Steve Draper

Thats great news. My local golf pro shop has a good sale on. I`m going down there this weekend to take a look. Thanks Guys

That`s good that you are working on that. Is it a shaped shot just in case you get into trouble or to just give it more action when it hits the ground ? Let me know how you get on with it.

I guess a draw and fade works differently on all golfers. I was just using my friend as an example. So, if you are parallel and hit a slight draw, you have slightly closed your face at impact. That will cause the ball to spin counter-clockwise. Is your right hand controlling the club on the way down, or are they both even. Or, is your left hand doing the gripping ? Can you grab a club and do your back-swing and bring your club back to the front. Hold the club up straight out in front in front of you without rolling your hands around (e.g: point of impact) and tell me what your club face looks like ? My margin of error can go both ways depending on how the ball is sitting.

Thanks for that

I heard about AP2`s. Are they the same as the old DCI`s ? I haven`t used Mizuno`s for years. I will go down to the golf course and try a few clubs. I don`t want to have to change my swing because of a set that looks all sparkly. I just want them to work for me. I know that off the shelf clubs are a standard for about 80% of golfers, so i will give it a try and reply back. Thanks for the advice

Thanks Ernest, I suppose a 3 yard draw would be ok if you were aiming to compensate for it. So I take it you are aiming your feet and club head at the target at the same time ? I have learned that when you draw , stop and put a club at your feet, stand behind it and you will see that your feet are pointing at the target. You will come over the top to compensate for it, thus creating a draw. It`s all about your balance. One of my friends even looks down at his feet, then up the fairway to make sure he is aiming at the green. WRONG ! Guess where his ball is going every time. He will just not listen because he thinks he knows better. Imagine standing at the tee box and getting your driver warmed up. Can you really lean forward that far so your eyes are over the top of the club head ? You can only do that with your short irons and putter. But leaning over like that and taking your shot would only cause you to take a divot so big, you could fill it with sand and call it a bunker. Your eyes were not designed to see one-above-the-other. Stand back and take a look from behind after you put that club at the toes of your feet. If you are going in the bark, that`s because your club is aiming at the bark. If you close your club face or open it to compensate, you will put so much spin on it that it will start straight, but bend right at the last 50 yards. My margin of error is about 20% but not in the trees, in the fairway. I don`t go for distance, I go for percentage. Getting a bogey at every hole will make you a decent golfer. If you can keep in the fairway, you will feel good. You won`t bend your clubs and you will enjoy your game. And this is just another point. I bet you know when you are going to hit a poor shot before you even swing your club. But, you still go ahead and do it. I have, I used to do it all the time. Not any more. Walk away think about sex or something and come back, take your shot without thinking and boom, it goes in the direction you want.

Thanks David, That`s the first positive reply I have had so far. It will take me a couple of days to get it done because of work reasons, but I will do it for you

I know it`s been mentioned already. Your right hand and arm are over-powering the club. Try pushing the club back with your left hand and resting your right hand in a neutral position on the club - just like holding an egg. Firm but not tight enough to crush it.

My best advice would be to shoot a bucket or two of balls on the range. You will know where your shots are going. When you get out on the course, play just like you did on the range. I even play a round on the range some days. (In my head) I virtually never use my driver because of a shoulder injury and when I do, it only goes 175. If you can tee off with a 3 or 5 wood or even a 5 iron and hit the fairway (even 100 yards away), your first tee nerves would disappear. Don`t worry about hitting it as far as you can, just worry about hitting the fairway. After that, you will have a good lie to hit your next shot from. You will be the one who is waiting in the short grass for your friends to find their ball in the trees. It`s a percentage game, not how far you can hit a ball. That`s the easiest way to get closer to your `beating 80 score`.

I love my DCI`s, but they are badly worn out and need replacing. What is a good replacement for them for my upgrade without feeling much of a difference in my swing ?

It`s hard for me to explain Dalton`s swing method without showing it to you. This is a snippet of what I learned from Straight Talking Golf He teaches you how and where to release the club head so it is completely square at the back of the ball. Most teachers I know will tell you how to shape your shot to control your hook or slice. The club head will only square up if the swing is done properly. Yes, some people come from over the top or from the inside. He even taught me how to diagnose my own swing and fix it immediately - and it worked. Dalton does not teach you how use a quick-fix to cure a hook or slice. He tells you why you hook and slice and he`s dead right.He teaches a straight forward golf swing for all shapes of golfers and we obviously know that a lot of people are getting bigger (taller & heavier). I cannot shoot long distances because of a shoulder injury. But this swing works with all of your clubs. I can only hit a driver about 175, but straight where I want it to go, in the fairway. His method of teaching will allow you to know where you will be at a given point. Let`s say I want to be able to hit 80% of fairways by my 3rd lesson. Dalton will teach you to do just that if you listen to him. It`s not a hard thing to learn. I can hit the golf ball virtually dead straight after using this method and practicing it. Two weeks ago I went to my local course and purchased 2 buckets of balls. After a few shots and warm ups, I shot 80 balls. 72 of them landed directly on the greens, half of them pin high. These shots were at 150, 100, 75, 50 and 25 yards. How did they land like that ? The other 8 were within 20 feet of the pin and this was on the 75 and 25 yard greens. I do not use a mat, I shoot from the ground outside without a bay to distract me. It`s because I knew where the club head was at an given moment. I knew exactly where the club head was going to strike. And my balance was spot on. I find it hard to explain this method.I`m not much good at that by typing. I could show you on a golf course. Let`s just say, I learned the truth about the `late release` and where to release my club. One other thing I learned, and this is my own thought - `If you see the flight - it`s going right`

Mr Desmond, The video you posted was from one of his friends on their phone. Dalton McCrary can be found at http://www.youtube.com/user/StraightTalkingGolf?feature=watch It`s Straight Talking Golf not Straight Shootin golf ( that video was done as a reply to one of his students)

I do apologise iacas . I should never have joined this discussion. I will comment no more because I am ruffling a few feathers. My personal opinion on something is not appreciated. If I would have realized what was being said in earlier posts, I would never have commented in the first place.

He believes that golf instruction today, has become very complicated to most golfers. There are so many different `fix my slice` versions out there, it has become confusing. Why not just tell people how to hit a golf ball properly, without trying to cure something. If something does not work for you, try something else but not 10 different methods at once. Find a method that works and stick with it. The golf swing is a simple thing. You don`t hit a ball with the back-swing.