evilstepdad

Thanks for your input, I have the diet part wired..lol...I know if I have it wired why do I weigh 380. I eat six times a day and when I eat better food I get a lot of food for less calories, stick to my exercise and I am there. I make sure the balance is there also. Only reason I bring the weight part to the forum is because I figure my dang size is getting in the way of a good repeatable swing, one that won't break down all the time. What really worries me is what kind of practice should I be doing with what clubs until I get some of this weight off and the stretching etc. has a chance to get me where I can start placing the ball and swinging a regular golf swing (at least regular for me as I know everyone is different). I know putting and real short chipping but wonder about the full wedge shots etc. and is this going to be something I can do now as I get going or if I should wait, I seem to hit my wedge, 9i, 8i and 7i more consistent than other clubs..wedge and 9 better than 8 and 7. Thanks again, evilstepdad

Not sure this is the right place for this; as a matter of fact there might not be a place on here for this.lol This is a combination kind of post so it is kind of long (sorry) but needs to be. This is a golf goal and a conditioning goal and I think they both go together and I would like some input from some of you on certain aspects of this set of goals and how to achieve them. I would also like to know if you have tried or are trying something like this and how it worked out or how it is working out for you. My thought on this going into it is NIFTY AT SIXTY…lol…as I am 58 now and will be 60 on July 17, 2010. I have a weight goal and conditioning goal that I have set and my golf goal I am shooting for is to have a 10 handicap on or before July 17, 2010. This is where I start from, ground zero, as I have only golfed a couple of times a year for the last few years and probably had a fifteen year stretch or so where I did not play at all. I have only got to the range a few times before our company tournament every year and maybe a trip or two to the range before another company tournament in a different part of the company about 90 miles south. When I signed up here I put my handicap at 50 and then found out that it could only be 36 (they never saw a guy like me before lol) and that is how I play if I was to go out tomorrow and play a round. First off I know things don’t happen over night and this time frame might not be long enough to get where I want to go but this is the one I set. I have shot golf in the high 30’s to low 40’s for nine but that was when I was about 25 years old and that was self taught so don’t know if my swing was very good or not but seemed to work…lol at times that is. As I got out this past summer I noticed one thing, if I play the ball on the outside edge of my right foot (I am right handed so yes, the ball is basically behind me) I hit it the best and most consistently as far as good contact. When I try to play it towards the middle or just a little back of center then I top the ball or I just don’t get good contact very often. I do hit my driver more towards the inside to middle of my left foot. With that info here go’s, I am 6’0” and 380 pounds and that has a lot to do with it as you can imagine, maybe I would have some kind of normal swing if I had kept playing through the years but have not so I will pay a price now. My weight goal is to get down to 220 pounds and I know this part is achievable if I stick with it. I have tried to lose weight in the past and have found that I can do it and it is not that hard but for whatever reason I just kind of get off of it but by setting this goal I hope to put them both together and get this done. My plan is to start slow and by that I mean both in my golf work and my work on conditioning. As far as my golf work I am thinking that I will start out with chipping and putting throughout this winter and maybe work up to a 7 iron and nothing longer as I do not have a swing I can repeat. What do you think of this to start with, I know the putting will be ok and I think I can repeat the shorter pitch strokes but my question is working up with wedge shots etc. as I don’t want to keep repeating bad ball placement but would like to work on my short game as I get the conditioning under control? As far as conditioning I have purchased a golf stretching program ( be nice to stretch something besides skin lol) and I have recently acquired a bowflex and some dumbbells and that will be part of my routine. I will also start out with walking, and that along with certain stretching exercises will be part of my routine every day, even on weight training days. I want to work on my flexibility etc. as I take the weight off and thus get to a point that when I have enough weight off I can go to a pro and get a few lessons so I can get a feel for a good swing. I don’t know how much weight will have to come off to get a good feel for this so will have to play that by ear. Sorry for being so long winded but would just like some input if you have ever done anything like this or just might have some input that could be helpful. Thank You for taking the time to read this and look forward to your input. One last thing, the reason for the 10 handicap is that I want to play in the Oregon senior amateur tournament when I hit 60.

So with that being said (150 with 7 iron) is not s shaft then at what distance with a 7 iron is a s flex shaft? Just curious Thanks

Hello, I was wondering if I wanted to video my swing (I am afraid to actually see it) what would be the best angle to shoot it from? I have a problem of consistency as I will hit a couple of really good shots and then a bunch of dogs. At the range the other day I hit a bucket of balls and out of that bucket I might have hit 15 good shots, hit a bucket of balls the week before and out of that there might have been 15 bad shots out of it. My problem is that I played years ago but got hurt had surgery on my neck and put on 150 pounds since I played last and now my swing is all over the place. Just got the book The Plane Truth for Golfers and want to pick out a swing and work on getting it down but want to take video so I can see when I hit a good shot what it looked like. Thanks for the time

Thank you for the fast replie, I have never had a handicap and knew it was going to be big so I just put 50. Years ago I would shoot the local courses in the high 30's to low 40's when I played a lot but got hurt, blew out 2 disk in my neck and put on over 100 pounds in four months and pretty much stopped doing anything and needles to say I have gained a few pounds since then. that has been 20 years ago and now weigh about 336 (just lost 56 ounds :)) What I have found out over the last year or so as I slowly start playing again is that I don't swing the club the same every time and that causes all sorts of trouble and thus all the dang blow up holes. Thanks for the info as far as the highest handicap you can have.

I sure hate to see that if you post your blowup hole you are some kind of sandbagger. Problem with my game right now is being very inconssistant and I have several blow up holes when playing and I write down the total score. What does someone who is just getting back into golf do when He has a lot of holes that just go south and I meen way south.lol? I would love to say I have a one or two handicap or even lower but that is just not the way it is and I don't see how putting down your actual score is being a sandbagger. Please let me know why the truth isn't good enough when keeping score, not tying to cause trouble but I really don't understand some of the comments on this. I blow up several holes a round. Thank You

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