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Awesome, thanks for the replies guys.

I have also been weight training as well so I don't think I've lost much in the way of strength. The couple good drives I've had, I crushed them. I'll go check out that subforum, and work on getting video of my swing. Thank you!

Hi there, This is my first post because I am totally lost and didn't know where to seek answers so I thought I would try the ol internets. For the past 10 years I have been golfing quite a lot. My handicap was an 11 two years ago and I was making steady progress year after year. Last June I got sick of being fat and started losing weight. Last summer i really struggled with golfing, I was getting worse and worse as the year went by. This spring I have been so incredibly bad that it's been embarrassing. Im starting to realise that it likely has something to do with being down 100lbs. Maybe my timing is off now, maybe because I'm not swinging around a giant belly my mechanics are all messed up. I'm hoping someone can give me some ideas as to what worked for them. I can't even really feel what I'm doing wrong. The weird thing is how good my swing feels now, my finish position feels nice. My drives keep being going way right and then slicing on top of that... Which leads me to think that I'm coming through with very open hands.. I'm trying to close them faster but then I pull hook the ball.. there seems to be no happy place where the drives are going straight. I've always struggled a little bit with my drivers but now my irons (which I used to be very accurate with) are getting extreme top spin. Like the ball starts going up and then dives so hard to the ground. And again my swing feels so good that I'm at a complete loss of words. The only part of my game that I'm still decent at is less than 100 yards, chipping and pitching and putting. I wish I could go see a golf coach but I live 2 hours away from the nearest golf academy. I'll take any advice, some things to try at the range, I would also like to hear if others experienced this. Funny thing is there is another golfer I talked to at the course who lost 70 lbs since last year and he says he can't hit a damn thing anymore either.