chris_284

Hey Sand Trap, I'm looking for some knowledgeable swing guru's to give me some feedback on my swing. Today was my first day swinging a club again since last fall. I hit a few balls out of my bucket and then had my friend use my phone to record a couple swings. Does anyone have any feedback on what I could do to improve my swing, or what I am already doing good at? I typically shoot about a 95. Usually between 91-102. 91 being my best ever. Lookin to break 90 this year with some help! Here are the videos's 7 Iron from Front at normal speed and slo-mo 7 Iron from Back at normal speed and slo-mo

The hate is strong in this thread. On first read, it sounds like your reason to wanting to become good at golf is to 'go pro', be famous, money, etc. It's as if the dollar signs, women, and fame are flashing before your eyes. However, of course if would be possible. Only with a true love of the game though, not a love for future fame. After you've practiced for 4 months in a row, 10 hours a day, are you still gonna want to do it the next day. For the summer, why don't you just play the game. See if you enjoy it. If you love it, practice for a couple hours a day. If you love that, increase it. Not to become famous, but because you enjoy the game and you want to become better than you were yesterday.

Originally Posted by sara I tend to swing like that. It is most noticeable with the driver, I end up with the clubface looking up at the sky. My instructor has been trying to rid me of that for a while now and I've been working on "releasing" the club. Hmm, this is interesting. I currently go what CH is doing here. I don't have that 'right side release' that pros talk about, but I basically have done what CH is doing for many years now. When I do it my old way, like you see CH doing in this video, it causes my club face to be slightly open at impact and creates a higher trajectory. My instructor has been working on my 'right side release'. When I do this, the slice disappears and I hit the ball straight. If i release more, a little draw, less, a little fade. What is correct? There seems to be 2 different schools of thought here.

I guess what I am asking is how can I become more consistent hitting the shot that I am trying to hit. If I try a straight shot, it'll probably go straight 60% of the time. If I tried to fade it, it would probably do so 60% of the time as well. The other 40% a more severe slice, or straight. I've heard things about using a pre-shot routine to stimulate the muscle memory of the 1000's of swings you made before using that same pre-shot routine. I've also heard of saying something (a small sentence maybe), or visualizing something when you begin your swing to help arouse the muscle memory of the shot. Is there something I can add to my game to become more consistent? Also, when hitting range balls working on your swing, is it better to work on the whole thing at once, or individual aspects? I.E. Should I go to the range and work on 'my swing', or is it better to head there and spend my whole bucket working on just 'my back swing' or just my 'right side release'? I'm trying to think up some ways to increase my swing consistency.

What things can I do to square up the club face everytime on my swing? I'm a hack golfer. Typically I shoot right around the mid 90's. Inspired by the book about breaking par in a year by john richardson who says something along the lines of 'golfers go out and will spend $600 on the new R9, and get caught up in all the marketing around distance etc... but a golfer wont spend money on the thing that will actually help their game. Lessons.' So I signed up for a 3 lesson package for $100. The first lesson was great, but afterwards I seemed to forget it all. I couldn't take it to the course or even back to range. During the second lesson, I really got it. He continually praised my new swing, and I was hooked. Before, I had a very prominent outside to inside swing which was always causing straight ball flights but to the left of the target, or a ball that would slice, starting up left of the target and ending up at its destination. Now my swing is quite nice, usually inside-square-inside. I'd say at the range I'm hitting 60-65% inside-square and the ball is going dead straight. The other 35-40% I either don't release properly and hit a slight fade, or release to much and hit a slight draw. Nothing as extreme as before but something I want to work on now. Should I add a pre-shot routine, or something i say to myself during my backswing and swing, to help mentally bring about the same inside-square swing more often? Is this just a matter of getting out there and hitting thousands of balls? If so, instead of trying to hit them straight all the time, should I try to intentionally hit a bunch of fades, and a bunch of draws, so I know what each extreme feels like and in turn that will help my feel with hitting straight shots more often?

Mine was a terrible shot with a great result. I was on slope around the green and attempted to hit down on my shot with a wedge. It flew out like a laser, and was going to end up on the other side of the green 10 yds past. Instead it hit the flag and the flag stick at the top, and dropped straight down to 12 inches. Woo hoo.

I gotta go Tiger. Each is better than another when it comes to a certain aspect of the game. Tiger is the better sand player, the better putter. Jack is better at course management. However, Tiger is probably the best mental athlete of any sport this generation and last.

This is my first post. I'm a software developer up in Canada.