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Im very good at the low burner from under trees so that wouldnt be in my top 5. 1. Severe downhill lie in the roung. 2. Plugged bunker shot from fairway bunker. 3. 20-40 yard flop over trees. 4. Plugged greenside bunker in the lip 5. Over hazard to close side pin.

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I knew there had to be someone else out there that's went through the same problem I was hoping to find a drill or something someone has used to fix it. I played 18 today and had zero confidence after hitting about 50 balls all irons on the range. Hit the first 5 SW shots great then as soon as I thought I had it boom going right. I started taking L to L swings with my feet together working on turning my hands over. Hit roughly 50% of em pushed out to the right worse with my longer irons. I said at the first tee this is going to be a rough round. Only to my surprise my first to last iron shot on the course was dead where I aimed with the exception of a 193 yard par 3 I pushed a 5 iron about 10-15 yards right. My problem today was I sliced every drive except 2. I was 2/14 fairways hit. I guess it's back to the range tomorrow. Now it's driver again

I have a theory as to what is going on here but would like to hear what you guys think and also any tips for the range you may have. ( please exude any spelling errors I'm on my cell phone at work). So I had a dymo 2 str8 fit regular shaft 10.5 loft. ( anniversary present) my driver swing speed is 106-111 but I learned how to hit it with ease. My irons have always been deadly. Extremely accurate and I bomb them. 140-143 PW and 6/9 yards on each iron up. Well I had some extra money and wanted to be fitted for a new driver. It's was Nike vr pro 9.5 stiff. So went from 10.5-9.5 regular to stiff and square to round head. My first round with it was ugly. 100-150 yard snap hooks left right off the tee. After 3 rounds and a range session I am bombing this thing down the heart but now my irons are gone. 20-30 yard pushes right and even some shanks right and some slices( i hit a natural draw). This is totally outrageous and killing me. Even my 60 and 56 and therey money clubs. Now my theory is trying to straighten out the nasty hook with the new driver it's causing me to be less Agressive with my hands causing in open face I already know I come a little inside hence the natural draw but I feel I'm taking my same iron swing as before. What do you think and do you have any drills I can use at the range today? Ive come to know that you can pretty much spray your drives all over the place as long as your irons are great you can shoot 70s low 80s but when your irons are all over the place it doesnt matter if every drives down the middle your scores going to suffer Got a tournament Monday thank you for any help

Just read a article on Comcast homepage that stated Tiger Woods is leaving sex addiction rehab where he could not practice Golf and practice for a return to the Accenture match play championship in 2 weeks. I was a little skeptical at first but i did a search on Google and found many websites and articles also stating the same thing. I my self feel that he needs to come back for the sake of himself and Golf as a sport. I have missed him and im sure alot of other people who are fans of Tiger have missed him also. Im not sure how good he will play but this will help him get back on track if he wants to catch and pass Nicklaus.

God this is a tough one. It all really has to do with the courses you play, your confidence level in the said club and what other clubs you have to replace it. I love my 60. I use it when im short and got to fly a bunker to a close pin. Alot of the course around where i live the greens are elevated with bunkers all around the front. So when your around the bunkers the 60 comes in hand. I use my SW alot to. My wedges are my best friend. I also have mastered the art of the flop shot, the backspin shot and the bump in run. It depends on you yourself. Noone can really tell you what to play with. Mickelson played with 2 drivers in his bag before.

I would start with posture. If i knew how to work a video editor i would show you the difference in my posture over the last year. The easiest way to fix it is infront of a mirror. You want to stick your buttocks out and up in the air and straighten your spine so that your back is flat. Bend your knees infront of a mirror and do this and you will notice a huge difference. You will not see anyone on tour and any good golfer of that matter with a slouched back and horrible posture. That would be the main thing i would work on first.

