Forum: Instruction

Gday guys! Been working on my game alot recently, as playing a few of the tougher courses in the area have really shown where my game is at. At my local course, I shoot between 73 and 85 on a 68par almost any given day, (depending on the tee placements) but struggle to break 90 on the tougher...

I was at GT the other day and tried the Burner driver. The sales associate said I needed a stiff flex shaft based on my swing speed avg around 100 -105. Today, I was at NB in Orleans and tried the R7 Draw. It had a regular shaft. The rep recommended not to go with a stiff based on watching how I...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjVcfvKEP1E This is a video a buddy took of my Tee shot in west virginia last weekend. 4 wood - left to right ball flight - 225 yards approx. this is probably one of my better examples for you guys to take a look at. So I value everyones opinion. So let...

Is anyone else out there having trouble chipping around the greens from "last years" dead matted down rough. My chipping has been horrible from this rough as it seems to grap my club and I either hit it across the other side of the green or barely get it out of the rough. I have made an effort to...

Need help with a couple of things. 1) Need help with a drill to keep my front foot from "spinning out" during the downswing and follow through. I flare my front foot (right handed golfer) at bit at address, but it becomes more flared by the time I'm done my swing. And I think its causing me to...

Hi, After having a little trouble at the start of this season with a weak slice and a huge loss of distance, I came here to share my problems and, thanks in part by your tips, I'm now hitting the ball more solid than ever. However, the main thing that made me hit the ball more solidly was...

I didn't want to 'jack Geoff's thread so I will do it here. BC Mist, you critique this drill but you seem to say the exact same thing as Greg does. http://members.cox.net/gregjwillis/LESSON1.htm Greg's main points: - strongly advocates a bent back right wrist - same as you (correct?)

Ok so no jokes about the Lefty part being my problem! :) I seem to be having a hard time keeping MY right wrist(left wrist for the rest of you) flat at the top of my back swing, i tend to cup it, which is causing me issues and power loss. Any drill you can think of to help with this? Thanks for...

Anyone have any drills to get that mentality out of the system? I'd really like to smooth my swing and tempo out, but just can't seem to get by that urge to knock the living snot out of the ball. Am heading down one road now and I'll report back on my results, but anyone have any ideas on how...

May 13, 2007. new videos posted NEWEST VIDEO POSTED BELOW. - April 9, 2007. comments appreciated! THESE ONES ARE OLD, BUT VIEW THEM IF YOU'D LIKE. LOOKING FOR FEEDBACK ON THE NEW ONE DOWN BELOW. THANKS. today on the course my buddy brought out his video camera to shoot some vid's of our...

Wondering if anyone has read or tried this technique of swing from Golft Digest. http://www.golfdigest.com/instruction/index.ssf?/instruction/gd200706stacktilt.html I've seen it being talked about quite a bit on some other forums, has anyone tried it or have any comments regarding it?

to start with, i'm one of those lefties...... :) at the end of last season and beginning of this one (just last month), my iron play had never been better. i want to hit it there, i hit it there......from 3i to lob wedge. no problem. things were going great but then i started topping the...

And want to teach me how to hit a driver relatively straight? Getting real tired of having to aim left to play my tendancy and then have the odd one go dead straight or be pulled a bit. :rolleyes :thumbsdow

Anyone use the "whippy tempomaster" ? Just wanted some feedback on it ? Gets some really good reviews. Cheers.

I believe I'm hitting he ball outside-in and am fading or slicing the ball. What are some good drills to get a straighter or inside-out swing plane. Thanks!:thumbsup

Just a follow up question for hitting the ball high with irons. I trend to hit my ball way high, no slices and dead center with average distance (9- 130, 7-150, 4-180, etc). Overall, I am quite happy…. Yet, on windy days I pay a penalty… <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns =...

I have been missing the greens with my irons anywhere from 130-180 yrds out. My ball will be headed for the green and gradually keep drifting left. This is really getting frustrating as it happens 70% of the time, otherwise I would just play the draw. I end up missing the greens by 10-15...

This is quite the best instruction article I have read in Golf Digest in some time: http://www.golfdigest.com/instruction/index.ssf?/instruction/gd200706stacktilt.html " Known on tour as the Swing Whisperers for their almost mystical ability to help players win (Dean Wilson at the...

I'm a 20 handicap and need about 2 months in the springtime to get my golf swing back where it was the summer before. It ain't that bad this season, I managed to hit the ball pretty straight without too much mi****s. However, I'm far from having the distance I had last summer and my ball flight...

Interesting article here by Kelvin Miyahira, he's a speed trainer who works with athletes in all sports. He is not golf specific and therefore not tethered to to the usual conventions, very insightful stuff IMO. The article is about an aspiring young female pro who needed to boost her swing speed,...

I'm looking to get some lessons this year, my swing is getting too inconsistent and am getting very frustrated. I live in Stittsville, and am wondering if anyone can suggest the best place to go for lessons. I don't want to have my swing completely changed to the point of making the game...

Releasing the putter through impact with the face rotating to the left (right hand golfer). This has help me tremendously with distance and direction control. The tip is 'how to determine if you're releasing the putter'. Place two golf balls beside each other (about a 1/4 inch between...

Every year this happens it's so annoying. Ever play with someone who when they aren't swinging well changes their swing on the spot? If you're playign well they will ask over and over how you do what your doing etc. Then like clockwork THE MINUTE you try and vocalize what your doing you loose...

