CyboNinja

Same for me. I'm 6'5". From what I've read elsewhere and my own experience it is harder for the tall people to make consistent contact. Sure we may have an easier time with SS but the cost is more mis-hits. Its also worth noting that the tallest PGA tour winner was Phil Blackmar at 6'7". Tallest to win a major was George Archer at 6'5".

I can drive it 250 easily if it goes straight-ish. And my best round this season has been a 93. You're doing a lot right. More than most of us. Don't get hung up on distance off the tee. I'd trade a great drive for a GIR anyday. Sure its fun to hit the longest one out there and puff your chest out a bit but at the end of the hole the only thing that gets written down is how many it took to get it in the cup. Keep doing what you been doing and perhaps find a few SS drills to help you get it out there longer. As a competitor, I wish I had your problem. PS- Not sure what ball you use but perhaps try a longer one. Its worth a shot if 20 extra yards makes that much of difference to you on a given hole.

Just because someone can hit it 250 doesn't necessarily mean they hit it well. My drives average 240-270 if I can keep it straight enough to be close to the fairway. And it's taken me a lot of work just to get my swing to that point. When I was younger I would swing for the fence on every drive. I've hit several over 300 and one even as long as 370 once. One single time. Back then if I kept 1/10 playable I was happy. I'd maybe hit 1/20 fairways. But now that I'm older and wiser I never swing at full speed. Now days I probably hit between 6-10 fairways per round if I'm playing decent. But I've never felt my drives were a strength of my game, I'm just big.

I play alone almost exclusively so I'm always getting paired up with randoms. But I do have a funny story about one time that I felt was worth sharing. We didn't really get paired up we just got stuck waiting for the same twosome. He was in front of me and also alone and I eventually caught him on the tees on 8. I asked him if he was playing a full round and he said yes. I asked if he was playing straight through and he said yes again. So I suggested we pair up because I was also. Dude was very cool. Turned out my good friend was an old coworker of his. Anyway now for the funny part of the round. 15 is a blind dogleg left. We each tee off and head over the bridge to see how our drives turned out. Mine caught a bit of the trees on the left and lost quite a bit of yardarge. He was sitting pretty on the right side of the fairway. We each had our own carts so I told him to go ahead take his shot when ready and I'd see him shortly on the green. My lie was light rough on the side of a hill left of the fairway maybe 200 out. I watch him take his shot then setup for my own. I took one last look at him and he was just putting his club back so I decided to let it fly. Being on the side of the hill I didn't compensate enough for the crooked launch angle. So I look up to track my ball and of course it's headed straight for him. At the point he is in his in his cart driving full speed toward the green. My ball came out too far right. I yelled "FORE" and watched as my ball perfectly bounced off the roof of his cart, while in motion. It looked like a 180 yard pass from Aaron Rodgers I swear. It starteled him pretty good and we both had a great laugh about after. In fact I still laugh to this day whenever I think about it.

I was speaking to the starter on the turn my last round out and I asked him "How do they determine where to put the tee markers on each hole? Is it relative to where the pin is that day? Like when the hole is more forward do they move the tee markers back?" He informed me that hole placement has little to do with it. Their main concern with regards to the placement of the markers is to preserve the grass on the tees. As they get more chewed up they move the markers around. He said that the distances given on each hole are measured from center of the tee box to center of the green. So my drive earlier that seemed to be about 290 based on proximity to the 150 marker was really more like 260-270. Still a good poke but easily 20 yards short of my best estimate when I was out there playing the hole. It was a par 4 420 and I drove it 10-15 past the 150 sticks. But the markers were all the way to the front of the tee boxes which added 10-15 yards to my estimate at the time.

You had the combination of a perfect release as well as perfect contact which is rare for most of us.

Range 2-3 times per week. 100 practice putts per day on my carpet while I'm watching TV or whatever and 1-2 days in a soccer field near my house to work on short irons. Roughly 10-15 hours/week since the weather broke here in Michigan. So for approximately 3 months now. Its a shame all the work I've put in practicing hasn't helped aside from my putting. I literally almost drove off the course my last round. I put thenscore card away and just practiced some more that day. But I will say one thing golf has taught me about myself is I may be slightly masochistic. Golf is a 4 letter word...

