BudMan

I agree! The last 3 times out, I have played by myself, I have been even or under par on the first few holes, when I can play at a fast pace, until I catch up with some one in front of me. Then the bogeys begin.

When someone is on the edge or near the green, and they scull, or blade their chip and it goes screaming past, or over the pin and ends up way off the other side. I wait a short pause, then say "nice line". When someone dribbles one off the tee, I say " well you ought to be able to find that one". When someone wiffs off the tee, I start walking forward, with my hand above my eyes as if I am trying to see the shot, but have lost it in the sun. When playing with one of "those guys" who never, ever , ever, lose a ball. When they hit one that is OBVIOUSLY way out of bounds, I will say " don't worry, I am QUITE SURE you will find it playable"

I am not a golf pro, or instructor, in fact I am not even a very good golfer, but I have the exact same problem, and your same ball flight. I was at a demo day two weekas ago hitting high fades and slices, figured my swing must be outside to in. A teaching pro stopped buy and watched a few shots, and told me my swing, and swing plane were fine but I was not closing / rolling my hands thru the impact zone, then he left. Well through trial and error I had to figure out why if my swing was good, why do I have this problem? I found that my hands roll over as they pass my belt buckle, I also found that I was pulling my head off the ball ( to see where it went) before impact. This was causeing my shoulders and upper body to go with it, getting my body ahead of my hands. My hands still roll as they cross my midsection, but due to this, that happens AFTER impact, which leaves my clubhead open causeing the fade/slice. Today, after 9 holes of the same old thing, on #10 I started making myself keep my head/eyes on the TEE until after the ball was gone. This resulted in straight or slightly hooked drives the rest of the day. I don't know if this will help you out or not, but it seemed to help me.

I own and operate a Cabinet Shop. Have to be real careful everyday to retain all 10 fingers so I can play golf.

Just turned 43, but often feel 63. Pretty bad when you start buying shoes based on whether or not you have to bend over and tie them.

I have the same problem, I found out today that I am not closeing/rolling my hands soon enough, to rotate through the ball. Are there any drills or aids to correct this?

Have always used conventional, but as I get older I may have to try the belly putter, just to see.

Have never hit anybody else. But I have been hit 6 times. 3 times by the same person( I don't play with him anymore). Once by a shot that came out of nowhere, with nobody in sight in any direction. And last Friday, I was hit by a kid in our group who shanked a three wood directly into my backside as I tried to get away, then 2 holes later I was hit by MYSELF as I tried a risky shot out of the woods, I hit it flush and caught a tree dead center about 40 yds away, and it came screaming back at a speed I could not get away from. I guess if that happens again, I will have to stop playing with myself.