marksp2007

I have been having lessons with a pro who says I am caught up in the mechanics of golf. He commented that I understand the fundamentals of the golf swing but I do not know my swing. I thought hard about this and its true. I spend so much time analysing Tour pros that I have a mismatch of ideas in my head where I should be. I would recommend seeing a pro for guidance and also practice, practice, practice. 1 year ago I was regulary playing +28, now I do not break +18. I need to play more comps to reduce the handicap even more. In a point raised in one of these posts, the times I heard a new playing partner say "Wow, your a 20 handicapper, I don't believe it" or "With a swing like that you are going to tumble down to single figs soon enough" is numerousbut at the end of the day, there is alot to be said for proper guidance both in your swing and in your mind.... You can look like a tour pro, but if you do not know what you are doing, have no routine or repeatable swing then you are bound to leak one here and there as well as top it or fat it because you do not know your own game and approach well enough... My thoughts anyway!!

That a tough one for me...I have seen Tigers greatest shots (at least a handful of them anyway), and to summarise the comments of his colleagues and top pros who say "None of us would attempt any of those shots, and yet he takes on the riduclous and actually pulls it off". I actually believe that Tiger Woods is either an Alien or a robot created using A.I. With regards Jack, who can doubt his 18 majors especially The Masters so late on in life. Lets be honest Jack had pretty awful equipment by todays standards and had some very healthy competition to contend with in the form of Palmer, Player, Watson and Jacklin to name but a few and yet still racked up 18 majors not to mention the other tournement wins in his careers... I reside on the fence with that one.....2 very different golfers with equal levels of genius... A small mention for me should go to Bobby Jones, who intrigues me for so many reasons that include mindset, lack of practice before winning the majors and sheer sportsmanship......He gets my vote on this topic !!

Mine is www.midsussexgolfclub.co.uk I pretty flat course in Southern England, UK. Struggle in winter months with draining but is beautiful in the Summer especially after some Summer rainy months that we had last year..

I am an IT salesman. Actually I run the business which is good for time off for golf. Sadly right now though business is taking more of my time