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I went out to the course today and just thought of letting the club fall naturally down to the ball sort of letting gravity just take over and the contact I made today was much more consistent. Thanks for the help guys

Lol yeah, it's not like im chunking it, or blading it across the green, Im just hitting these greenside shots to like 15 feet, cathcing it a groove or two too high or low all the time where I should be hitting them inside 5 feet. I know a lot of it has to do with feel, but its hard to stay consistent if i'm not catching the sweet spot consistently.

Im having trouble hitting the ball solid from around the green to about 30 yards out, i tend to catch the ball a little thin, and if i try to correct it, it seems i'm catching it a little heavy, I had someone tell me it looked like i was coming in too shallow, too much like a full swing but not sure if thats the case or not

Turns out my Grandma's first cousin was Bert Yancey who use to play on the PGA tour in the 70's and almost one a couple majors. I can't believe nobody in my family told me this until now but I was actually watching the Lee Travino documentarty on the Golf Channel with my uncle and they mentioned his name, and my uncle said oh there's Bert, and I was like you know him? and he then proceeded to tell me how we were related lol. Couldn't believe it, I got to hear lots of interesting stories and how Bert did not care for Jack Nicklaus at all lol.

Sounds like me. I've had so many people ask me why I drop my clubs all the time, and I tell them it's to keep me from breaking them/ throwing them and it's the honest truth. I've only thrown a club once in my lifetime and felt like a complete ass for doing it, so now after a bad shot I just drop it and say colorful string of cuss words and if i'm still mad take my anger out on the teebox by unleashing on a driver. A really long drive makes me feel better even if I'm in an adjacent fairway lol

I'm having a problem pulling the ball, I'm pretty sure its because I'm over rotating my hips, and when i try to correct it by coming inside, im coming out of the shot and blocking it. Does anyone have any swing thoughts or drills to help me because man my swing is in a funk.

Cudi is a genius

I remember thinking he had a lot of potential but I don't think I've heard anything about him in like the past year and a half. Is he still injured?

I'd say abs, and legs have a lot to do with it. Look at a guy like Dustin Johnson, he has a ton of core strength (can do a full swing on a balance ball) as well as leg strength (does one legged squats, and can dunk the hell out of a basketball) While you don't have to be have to be strong to hit the golf ball far, it definitely helps. Look at the long drive competitions, 90% of those guys are JACKED.

Because you have absolutely nothing to blame but yourself. In team sports you can put the blame on your teammates but in golf if you play bad, it's all on you.

I guess I took the question differently. The only time I pick up a golf ball is if I find some in the woods, looking for my own golf ball. (there are trees EVERYWHERE on my home course)

The family business my granddad started has about a 110 yard field I hit those kind of balls and work my wedge game, and once I collect a lot I usually just blast drivers and long irons into the woods. A family friend hunts on the land and said he stumbled across one ball in the woods, and since appearently it was a slow day hunting wise, he said he just started searching the woods for golf balls, he must have brought me back 75 balls lol.

Tiger Woods 9 under Rory 11 under Lee Westwood 8 under

hahahahahaha

Not really. I listen Keegan as one of my least favorites but I was happy when he won the PGA. I like him being a fierce competitor but man that routine gets on my nerves!!

I'll give you Ray Lewis but I have a hard time believing Kobe "raped" that girl. I'm not old enough to remember McEnroe, I know he had a temper, but I don't think he was always feeling sorry for himself?

I see what you mean, but when I look at Holly I don't pay much attention to her legs

Yes Sergio would be more well liked if he was a winner, however if he was he wouldn't have the same attitude he has now. No top athlete ever has had the on course (field, court, etc) demeanor that Sergio has. No winner is always making excuses and blaming everyone but themselves when they lose. All top athletes turn that anger and passion into something good, not bad. If Sergio were a winner I think his attitude would be more like it was when he was at Madina. Remember when he sunk that long birdie putt on the par 3 and gave that huge fist pump and stared Tiger down because he was on the tee box of that par 3, it was almost as to say "I'm not going anywhere I'm not scared of you" Where the hell has that attitude from Sergio gone? Also I'd like to point out that all those athletes/coaches you mentioned have their fair share of critics too.

It's funny how many people do half squats because they think it's less stressful on the knee.

I gotta say the season finale pissed me off too. First of all you mean to tell me after the governor went all ape and killed almost his entire town Martinez and the other dude just hopped in the truck with him??? Also Rick deciding to turn the prison into a nursing home didn't sit too well with me either. Hopefully the next season is much better

Exactly! Golfers have probably been cussing ever since the game started, and its a fact that athletes of every sport cuss. I could care less if someone says f*** after a bad shot, there humans and it feels a lot better to let a few cuss words than saying "well darn I sure did mess up that shot, gosh darn it"

To me Sergio's emotion is nothing like Tiger at all. Like another poster said Sergio is more of a "woe is me type" he pretty much blamed a higher being when he lost the British Open to Paddy. Tiger's anger tends to be an immediate reaction to a bad shot, Sergio tends to hold onto it throughout a round. Tiger's on course demeanor makes him a better player, and Sergio's makes him worse. Sergio has all Tiger's negative attributes on the course, but none of the positives. I'm not saying I like it when Tiger kicks his clubs or slams his driver down but if that's what he has to do to release his anger then so be it. Much better than letting that anger carry on (like Sergio)

I'm disagreeing that Tiger should change his own course behavior. I think his own course emotion (the cussing, the club dropping, the visable frustration with himself) is all fine. It's part of what makes Tiger who he is, many people love Tiger, even those that don't golf because they see how much he truly cares.

Sorry but I have to disagree with everyone on Tiger. What makes Tiger so compelling to so many people is his on course demeanor. The guy is simply much more fun to watch than almost any other golfer. If Tiger wasn't doing his signature fist pump after draining big putts and showing emotion (which includes cussing) on his mad shots then he wouldn't be fun to watch.

I think we need to give the "pga tour players shouldn't cuss because its ungentleman like" case a rest. My Grandma had a first cousin that used to play on tour in the 70's (almost won the masters a couple times) and my Granddad use to tell me he had one of the worst mouths he ever heard in his life ESPECIALLY on the golf course. People swear in every sport, hell baseball players even cuss in the homerun derby, and if you ever watch Kevin Garnett closely he say f*** about 20 times a game, and half the time he's talking to his self. If someone chooses not to cuss on a golf course thats fine, but don't get mad at me because I do. As the OP said cussing is fun!