DrMetal

Thanks for the feedback. Would you mind expanding a bit? Are you talking about the movement of the right (trailing) elbow, as in needing to keep it tucked in? I think I've been given that advice before, to keep the right elbow tucked in. This prevents the right shoulder from going too far out? Maybe that's what I need to work on.

Thank you for the feedback. Yes, I can see that. How would you suggest correcting that? To be honest, I don't think much about what my shoulders are doing in the backswing. During my backswing, I pretty much just concentrate on a few things: keeping my eye on the ball, keeping my left (leading) arm straight and strong, and swinging fast with good rotation. I really don't have a great concept of shoulder control. Appreciate the help!

@iacas @Vinsk @saevel25 Sorry for the bad initial angle, I hope these are better. They're two different attempts, but this is essentially my 7 iron (I average a distance of 150-160 yards, which I'm ok with, I'm not a long hitter). My biggest concern is this 10-15 degree pull. Would love to have any of your feedback. Thank you for all you do! This a great forum! Face on View (155 yards, 11 degree pull left) Down the Line View (7 iron, 161 yards, 12 degree pull left)

I see what you're saying. So I should work on turning more in my back swing, so that I don't have the swing my arms so far back?

I've been Playing Golf for: 10 years My current handicap index or average score is: +24 My typical ball flight is: pull if I hit if strong/well, slice if I hit it weak The shot I hate or the "miss" I'm trying to reduce/eliminate is: pull. I'm pulling my irons. Videos: I would love to have some feed back. This is a 7 iron, I'm using a SkyTrak launch monitor. This is one swing, and the attached screenshot is from the SkyTrak for this particular swing. I'm most concerned with my pull. I'm pulling the heck out of my irons. The swing feels good, I feel like I'm making good contact, getting good distance (170 yards with my 7-iron), but I just cant stop pulling.

Ok. So I have this problem: If I place the ball in the middle of my stance (when hitting my irons, like you're supposed to), I just can't seem to make good contact. I'm chunking it; it seems like I'm hitting way behind the ball, and my clubhead is not yet at the bottom of the swing trajectory (ie where it's supposed to be when contact is made). I'm not sure why this is. I think it may be because I'm not bending enough at the waist, leaning forward. I may be standing up too straight. If I place the ball forward in my stance (by as much as 3-4 ball lengths, especially with my long iron), I get nearly perfect contact . . . but with a hook/pull tendency.

If you place the ball too far up in your stance (when hitting irons), are you more likely to hook it or slice it? I think the answer is hook it, right? Assuming a straight and consistent club path in your swing, after your club head nadirs out at the bottom of your swing and you enter into your follow through, you start to close the face. So if you place your ball too far ahead in your stance, you will tend to hit is with a more closed faced, resulting in a hook. Does that sound right?

I agree! I can't help but wonder though: There are many great players with a deliberately slow backswing. What are they doing differently, why so slow, why does it work for them? Is a deliberately slow backswing necessarily a bad thing?!

Do you think a slow backswing is a swing killer? I've played with a slow back swing for years, thinking better to be slow in the backswing, to allow more time to think, to straighten and tense up the leading arm. But lately, it seems to be hindering me. I was tensing up too much in the backswing, not getting enough 'spring' in the foreswing (was getting 130 yards with my 7-iron, terrible). As soon as I sped up my backswing (to say 50-75% of that of my foreswing), I got the spring back, more power, even straighter, 7-iron = 160 yards.

Makes sense, thank you.

Ok. But if you're trying to stop the ball past the hole, on a downhill putt, there's certainly a danger in going past it too much, no?

In his book, Broadie states that for downhill puts, your target should be beyond the hole. Do you guys agree with this? When putting downhill, if you set your target beyond the hole, is there no concern you may hit well past it, leaving you a lengthy 2nd put?

Awesome! Thanks for sharing. The 3 beam strips you have there are to support the impact area right? Are these made of the cell foam? Don't worry about them breaking with impact? Do you need it?

An interesting idea! makes sense, I'll give it a shot. Thanks for sharing!

Is there a way to make a golf matt more realistic? To take away the bounce, make it feel more like real ground? I have a regular mat with a lot of bounce. I'm not looking to replace it. I was just wondering if there's a hack I could do to make it feel more like the ground?