True but I almost always play alone. No one is ever waiting on me. If they are its because I'm waiting on the group ahead of me. Often times I'll be finishing my hole while the group ahead is still teeing off. Usually it's at that point when they'll ask if I'd like to play through or join their group. Then I simply say "That'd be great, thanks a ton". Then I'll usually slice one into the woods or over into the adjacent fairway because I'm rushing myself. But its nice to just walk up and take my shots and keep my rhythm going.

For this very reason I'll wait until they at least finish the hole. That way I can play the whole hole (haha) at my own pace. Then its back to sit and wait again at the next tee.

Practice my chipping and check on my fantasy baseball teams.

He means back foot away from the ball. A closed stance. While in a closed stance you physically change your swing plane to an inside-out path. Even with a natural out-to-in swing (think baseball) this will at least start the ball out straighter. However it I feel it's a poor long term fix. You lose club speed when you close your stance and you aren't going to "cure" your slice issues. If you always do this you can gain quite a bit of yardage by simply learning to hit it straight because of the clubspeed you will gain once you take a more traditional stance. When it comes to a slice it's almost always about the back elbow. It got too far away from your body most likely. Or possibly a grip issue. Try rotating your grip clockwise (for a RH) slightly (from 12 o'clock to 1 or 2 o'clock) and really focus on what your back elbow is trying to do. Then find a drill you like to help keep that elbow in. I really like the belt drill linked in the post above.

One course I play somewhat regularly the owner's dog rides around with the cart girls. It's cute as hell I'm not gonna lie. His name is Blue and he just rides shotgun with her. He looks just like Lassie and he'll sit there all good while she's serving the golfers. Never seen a dog on the course before there.

I did this a couple rounds ago. I was playing alone and stuck behind a pair of ~50s. I'm not very good but I do play fairly quick. Anyhow I was waiting at the tee. The hole was a blind dog left, ~400 yards or so. I knew I was close to them cause I had been right behind them for a while now. I didn't see them anywhere but still I waited a good 5-10 minutes at the tee. I honestly thought they both hit good drives and were on the green because I still hadn't seen them. So I teed one up and let it rip. As I'm losing sight of my ball around the treeline I see them come out from behind some trees to the right of the fairway and start heading toward where my drive went. By the time I got to my ball they had already hit their approach. I felt bad but I honestly thought they were on the green at that point because I hadn't seen them at all. My ball was about 10 yards behind the one guy's second shot. They didn't say anything to me but I did get a couple mean looking stares. I was sure to give them more room for the final 3 holes after that one. Had I gotten closer to them I would have apologized but they did pick up their pace so that was nice. I definitely wasn't trying to be one of those jerks though, it just sort of happened that way.

For the guys having trouble with slicing the ball I very highly recommend this drill. It will teach you to keep that elbow in.

Story of my life. My most recent round I had a personal best of 4x 1 putts but just wasn't hitting my irons well that day. My drives were so-so as were my chips. My biggest issue is with my back leg wanting to straighten up on my backswing which causes a mishit nearly every time.

I just try to be patient with my daughter. Kids just need to know they're loved. The examples of abuse mentioned in this thread should be as illegal as physical abuse imho. Kids can't protect themselves and when they have shit parents it's just terrible.

This is a great thread! Thanks for the lesson. This thread is actually how I discovered TST. I googled "how to hit a driver" or something like that and alas I found this. I gotta say, I do all thise things now and I still slice it sometimes. I am hitting most of them straight-ish though so there has been an improvement for me. Progress is good!

The longer my putt the wider I take my stance. It helps me to keep everything lined up on my longer strokes. Also I use my back foot as a reference for how far to draw back on my backswing so when I widen my stance it naturally makes my swing longer for longer putts.

Got set of Taylormade 200 irons (in pretty good conditon too) for $24 about a month ago off craigslist. You can find plenty of similar deals if you just take the time to search them out.

I ground the ball while I am squaring up my shot and while I'm getting into position. Then before I start my backswing I lift the clubhead and hold it just for a second. This allows my muscles to feel the added weight and make their micro corrections to my balance. If I can stay perfectly balanced throughout my whole swing I usually like the result.