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I got a few lessons in 2020 and he helped me understand the importance of hip rotation and weight transfer direction in the swing, so I worked on a lot of drills around those two things. I listed the three that helped me the most below. I also started doing a lot of stretching/yoga to help with flexibility and weight training. I think what's been toughest for me (and still is) is that it's really hard for me to get into a great impact position even outside the swing due to past lead knee and hip injuries, so my practice has mostly been around trying to resolving that issue. Drills: 1. Place alignment sticks in front belt loop and stick one into the ground on my left side, then try to hit the alignment sticks before impact. 2. Place wedge under my lead heel, swing transferring my weight towards that foot such that the wedge shaft doesn't move until after impact 3. Turn my head towards the target in the downswing

4-12-22 Watch "4-12-22" on Streamable. Feel like I've made some progress over the past few years, what do you guys think?

Cool I'll try that. Also, I didn't realize how closed my feet were against my target line. That might explain my issues hitting it left. Thank you for the feedback!

I learned recently that you can record in slomo on iphones at get a lot more frames. I'm still fighting a hook with my driver, but I seem to be keeping my head a little more still than I used to be.

Yea I'm not denying that there is a correlation between handicap and driving distance, but I just get the impression that the two factors I mentioned have a stronger correlation. I think the data that suggests that 5 handicaps on average hit their drives 240 or however far includes a lot of folks who started later in life, and in my experience (which is purely anecdotal evidence) those that start later in life usually struggle to create a powerful motion in their golf swings. I guess a better way to put my hypothesis is I think that handicap probably has a very good correlation with average smash factor, but it may not be quite as strong for average distance.

I quit playing golf for 3 years and when I came back I was hitting the distances I was used to after a few weeks, I'm in my 20s though. My dad was a long hitter most of his life, but started losing a lot of distance in his mid 50s without taking any breaks from golf. I do stretches (almost) every day to help me get a little more distance out of my swing. There are a bunch of regimens online that may help. For me, hamstring and lat stretches have been the most effective. I hope you can find some more yards out there!

I feel like club head speed is more correlated to genetic luck and age that you started the game than handicap

I think it's good to learn to play with small distractions like that. If you can't get used to them when practicing, they'll really bother you when competing/gambling.

I'm starting to develop a lot more confidence in the new motion with my irons, and I'm noticing my mishits are becoming a lot less severe! I'm still doing some leaning back through impact, but I think it looks a bit better than it did two weeks ago.

I ended up getting a lesson and I found out that I need to start my hip rotation earlier in my swing, which will lead to me needing to flip my arms less and create less of a reverse C position in my follow thru. I'm working on implementing this change, but it's tough to make myself do something that feels so novel. I feel like I'm starting to see some minor results though. I seem to be finishing with a more vertical angle for my swing path like the instructor told me I would and my stock shot is going a little straighter!

One thing I notice is that you seem to be placing the ball at different points in your stance. You won't be able to see a lot of consistency in your ball flights until you start putting that in the same place most of the time. I usually try to put the ball just behind my left arm pit (also right hander) for all my stock shots. YMMV with that ball position, but I think it would be good to find a place in your stance to put your ball routinely

Heya guys. I started getting back into golf recently after taking 3 years off. It seems like my swing held up a lot better than I expected, although my short game definitely didn't haha. What do you guys think I should work on first? (Other than the belly I have now)

My biggest question is should I get lessons. It's taken a lot of practice, research and help to get my swing where it is now and idk if I'm comfortable letting someone work on it. Lessons would probably help a lot tho

I probably use my LW 4-5 times per round, only because I hit it a long way. Around the green I mostly use my SW and PW. If I didn't hit it as far I'd probably lose it too

I think I made a lot of progress thanks to advice I got here. Idk how much better it is, but I'm really liking my swing now

If you can jog 18 holes, you can walk 18 holes. I never had stamina problems playing golf when I jogged 6 miles a day

where can I get what you're smoking

I've done the last one lol

I'm surprised more people aren't saying yes. I mean most non-pros don't play with regulation size footballs or wooden baseball bats, why's this any different?

Maybe his SW is going 120mph on his way back from the golf course

I had to change a few things in my swing because of a back injury. I'm not hitting it nearly as far as before, but it's a pretty easy swing to repeat at least

Any manga readers out there read parasyte??

I could never do that to Samantha! She'll have my heart till I crack her face like all the ones before her.