I would like to know when to would you play a 3 iron vs. 5 wood? I hit both fairly the same distance with my 5, I am more accurate. So my 3 always sits on the bench most of the time. <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p> I hit the woods quite high...

I was at golf town demoing some of their irons. Does anyone know what the proper launch angle for a 7iron should be? Thanks, P.S. I was getting between 20 and 22 degrees for the R7s

I was wondering whether or not most members here take lessons, and if so, how often? I had a thought recently, that I, like most golfers, constantly tinker with new equipment, yet do not spend enough on lessons, the thing that would probably have the most impact.

Every club except the driver, I hit off the heel or shank it. Last year had a battle of the shanks for about three weeks. This was caused to years of very bad mechanics. I took some instruction and the problem seemed to have gone away. But now over the last couple of weeks this whole heel/shank...

Alright, anybody have golf specific work-out plans when they go to the gym? Have been going for a couple months, but would like to really focus on the key golf areas. I know what the areas to work out are, but i am wondering if anybody has learned/developed a work-out for when they go to the gym...

This is one of the things I've picked up from the more modern thinking on the game. I played a huge reverse C off the tee way back in "the old days". When I started really trying to make a decent score and focus on the whole game I moved to a more compact iron swing with a quiet lower body,...

The Secret of the Golf Swing vs Essential Golf What is the difference between these two books? Mike

I was at the target driving range last week hitting golf balls. I was experimenting with the idea of setting up with the clubface slightly open. The purpose of this is to allow me to swing through the ball will wild abandon with no fear of hitting a hook. It works for me but that's another story....

How do you ensure that your body is aligned to the target? I was having a terrible front 9 today, when one of my friends noticed that I was not aligning to my target. So I tried the old method of laying a club down on the ground pointing to my target and then lining up my feet to that club –...

Live in the east end and used to be a 3 - 4 handicap when I was younger. Haven't played the game much for 5-6 years until last year when I picked it up again. Cap is currently an 8 and I'd like to whittle this down with some help. Any suggestions on golf coaching/ lessons? Never had someone analyze...

I thought Charles was beyond help...............guess I was wrong...............:scratchch http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCSnobOdxf8

OK guys--lets, for the sake of discussion here forget there is a teaching pro. If you were to take a raw beginner-woman-mid life (got to be careful here :) ) not athletic and not competitive. You or I know a certain amount of the basics. This person would like to try the game first before...

Can anyone suggest a drill to ingrain the correnct impact postion (e.g. left arm straight, hands leading)? Mike

I've got a centre shafted Odyssey #5 white steel. I just got this putter at the beginning of the season as I figured I was a straight back-straight through putter. I find I'm pushing my putts, I line up the ball just left of centre in my stance. Should I be lining the ball up dead centre? Or is...

How many of you have tried or are using the lead hand low technique? I'm having a hell of a time putting as of late. I shot 82 the other day with 6 lip outs and a couple of three putts that would have been two putts if I could have lagged them well enough. I'm thinking of switching over to...

Hi guys, glad i've found this site, very injoy it... I'm few days old in this room and already lost five hundreds and haft bucks :hissyfit: for a TM R7 TP sets. ( love it though) I Started to play golf last Oct, and already this is my FIFTH yes you heard it right 5 golf sets already, ( five in...

I have really been struggling with my game this season. I started off by shooting better than the previous season. My first four 18 hole rounds were my four lowest scores to date (88, 89, 91, 87). My handicap at the start of the season was 18.1 and now is 16.3. So you might be asking, what...

On the surface a baseball swing and the golf swing are essentially the same. The only perceivable difference being the point of contact with the ball. One of the not so obvious differences between the two is the method of transferring power. A baseball player gets his power by “stepping into the...

I've been having some trouble lately with my driver starting to slice and launch too high causing a balloon like trajectory. So not only am I ending up in the next fairway over but also I'm losing about 50 yards. Relevant info right handed hcp 18 driver, nike sasq sumo (not squared) reg flex...

What makes us more and more consistent? I’m beginning to question someone ability to consistently swing the club a certain way. Can you be consistent only if you have that timing in you or what ever you want to call it? Why is that you can swing perfectly one day and then completely lose it a few...

I can hit a driver, I can hit a fairway wood, I can hit a 4 iron...for some reason the hybrids just don't seem to do it for me... Can any of you offer any tips as to how to get this done? Is the swing more akin to a long iron? Or a short iron? Or perhaps a fairway wood? Is there a difference...

Lesson # 2 today with Pat Ladouret and I feel alot better about the conversion. I am seeing good progress and in practicing I did achieve what seemed very effortless swings with good results, less ball dispersion. I think that the swing should be called the ON plane swing. Old habits are still...

I recently picked up a copy of Ben Hogan's 5 lessons which I have enjoyed a lot. How ever I do have a few questions with regards to the book which I would like to ask. Any comments would be appreciated. 1)Elbows - Hogan states that at address elbows are tucked in and pointing directly at the...

I will be starting lessons with Pat Laderoute on Wednesday. I am a geezer who has never broken 90. What expectations should I have ? Do I keep my mouth shut and absorb or do I let him know my expectations. I will certainly report back on results, good or indifferent. For what it is worth, I chose...

Why do you prefer the Vardon grip over others? To me it feels very unnatural.