few of the par 4s in one and the par 5s in two. Or in matchplay is it a better idea, just to take an iron and have wedges into the green for the second shot, making sure I hit a high percentage of greens? Thanks for any input.

What kind of problems biomechanically speaking, does not completing a full shoulder turn lead to? I ask this because it seems when I am swinging well, my 'back is pointing to the target' and when I am swinging poorly I am not completing the shoulder turn. It leads to all sorts of problems for me such as low hooks, thinning the ball and pushes. Hopefully, in future I just need to have the one swing thought and not worry about anything else lol.

I enjoy watching and reading information from this section on the forum - as it is more informative than the section 'Instruction and playing tips'; that's why I have posted on this odl . Anyhow in the original video posted, I noticed with the golfer on the right, that his head on the downswing moved closer to the ground and to the target (although it was only a small movement). Is this acceptable? Or should you be trying to reduce all head movements in the golf swing, even on the downswing? I say this because I recently posted my swing and @ @mvmac and helped me reduce head movement in the backswing (thanks again). However, at the moment I am pretty sure I am not getting onto my left side very well. Having tried to replicate the initial downswing move to the left, I find that my head moves lower and to the left, just like the golfer on the right of the video does.

Some good points made by all, so thanks. The 64 degree wedge option seems to be have been debated against - which is fair enough. Unless your Phil Mickelson, a 60 degree wedge is enough around the greens. Also I wouldn't be needing it for a full shot, you would just hit another wedge, softer. The 3Hy would fill in the gap nicely; particularly in the winter time, with the ball flying shorter and there being less roll - it would become more important. Practicing with the lower irons is a good point. It would save me £120, which sounds good to me. For me the biggest issue with the mid to low irons, is I have a very low ball flight with them. Although I did hit two cracking 5 irons today (which surprised me), both dead straight and pretty accurate; so perhaps I should give myself more credit. I will practice with the 3 iron in the next few days, and see if I can inject some confidence into that part of the game and increasing the height of the ball.

Hello all, I've got a bit of a dilemma with the clubs in my bag - I'm basically wasting one club. G25 driver - carry 250 / 260 G25 3 wood - carry 235ish 3 iron - don't use 4 hybrid 23 degrees at 210 carry 5 iron etc 4 wedges - PW, 52, 56 and 60. My weakness lies in the mid irons. Anyway, as you can see I am not using the 3 iron at all. My suggestions are to fill the gap between the 3 wood and 4 hybrid with a 3 hybrid - or get a 64 degree and carry 5 wedges. 5 wedges would be over the top, but I would use the 64, more than 3 hybrid.

@mvmac , just wanted to put another thanks on this thread to you. I've been working on the set - up with flaring the feet out to stop the swaying and I can honestly say that I've never hit the ball better. I haven't played that much recently, because I have been in the process of changing clubs. My contact with the irons are so much more consistent and I have never hit the driver further. The only issue I have at the moment is that with the driver I am typically hitting straight - draws; unlike the rest of the clubs where I am hitting push - draws. Any thoughts on why?

Thanks for the informative response, I will get to work on the advice given. Cheers!!

I've been Playing Golf for: 3 years My current handicap index or average score is: 18, however normally I score in the high 70s My typical ball flight is: push - draw The shot I hate or the "miss" I'm trying to reduce/eliminate is: pull Sorry for the quality of the videos, I only used an Ipad 2 - as that is what I had to hand. Personally, I believe I get into some nice positions and the plane of my swing seems to be pretty good. However, what is not very good - is the large amount of lateral head movement and a standing up at the very end of the backswing. I think this also leads to a loss of spine angle before impact and results in a slightly flippy release. However I think that is all of a result of the lateral head movement. I have already read and started working on the maintaining inclination to the ground thread. All comments appreciated.

Thanks for the input guys. If I'm not getting much roll - out when the summer is truly here; I'll get on a launch monitor just to double check my current set - up.

So I was playing at a different course on Friday, and the fairways are a bit firmer than those at my current home course. I play in the UK and the weather has just started to be good. Anyway, I was playing with a couple of hackers and on one hole I hit a pretty good drive - I have a high ball flight (now) and I carry 250 yards, if I don't hit a bad one; my pitch mark was close to my ball, so I know there was no roll out. On this hole,one of the guys hit a ball and it was a fairly low cut, and I noticed that it almost got up to my ball on the fairway. The question is, in these conditions do you think there is any logic - between lowering my ball flight and getting less carry; in the hope of achieving more roll out and getting more distance.

So, just recently after getting my swing some what in working order, after the winter relapse - I was trying to improve my launch angle on my driver and hitting up on the ball. Having read the advice given in Iacas' thread on it, I tried it to some degree of success. However, what I need help with is that for the few days that I have been trying to practice it - some days I hit pushes / push - fades and other times I hit pull - draws. Does anyone have any kind of 'feels' where you know what shot shape you can try and hit?

This is a problem that is dependent on a) how often you play golf, and b) if your technique changes, or your body and you start hitting the ball further (or shorter). Personally, when I used to play golf non - consistently, I found that my 150 yard club was an 8 iron and my SW was about 90 yards. When I joined a golf club, after a couple of months, I started hitting the ball a lot better and was having a real problem with distances. I started hitting loads of shots from the markers of 100 yards and 150 yards. I worked out I had picked up about an iron in distance. If you can find a quiet time consistently at your local course and with mid - range conditions; you should be able to find out what you hit 100 yards, 150 yards and 200 yards. Anything over 200 yards, you'll get an idea what you hit, but it's likely to be that inconsistent that the exact yardages won't matter. You should be able to roughly work out the distances between the clubs in between those yards. The only caveat that I would have on that advice is your PW. I don't know the exact angle of mine, but I hit my 52 degree 115 yards, my 9 iron 150 yards and my PW 135 yards.

So as tends to happen to all golfers I'm sure - I was looking for a new hybrid and ended up finding a putter. I wasn't that impressed with my old putter, but as I bought it when I was very new to golf, it done the job, I bought a Taylormade Corza Tour, blah blah blah putter (the same one that Justin Rose uses I believe). Anyway, on my old putter I had a 2 thumb grip fitted; simply because coming from cricket I liked the thicker grip and it helped when I started using the claw grip. Anyway, I have purchased a 2 thumb grip for this putter; however having putted with the new putter briefly, it felt pretty good. Now I'm unsure of whether to go with the original plan, or whether this might ruin the feel of the putter. Ideas?