Lately, my striking of the ball has been better than ever. I’m hitting lots of golf shots in the center of the clubface, sending the ball long and high and most importantly, straight to the target. I’ve become very confident hitting my 4 hybrid, and use it off the tee or fairway. Here is what’s [...]
Lost a couple strokes due to poor shots off hard dry earth (hardpan) in my last round. So I experimented a bit today to figure out what works for me:
1) Tilt clubhead up on the toe, to minimize contact with the hardpan.
2) This will require standing closer to the ball, and gripping down on the [...]
Hello fellow newbies,
In my last round, struck the ball well but lost a lot of strokes to mis-hit pitch shots.
With the shorter shots, my tendency is to take a healthy backswing but deccelerate through impact to try to control the distance. This is what I used to do on full shots with disastrous effect, but [...]
On the range today, something strange happened. I could only hit draws! My “go-to” shot, the power fade, had gone away! I could only hit slices when try to hit the power fade, yet the draw (which I rarely hit) was dead on!
At the end of the session, I realized what was happening: I was [...]
Just a note that I was hitting very solid wedges on the range today. Crisp ball contact, great trajectory, and on-target. Was able to hit knockdowns, draws and fades.
The only thing I did differently was to focus on not moving my head relative to the ball, until well after contact. Neither raising nor dipping, not [...]
On the range today, hit a nice simulated round of 9 holes, mostly very solid and straight or slightly fading.
Afterwards, decided to hit several more balls with 4 hybrid and 5 wood to groove my swing. Towards the end of the bucket, mostly of the balls were going straight right or slicing a bit.
I realized [...]
Was hitting 4 hybrids and 5 woods at the range today, quite solid. This was using my favorite power fade swing. The key to hitting it solid today was ball position.
The divot occurs directly beneath the hands at impact. With 4 hybrid, I’m trying to hit down on the ball and create a divot a [...]
Was practicing the power fade at the range today. Just wanted to note a few things to work on:
1) Extend the club back along the foot line, then turn to the top. Stay relaxed while doing this.
2) Keep eyes on the ball during backswing and impact, making sure spine angle doesn’t change.
Also want to experiment [...]
Over the last few sessions, I’ve changed my driving range routine.
I usually don’t have time to warm up on the range before starting a round. I also don’t really want to hit a lot of balls, because then I start tinkering with the swing, and I’m not target focused when I hit the course. [...]
As regular readers of this blog know, I’ve been experimenting for the longest time to find a good way to chip out of rough near the green. Chipping from the fringe I’m really solid, with a good chance (5%?) of chipping in. However, from the deeper rough I’ve had issues with barely moving [...]
