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Today I practiced with tour tempo on the range for the first time. I had done no work at home before. I am around 13 hcp, and have difficulty with the consistency of my swing. I would say that when I strike my irons good (all the way from the wedges to my 15° hybrid), my ball flight is something a low single digit hcp would be quite happy with. On the course, this is about 1/3 of the shots. The other 2/3 I have a tendency to cast the club from the top, with significant loss of contact, power, flight and all. Also, I have a quite centered swing, with a lot of input from SnT and similar. Now to my training session with tour tempo. I skipped all drills and went right to the full swing. I started with the 24/8 and did 10-15 practice swings, while listening to the beats. Then I hit 10-15 balls with my 8 iron, most of them quite good, but I felt the swing was slightly too slow for me. I switched to 21/7, which immediately felt right. I would say I hit about 100 balls while listening to 21/7, mostly 5-irons, but also some 21° hybrids, 8-irons and the occational driver. The results were very good; I would say 4/5 of my 5-irons had a penetrating, powerful yet high, really nice ball flight. Even better then when I struck it good before, and with much higher consistency. Distance was better than before as well, with my 21° hybrid flying 190 yards+ (with driving range balls which fly 10-15% shorter). This is really encouraging; however I am a little worried how easy it will be to keep the feeling without the tones in my ear. On Wednesday I am playing my home course, will be interesting for sure!

The Stack and Tilt Swing: The Definitive Guide to the Swing That Is Remaking Golf

My brain says McDowell, but I have a gut feeling Tiger will play some good golf this week

I really like this swing, it is a powerful SnT swing that really fits my eye. But iacas and other experts, is this a good swing to compare to/work towards?

Thanks alot for all great replys!

Hi, I just started applying stack and tilt principles, and it feels I'm making progress. However I'm looking for a good face on and DTL video of a good stack and tilt swing, which I can use in V1 golf. Any tips?

James_Black, Randy4h, westcyderydin, soloredd: Thanks for the feedback! I do not have a down the line video now, but it will come soon. The reason for my swaing is probably that I have been working alot keeping the weight on my right foot until I begin the downswing. Before I straightened my right leg in the backswing causing me to get the weight over to my left foot at the top of the swing. Seems I have overcompensated now... I will try to focus on keeping the weight "in the middle" of the right foot, not towards the outer edge...

Now I have a new video uploaded, recorded at 200 fps. I'm hitting a 5 iron. I have worked alot on keeping my right knee bent during my backswing to make sure I keep most of the weight on that leg before I start the downswing. I have made progress, however when I look at this video, it looks like my right knee/leg gets into a weird position. It dosen't feel bad, but maybe I will end up with knee trouble if I continue with this swing? And I know I have the ugliest follow through :P

My main focus before the season starts (probably in April here in Sweden) is to get more hip/leg action in my swing. The key is probably to keep my right leg from straightning too much in the back swing...

I use the interlocking grip and have similar problems with my right pinky. The finger can be really sore after alot of golf, with pain when pushing the finger in a certain way. I will try to learn to use the Vardon grip, since this pain won't seem to go away...

Thanks for all comments! As prio one, I will improve my posture, this probably the easiest change also :) Then focus on overswing and hip rotation. Need warmer weather though, we have had -5 to -10 degC for like two months now, too cold for driving range :( My friend just got a Casio camera with slow motion video recording, so hopefully I can upload better vidoes in some time...

Hi! 2010 will be my third season playing golf. The first season I went from 36 to 27, and last season from 27 to 18. The goal for 2010 is to get below 12 hcp, but to do that, I need to get a more consistent swing I think. I hit the ball a decent way, expected carry with 7i 175-180 yds (but my Cobra FP 7i is more like a 6.5i), and expected carry with driver is 255 yds+. But I think the distance is more because I'm in quite good physical shape, than a good, efficient swing. I see four major areas of improvement: 1. I overswing alot even with a 9I 2. At the top of the swing, the club points WAY right of the target, probably gets worse with the overswing 3. I initiate the swing too much with the upper body, need to include the lower body alot more 4. Terrible posture, way too bent back So, swing experts, I cannot fix all this at once, what should a focus on first? Maybe is it something not listed at all... Grateful for any input!

2010 goals: 1. Get below 12.0 hcp 2. Make the cut in the club championship

I'm looking to replace my trusted 18° Baffler DWS, since when I picked up my 909H 21°, the Baffler is too close in distance. I will most likely pick up a 909H 15° or a 909F2 15.5° to replace it. Other than that, I will try to keep what I have, unless I find a really good deal on some new or used AP2s

I haven't seen the x86. I did however choose between the x96 and the x97. I chose the x97 since I feel the x96 is a little too small/lightweight to be my only bag. I don't use a cart, so I didn't check how to mount it.

I picked up a Titleist Premium Stand Bag today. It's called x97 on Titleist's Swedish site. Seems solid.

Hi, I have Cobra FP II irons, 4-GW, with the NSpro 1030H stiff steel shafts. They are solid clubs, imho good looking for a "semi" G.I iron. Off-center hits often go a long way, so they are definitely forgiving. They only problem I have is that I really want a 3-iron, which seems to be hard to find.

Hi, I'm a fairly new golfer (started in 2008 and currently at 19.1 hcp). I'm 27 years old and in quite good physical shape. My standard ball-flight is a medium-high draw. My average/expected length with the long clubs are as follows: Driver: ~270 yards Hybrid, 18°: ~220 yards 4-iron: ~200 yards On some courses I regulary play, I often miss a club between the hybrid and 4-iron on long par 3:s. I really like hitting my 4-iron, which I feel gives more control compared to the hybrid. So my plan is to try and get a 3-iron for my set. Since I have 4 wedges, that would get my a total of 14 clubs. However I often feel (especially on par 5:s) that I would benefit from a longer club below the driver. I'm thinking of replacing the 18° Cobra hybrid with either a 16° Cobra Baffler TWS or even better a Titleist 909H 15°. With the two latter, can I expect hitting at least 230-235? I feel hybrids are easier to hit from the FW compared to a 3-wood, however I have not tested hybrids with a lower loft that 17° before. Thanks for any tips!

I really hoped Tom would make the put at 18, but when he missed, it felt Cink had the upper hand from the start. Anyway, interesting tournament. Unfortunately my favorite Henrik Stenson couldn't really pull it together to contend. Still a decent T13-finish, to go together with the top10 at the US Open.

I am certain that in 5-10 years, there will be no doubt that Tiger is the greatest ever. However, today, I would rank Tiger and Jack about equal...

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