My 2 cents. I would never walk in there with a plan. You dont walk in a start saying this is what i want to do or this is what i want to start with. The teacher is a PGA pro and he is going to know what you need help with after seeing your swing. I personally never even heard of starting off with putting and chipping like the other guy said. Whats best to do and whats most likely going to happen is your going to walk in there. He or she is going to tell you to warm up for 5-10 minutes. There going to come in after your warm and tell you to hit a couple 6-7 irons shots and watch you. After you hit a few balls hes going to either tell you whats going on with your swing or show you via video. You want to be completely honest. Tell him your problems, your mis hits, your goals and the shots you find difficult. Listen to everything he or she says. Now that you've done some talking, make sure that you let the pro reciprocate. After the pro has evaluated both you and your swing, he or she will be able to give you feedback on where you should go from there. So keep listening. In fact, take notes if you have to. Dont rate your success or failure of a lesson in how many balls you hit. You can hit very few shots and have a very productive lesson. An instructor may have you repeat a certain swing in an attempt to develop a swing thought, or feel. You will notice when the suggested change is becoming more effective. Let the professional tell you when to hit and what club to use. Another thing is never hit a ball while the instructor is talking to you. You want to be all eyes and ears. Its a big no-no to sit there practice swinging and hitting balls while there telling you something. Your going to have doubts too. Your going to be changing things like your stance, posture, grip ect. and not feel comfortable but you have to stick with it. It will get better believe me. Your going to be changing for the better not worse. Last but not least after your lesson ask questions. He or she should tell you what to practice on in between lessons but make sure you also ask questions, no question is a stupid question. They have heard them all and yours is no different. You pay them good money and you want to get everything you can out of them. Good Luck man and dont get discouraged. Keep it at and it will pay off in the end.

Hard to see your swing plane with the camera so low. The only swing you can see is the one staright on. I would try setting the camera back a little farther so we can see the full swing not just the ball being hit. In the face on is your right elbow going out like a baseball swing. A.K.A Chicken wing? Its hard to tell but thats what it looks like. Need to see a camera angle from behind full swing.

Your swing plane looks good and so does your CHS. I see what your saying about the lower body. Your lacking the hip rotation in the start of your backswing. Thats a wierd loooking little place your in hitting balls. I would love to have something like that around here. We have a few outdoor ranges and 1 indoors about 20 miles away. They got greens and real sand bunkers there and you can play 18 in the simulator but its just to expensive. Good looking swing and keep up the good work. Nice blog.

Will we still get the points from what is done today?? I have Matt Kuchar just killing it and jumped to co leader. I benched Weir and started Kuchar. I also got 2 other guys in the top 10 so im hoping these stats count

Yea i jumped from like 25th to 7th with this tournament. Hey quick question. Whats the deal with me trying to set my line up for the final day today yet it says Farmers Insurance and is telling me i have a couple guys not starting and to select a new roster. I sent them an email. They need to fix it asap. We got the final day today and i have 3 guys in the top 10.

First thing noone mentioned but was the very first thing i seen in your swing is you take the club inside on the backswing. On your backswing you are not in the zone. Your coming inside then when you get to the top your making a over the top move and then your downswing is coming through the zone. You want to take the club back on the same plane as your down swing. The way it goes back is the exact way you want it to go down. You lose alot of of distance and accuracy doing this. When you take the club back on the proper plane, drop your hands and then downswing. The move at the top to get back on plane is going to make you hit incosistant shots and lose power. If i hand you a 20lb bag and tell you to throw it as far as you can, your going to swing it back and to the top and right down and forward. You wouldnt swing it around your hips, then up then over and back down. The best drill for that is to put a chair or anything on a slant behind you and take practice swings. So if you go to take the club inside you will hit it. It will train your arms to go back and down on the same plane to avoid hitting it. The rest are easy things to fix. Your posture. You can just stand infront of a mirror. You will never see any good golfer bent over with a slouched back. You want to bend the knees a little bit, stick your butt out and up and straighten your spine. Also your hip rotation. Your starting your backswing and your downswing with your arms and not your hips. You want to turn your back right pocket back "Right Hip" to start your backswing and then your arms follow. When you get to the top you want to drive your lower body forward and then your arms will follow. You want everything to look fluid and effortless. Last but not least you look a little off balance. Heres a website with some drills for tempo and balance. http://golf.about.com/od/golftips/a/balance_drills.htm Hopefully this helps and good luck with improving your golf game. May all your balls fly far and straight.

