chaprichard

like you said - you are dipping on impact. Keep you feet firmly on the ground during the backswing - you should not be raising your right foot at all. Your backswing is too long for a wedge - 3/4 is a far back as you should go with this club - so you are struggling to get the club back to the correct position at impact. Watch the pro's - they have short back swings with wedges even when they are going for a big shot. Your swing looks pretty good aside from the raising of your feet / dipping...

You might be right but usually hitting the hosel would result in an almost right angle shank and you would feel it in the club - it would have a really clunky sound / feel. You would get no distance at all A shank is most likely to happen with your wedges - not 6,7 8 iron - which indicates you are not swinging through properly. He's how you can find out... Put some chalk on your ball (or pen on your club face) - see where the chalk mark ends up on the club face after you hit it. Also - take a nice divot and see which direction it points to - my guess is it will be well left of target. Get back to me as I am intrigued now...

I agree - most mid handicap players will lose more stokes on their short game than their long. But if you take the average driving skill of a mid handicapper - if they uses the driver on every par 4 / 5 - they will inevitablly be in the thick stuff at least once or twice in a round. Those shots kill a card. You'll never improve your short game if you fighting your way out of the rough every other hole. figeratively speaking....

Very common and extremely annoying. It's likely that you are swinging out to in, coming right across the ball and striking the ball off the toe with a closed club head. Does it feel like the club is twisting in your hand? If so a lot of golfers compound the problem but tightening their grip. Try this - hold the club as a lightly as you can - 2 on a scale of 10...10 being the tightest. Then take a 3/4 back swing - and really focus swinging the club down the line of the target with a full follow thru. Always go back to basics when you suddenly start having problems.

1. Don't moan, or get aggrevated when you hit really bad shots, 2. Don't apologise for hitting bad shots 3. Don't take too long on your pre shot set up. Don't do loads of practice swings - 1 will do. 4. If you are hacking around really badly, it's good to sometimes to pick the ball up and tell your partner - I'm going to play this where your landed if you don't mind... 5. Don't rush your shots.

There should be 2 differences with your driver... 1. A longer backswing with less wrist action. 2. Sweaping action through the ball - you should strike the ball on the upswing - as appossed to the downswing with irons.

longer distance = further into the thick stuff when you hook / slice it. Mid handicappers and up should never take the driver out of their bag.

The rule of thumb is to keep your left are straight - but don't force it to lock...this will cause tension. A slight bend is no problem - just look at Kenny Perry - he bends his arm a lot.

Likely to be 1 of 2 common faults...weak grip or mis-timed downswing. If your grip is too weak, you will open the clubface at impact - it will then go high and slice. If your not slicing the ball then it's likely your downswing.... Could be that your snapping your wrists too quickly on the downswing - often caused by whipping your right hand too much before impact. Most golfers try to force the club with their right hand to get distance, but this is a mistake. The clubhead gets in front of your hands and opens the clubface. Instead of your left arm and club shaft being in a straight line at impact - it looks more like "5 o'clock" position. You will lose a lot a distance with this.