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Planning a trip later this month with my Dad and we want to stay somewhere in Houston or in the general area. The perfect scenario would be a hotel with a nice golf course on premises. Last time we went, we GolfNow'd everything and it wasn't bad but he likes the convenience of the course right at the hotel. I checked the Woodlands resort but their hotel isn't available for our dates. Anything within 30 minutes or so of Houston would be perfect. Thank you all!!

So happy with all the feedback. Didn't expect this community to be so helpful (no offense!) but that's awesome.This weekend I'm DEFINITELY getting my swing properly recorded. I played yesterday.. Shot 39. My home club is only 9 holes and no driving range so you always have to go cold turkey out there (hate that) but I focused on making sure the clubface was square and i had only 1 maybe 2 pulls. I was getting about a 3-5 yard fade and hitting my clubs good, not great, but good. And i was so happy with the 39. 3 Boges 6 Pars, few looks at good birds. The clubface being square though.. you guys were right. Is there any drill or any mental notes to make that would help with this? My driver did slice 20-30 yards once or twice but also hit some nice solid drives.

Little background info on me since i am new but am excited to be here! I am 25 and very limber. Played baseball growing up, football in college, and now go to the gym a lot. I'm a strong guy and feel like i should be able to swing the club with some speed. Timing doesn't seem to be the issue. I've timed the ball perfectly, swinging easily on the range, to be shocked to look up and see the ball fly left. I try to work on my game everyday, literally. I need/want a swing that allows me to swing the club, in control but with speed, to play at my full potential. The slow motion practice is what I tried.. But.. When i feel that "perfectly squared club face" I STILL pull it left. That's what makes me think that grip could be the problem. I think that if I keep my grip and work on squaring my club face at impact.. I may achieve hitting it straight a portion of the time. I don't want to square the face AT impact, I want to square the face THROUGH impact and I don't want to be thinking, "Boy if i don't square this up perfectly.. it's gone left." That will surely bring negative thoughts and therefore negative results. Does this make sense? Thanks again for the feedback! I'm going to collect some videos and start a My Swing tonight!!

Hello Everyone, Virginia was blessed with great weather this weekend and I took full advantage. I've been working hard on my game through the winter and have made improvements. Went from a 12 handicap to 9 in 3-4 months but played plenty. I've worked on the "one piece takeaway" and am making much better, consistent, strikes on the ball. But.. EVERY round I will always lose balls to the left. My good rounds will typically only have just a few of these. But recently it's been even worse. I've video recorded my swing multiple times. I know I struggle with going over the top so I shortened up my backswing pretty significantly and that did help. I shot 36 the next day (previous day, same course, shot 44). But the miss left is worse now. It almost always stays very low (sometimes my drives dont get over 5 feet) and begins to the left with draw. It's a very uneasy feeling to tee off with trouble on the left. Yesterday, I played and struggled going left again so I shortened up majorly. I STILL was pulling it left. It was smooth, easy, short swings too. Even the Pitching wedge was pulled. I was so puzzled. Everything felt so natural and easy, I was just befuddled how it was going that far left. I hit it solid too. After marinating on that salty round, it hit me. Could it be my grip? I feel like im coming through so easy and my timing/tempo is fine. My right hand is not really on top of the club though and I've recently read that it could be that. Has anyone every experienced this type of feeling before that could relate? All my shots stay low, go left, and draw to different degrees. I do have a strong grip. Thank you all SO SO SO much!