Yea my club looks exactly like / when im waist high on the follow through and i hit the ball dead straight, if i miss hit it will fade right but not bad maybe 5-10 yards at the most. The pro's who i talk to and swing with are the ones telling me that its bad and it should be like the 2nd one straight up and maybe even a little more closed. Im having a huge problem with it because im trying to explain to them that the way it is like / is hitting it straight. They dont want to hear that. So im going back Friday and going to fool around and hit some balls with John who is a pro around here and tell him i have been practicing with his roll the forearms and club face straight and im hitting hooks. Nothing worse then paying $ and getting negative results. Not saying what he is saying is wrong because i ahve watched some videos of great golfers who do do that and are great golfers. For some reason its not working for me tho. I like the way it feels and the way the ball flies with the club face at / rather then closed or straight up. Im trying to get better ball striking with my irons thats why i have been talking to him so maybe i just have to stick with it a couple more weeks and it will work. I dont know. What do you think?

When my club is at my waist line on the backswing my toe is up, then after my full backswing and i hit the ball if you pause the slow speed camera when its at my waist line after i hit the ball the toe is a little open and not pointing straight up. I had numerous talks with 3 different pros and they all tried to get me to roll my right forearm over to where you couldnt see my glove on my left hand to where my arms made and X and my toe was up at my waist line on the follow through. I found this very uncomfortable on my follow through and it has a tendency to make me hit hooks. When i swing the origanal way and my toe is a little open i hit the ball straight. Maybe once in a while hit a fade but not much. I dont understand why everytime i see a pro and hit balls thats the only thing i am told is wrong with my swing. This is and exact quote from the last pro i have seen. " You have a great swing, your backswing stays on plane, your downswing is right in the strike zone and you have alot of power. The only thing you need to work on if you want to get a little better ball striking is put a glove in your left elbow and take half swings. Go half way back to toe up, swing down and hit the ball, roll your forearm over and get the toe up on the half swing follow through". I dont think its really helped my ballstriking at all to tell you the truth. Im going back this Friday to talk to him again. Im going to see what he says about my swing now.

My irons always look new because i take good care of them. Golf equipment is not cheap. I have been asked the same question plenty of times at the course and at the range. 1st i won a groove sharpener. After every couple rounds i will re sharpen all my grooves. It actually re cuts the metal and keeps them in perfect condition. 2nd I own a kit called the Club Cleaning Kit. Its made by Golf Digest. Its around $10 and with the purchase you get a free year subscription to Golf Digest which is worth it. It comes with 3 brushes, 1 wire, 2 Nylon. It also comes with a cleaning solvent, metal polish, grip restore, 1 cleaning sponge and 1 polishing cloth. It is well worth it and keeps your equipment looking fresh. If im not re grooving or cleaning and polishing my clubs i will atleast wipe them down with a wet towel after a round. My irons are in mint condition and i intend on keeping them that way as long as i can. It also helps he re sale value if you ever want to trade them in for a new set. I also agree with the answer's of keeping them on or around the fairway aslo. If your hitting your clubs out of dirt and trees there going to hit small rocks and pebbles and get damaged. Its as simple as that.

Theres a few things that swaying could be. The main reason why a golfer will sway is a locked back knee during your backswing or before. 2nd is if you sway at the top of your backswing your putting to much weight on your back leg producing a reverse pivot. In addition to the previously mentioned problems, the sway also puts the back hip in a position that does not allow any lateral movement during the backswing. This happens because the hip is out of line with the leg and locks the joint about 1/4th of the way into the backswing. The result is a mostly arms, over the top golf swing that is not powerful and is hard to time. Now how do you fix it. Well 1st you have to take away the need for any lateral movement in the backswing. The next time you take your stance, once you are comfortable, simply angle your body from the hips up (keeping the hips centered on the feet), away from the target until your head is behind the ball and 70% of your body weight can be felt under the arch of your back foot. Your back knee should be flexed and you should keep it that way during the backswing. If you do these two simple adjustments to your setup, you should prevent the sway before you even start moving the golf club. Hope this helps.

