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I've been Playing Golf for: 2.5 years My current handicap index or average score is: 12 My typical ball flight is: slight fade The shot I hate or the "miss" I'm trying to reduce/eliminate is: Pulls and Pushes Videos: www.swingacademy.com/videoPlayer.aspx?v1=10375-1 Just looking for some input and areas I can improve on. Made some swing changes this summer that have been working out pretty well for me. My problem is consistency. Sometimes I close the face a little expecting a fade and end up pulling it. Also when having to aim a shot to the left I almost always end up pulling or hooking it, which is probably mental but anyways... just looking for some advice here. Thanks

My vokey wedge has 12 bounce, and I have trouble hitting a full shot with it from the fairway. The best way I can describe the shot I usually hit is that the ball just comes off dead. It almost feels like i slide right under the ball (which I know is not the case). I am not hitting it fat, and when I hit other wedges I can hit a full shot with no problem. I dont really have the same problem with pitch shots for this wedge. Is it the high bounce that is causing this problem or maybe that the grooves are worn out (it is an old wedge)

A few weeks ago my irons were great and my driver sucked, so now I fix my driver, and my irons suck.. I am pushing EVERY single iron i try to hit. The only clubs I can hit right now are driver, woods, and wedges. I do use a slightly different swing for my driver and woods, dont know if thats normal or not. But any idea why I'm pushing these shots other than an open face?

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yea after shooting a 4 over front 9 the other day, played the same 9 holes, didnt get better than a bogey all day, hit 1 pure shot the whole day.. just when you think youve got it figured out, this game slaps you in the face

yea.. take a few days off and see if that helps usually does for me. except about 3 weeks ago I completely lost my driver swing. was hitting nothing but 180 yard duck hooks. just tried to simplify my swing by thinking of just turning away, turning through.. worked like a charm and ive finally got my swing back

sorry to hijack the thread but, on my 7-wedge shots i get maybe a foot or 2 of backspin, but mostly just make a big crater on the green and it hops back a little. am i just playing on really soft greens or what? not saying that I would want a lot of backspin, just curious

from the top of the backswing i let my arms just fall on their own for a little ways then accelerate through impact

i release a little early too, and have been suffering from driver hooks.. when i try to delay the release a lot of the time i hit a big push fade though so idk

you bragging or complaining? haha, atleast you score well when you play like shit

i have another question to add to this, how long did it take you to become a + hcp from the time you started playing? dont mean to hijack the thread, just curious how long it took you guys

it was only 1 or 2, most of them were near the center of the face, of course all of this is coming from the launch monitor that told me i was hitting 260 yard draws mid fairway so i would take it with a grain of salt. when i see a ballmark on the face it tends to be middle, maybe slightly to the inside

nah it was the heel, it could be falling back a little, i have also felt that my left shoulder comes through a little toomuch, my chest is pointing to the left of the target on my finish, i guess this could be part of the problem, it would make sense, shoulders pointing left, ball going left.

i have a very neutral grip. pretty sure i stand roughly the right distance from the ball, play it off the inside of my left foot.. launch monitor showed that when i missed the sweetspot it was towards the heel of the club. i guess that could have something to do with it, but the launch monitor didnt help much because it didnt show me hooking at all, but i went to the range right after and hooked the majority of my shots.

my driver has been giving me absolute fits lately.. been hitting these low hooks that go less than 200 yards. I always start the round with beautiful drives the first few holes and last couple holes, everything in between is shit. I used to hit my driver really well, was one of my best clubs, now i cant stand hitting it. I went to the golf shop, launch monitor showed me hitting 260 yard slight draws all day, range showed otherwise.. what could be causing this, im thinking that since the launch monitor showed something completely different maybe its something to do with how im teeing the ball or something, i have no idea this is making golf alot less enjoyable.. alot more fun using a 9 iron or wedge from the fairway then a 5iron from the rough

this has happened to me a few times.. if its a good ball like a prov1 ill keep it, if its shitty ill stomp it into the ground, run over it with the cart a few times, or if im by water ill toss it in there , and make sure they see it haha i wouldnt hit it back cause it would be my luck to hit somebody in the face or something and get sued

anyone?

if i did this I'd have to tee off with my pants around my ankles.. gotta play by the rules

yea, i guess you could go to the nearest golf shop and hit into the nets or whatever.. I know we went to Dick's a few snowy days and hit balls haha

go out and hit balls in the cold haha.. i started playing in january and was out hitting in sweatpants and coats almost every day either in the back yard or theres a course around here with a range that is basically a big field where you use your own balls and go pick them up

I noticed that on my grip, which i consider neutral, i have 2 knuckles showing on my left hand, thumb down the shaft at about 1 oclock.. but my right hand i have 0 knuckles showing, the V pointing to the right of my right shoulder, and my thumb coming sort of across the shaft. I know the right hand is improper, could this be causing problems? also could someone explain the proper way my right hand should grip the club?

i was struggling with the low hook with my driver also.. i was told to stand closer to the ball, now im hitting big fades, so if somebody has the answer, im in the same boat as this guy

on the 1st hole a par 5 i hit a pretty weak drive to the middle of the fairway, lands right behind a tree, a little right of it in the fairway.. decide to hit my 5 wood and try to draw it around the tree.. well it goes straight into the tree, hits a hard branch, drops right below the tree.. hit 5 wood again from there, complete slice that lands in the rough right side of the fairway.. was thinking this is going to be a rough day.. next shot from 50 yds out uphill, all i can see is the top of the flag. hit a good shot, walk to the green, no ball.. figured it went over, last place i checked was the hole and sure enough there it was.. ugliest birdie ever, but ill take it

well on a 520 yd par 5 i hit one that ended up right beside the 150 marker.. so i guess 370.. it was flat, no wind, but the fairways were pretty hard. but i checked it with google earth and it was accurate... but dont worry, i 3 putted for par, and I havent hit a drive near that far since, hell i can barely hit my driver anymore

from about 50 yards out i holed a 3/4 60* wedge. The hole was up hill with a bunker infront of it. all i could see was the top of the flag.. i knew it was nice, landed it a few feet past the bunker. walked up to the green , no ball. thought it couldnt have rolled over the green.. sure enough it was in the hole then a couple holes later one of my pitches from about 25 yards landed 3 inches from the hole.. woulda been nice, but ill take 1 for the day