Golf Golf technique

[sideswipe]

I've been getting hammered with this ad, could probably use it to help eliminate my over the top club path and subsequent slices but I figured I would try and mimic the movement myself at the range and see how I go.

Not sure I want to start going down the aid rabbit hole just yet.

I’d be getting a lesson before jumping onto something that might alter your swing.

After all, Golden Bear had a flying right elbow!

 

[ITCHY EYEBALLS]

I’ve decided this weekend I’m just going to hit the f*****g ball!
Try the Dustin Johnson method.
“What goes through your mind when you’re playing a shot?”……. “ Nothing”

 

[ScrappyCoCo]

Lesson completed on short game. Building confidence and getting there. Hitting plenty of good ones with the odd bad one still. Working on getting softer hands, slight tweak in set up playing more off front foot. Biggest issue is using more body and less arms. More wrist **** for bunkers.

 

[Pres]

Lesson completed on short game. Building confidence and getting there. Hitting plenty of good ones with the odd bad one still. Working on getting softer hands, slight tweak in set up playing more off front foot. Biggest issue is using more body and less arms. More wrist **** for bunkers.

What club does your pro advocate chipping with and for bunker play? 54 or 60?

 

[ScrappyCoCo]

What club does your pro advocate chipping with and for bunker play? 54 or 60?

Definitely not that chipper I bought! haha. (which I don't use anyway)

He was getting me chipping in front of a raised green to a close pin from quite close. It was a 60 shot all day long. I used the 54 towards the end but it was the wrong club and most were 3 foot past or a bit more. He really liked the 60 Mizuno 24 with the graphite shaft (and some lead tape on it).

Two biggest mistakes I have is grip tension...(pretty hard to have very soft hands when you have had anxiety issues all your life...I fight that through every shot I play) and the need to use body way more to finish facing target a bit more (and hands finishing close to mt left hip pocket). Let the body hit it. I was a bit outside and cutting across it too much which we addressed. With my old handsy chip I go through stages where it works quite well....but then I lose it and blade it or chunk it. He says I do not have yips just lost confidence in myself and technique and grip tension were the cause of the bad ones.

Didn't get time to do bunkers but chatted to him about the troubles I have with lots of sand in the bunkers...and them being wet from sprinklers around green complexes atm. He said to still open the face a bit but be quite steep coming into the ball. I just kind of did a swing where we were chipping and he said that I need more wrist **** which does feel different...so next bunker shots might be different!

Also talked to him on his thoughts about how bad the bunkers are on publics especially late in the day and his advice was don't put social cards in but play preferred lies when you cop bad lies due to golfers disrespect for others. That is what they do when playing with mates socially.

 

[ITCHY EYEBALLS]

Found a book we all should read….

 

[ITCHY EYEBALLS]

I skipped straight to chapter 15

 

[Planet14]

I wrote that chapter.

 

[Bicco]

Currently hitting the ball in that way in which you hope it will last forever. But you know it won't. 380m par 4, driver/9i. Short 420m par 5, driver/6i.
Just need to keep my biggest mental problem in check.... over confidence. Like when I have 138m to the pin, do I hit an 8i or a low 7i with a draw into the wind?? Should I hit 2i off the tee on a dogleg par 4 or try and cut a driver around the corner?
I really need a caddie some times.