Luckner88

Yeah me too! Nothing worse than hitting a pull-hook right into the parking lot on my 1st teebox of my home course. Thank goodness its just a small muni with everyday average joes, not some rich private course with mercedes and aston martins in the parking lot! I love shortgame shots, they require the most creativity and imagination. Keep working at it and you will develop your feel and touch for the short game. I look at it this way, I go by the 2/3 rule, if you have an hour to practice each day, 40 min should be on short game and the other 20 should be on the range. Thats saying that you have only an hour a day.

I still love my Ping G2, wouldn't trade it for anything except for maybe the G5. The G10 and 15 feel the same to me but I just love Ping Drivers, they have that loud CRACK when you hit the ball and the sweet spot is amazing.

I say 13, he has a long career ahead of him and his swing is great and accurate. It wont break down his body as much as tigers swing with his left leg snapping. I think he wont have as many injuries and as long as hes focused he should get around 12-13

I miss the old Tiger, I always thought his biggest mistake was getting married because he was at the top of the world and charging for Jacks record. I think the scandal did him in because he no longer possesses those nerves of steel during the final rounds of a golf tournament. There is always something that throws him off and he looks too "mechanical" with his swing and his swing thoughts whereas before his swing was so fluid, he would just picture the shot and hit it! His confidence is broken and until he gets that back I think he has no chance at beating Jack. Plus, look at how deep the competition is with these young guns coming up. Tiger does have a chance at a few future Masters tournaments because he knows that course but I would count him out of the next 4 US Opens, I dont think his game right now matches up with those.

I practice on short game the most because when you take a break from golfing thats the part of the game that gets hurt the most. Regaining that "touch" back is difficult and a long process so its always good to stay on top of your short game. Remember, you score from 100yds and in

The funny thing for me is that the chipping/pitching always came easy but the golf swing took forever for me to understand. I always think of chipping/pitching as an "art." It's better to take an artistic approach to it rather than a mechanical approach. Sure there is technique involved, for chips you want to open your stance a little, put the ball back in your stance and keep the hands ahead of the ball. You want to sweep the ball, not chop at it when you chip. For pitches I like to narrow my stance and make an "L to L" swing which is halfway back and halfway through. Envision where you want the ball to land and "play to the picture" what I mean is to create a picture in your mind after each practice swing of where the ball is going to land, how it will react, how far it will roll. When you keep practicing this "artistic" approach then the mechanics naturally fall in place. Try working on that!

Totally agree, he will make a whole lot more from endorsements

Thanks for the reply Lebowski! So do you keep your toes up in the setup or what? Because when I turn I feel the weight move towards my toes and thats where I think I go really flat in the backswing

Hey guys, I am having trouble really knowing how to coil in the backswing. I don't know if its my spine tilt or setup but my shoulder turn always feels restricted and the plane looks waaayyy too flat, and the only way I can get into position is to lift my arms. This leads to my downswing being all arms and no power. I just can't get the feeling of proper coil, everything just feels weak and Im only 25 years old and cannot see why my shoulder turn feels so restricted and flat. Does this have to deal with setup? Because I bend from the hips, I dont contract the abs (do I have to do this??) and I feel like I'm in proper form. Just can't figure it out, please help

Thanks for giving explaining that better. Just to clarify, when I tug my forearm my right elbow starts to bend up naturally, am I doing it right?

Grantc79 thanks for your advice but can you explain in a little more detail about the fore-arm angles. Is this happening during my take-away and can you explain the angles a little better, maybe with a picture because I am a little confused. I tend to think of the shoulder turn as a door swinging horizontally and I think thats the wrong thing to do. If I can focus more on my fore-arm then that would be an easier swing thought but I am a little confused about your angles. If you can explain it to me in a little more detail I would truly appreciate it. Thanks

Rexx thanks for the tip, I notice that I do flip my wrists at impact and I get sort of a balloon effect on my ball flight. The thing I'm afriad of when tugging the butt of the grip is hitting the shot fat. I've done it a couple of times and I don't understand if it is my arms dropping too quickly.

I know that I am coming inside but I don't know how to turn my shoulders on a steeper angle, I kind of just turn them horizontally.

thanks I fixed it