Im going to go with an art. Just like in Basketball, when you shoot a 3 pointer you dont think of all the science behind the shot. You look at the rim and your brain tells your arms to throw the ball just hard enough to get it in the hoop and swish. When i go to hit a long putt i approach it the same way. I dont think of all the science behind it. I look at the slope of the green, look at the cup and hit the ball. Somehow i am an amazing putter and that is the best part of my game. I look at my line and take a practice stroke for my line, take another for my speed and the third hits the ball. It works for me.

I dont know why i pulled O'hair and started Cink for the final round. I dropped 15 places on the final day :( I need to make some moves this week.

I dont even know why i wrote that. I must have been in a wierd mood or something because now after i read what i wrote it sounds like im some kind of Dou**ebag. I dont know what the heck i was thinking about when i posted it. I also meant to give myself an overall B-. I gave myself a B by mistake. Im at a B- right now because my irons have been inconsistant. Not horrible, just not as good as i would like them to be. I took a lesson with a friend of mine who is a PGA Pro teacher last Saturday on my Irons and feel a little better with my ball striking. Im going to see him on Friday and next Saturday again and im hoping to hit the course and see what improvements i have made. I wish we didnt have such poor weather here where i live. Most of the ranges around here have been closed since Christmas.

Any music i hear on the radio these days is an F. Haha

Hey bud, sorry if i offended you in any way. I didnt mean it like that. I wouldnt expect anyone to give themselves an F unless they were really horrible. I actually did not see your post and i dont know what grade you gave yourself..

My GG has always had the spin rate and the yardages are horribly off. Also Dicks owns GG and when Dicks buys used clubs they sell them at there GG store thats closest to them. My Dicks has a Simulator but im not sure if you can rent them out. Every sim i have ever hit in was different then the other. Theres nothing realistic about any sim i have ever hit in.

I like the idea of this thread. Tho i have read all the pages and some people are a 25 Handicap and giving themselves B+, B, B- and C's. I dont believe your Golf game can be a B if you shoot in the high 90's. Anywho here are my grades. Driving- B. I can work my Driver well, Hit fades, draws and right down the middle. I cant give myself an A because i believe to deserve an A in anything you have to be the best at it and im not im very good tho. Irons- C. My Iron game as of late has been a little sketchy. Sometimes im on fire, sometimes im off this year. Therefore my grade is average. Short game- B+. Tho my irons have been a little sketchy my 56-60 and bump and runs have been amazingly great. I have been working the ball above average around the greens this season and im very happy with it right now. Putter-A. Putting is the best part of my game. I have been draining everything from everywhere. It cant get any better for me. This is where i save my score all the time. I hit 30+ footers like some people hit 6 footers. Overall Grade- B. My game is a little above average right now but theres always room for improvement. If i get my irons going this upcoming season i would like to get my Grade to a B+.

I am a huge fan of using Ebay for clubs. I have saved myself alot of money using it. Tho i hate the selling fees that goes with selling clubs on there, buying them is great. Alot of people will say watch out for fakes and all that but its really easy to spot a fake. You normally know what your getting just by checking the sellers information and feedback. I have purchased clubs on Ebay and then resold them and made money doing it. Now for seeling them on Ebay set the lowest bid price at the lowest amount you would take for them and hopefully they get bid on and it increases. One mistake alot of people make is they will post a set of irons for 1$ thinking they will recieve alot of bids and they will be good. It doesnt always work like that. Set them at what you would want at the least and if they dont sell in the amount of days you have them listed for you can relist them again. Sometimes theres a small fee and sometimes they let you relist them for free. I do NOT recommend using Craigslist. Tho they have been getting better lately, theres no feedback and nothing you can look into about the person selling them. Alot of people get robbed on Craigslist including people i know. I would never use that site to buy or sell anything. If your looking for a job thats one thing but buying and selling is not a good thing to do on there site. Hope this post has helped you and goo luck on selling them clubs. I have never used the Market place on here so i cant give you any feedback on how good it is.