Forum: Instruction

In the tee box ,where should one position the ball if you have a slight fade,presently I am teeing the ball near the left tee block (facing the fairway)trying to eliminate any left side trouble.Would it be more advantagous to tee up on right side and aim slightly on the left side?

Hi everyone, Just wondering if people could give me any advice on who to go to for lessons. Perhaps a name, and a brief explanation as to why... Looking to take about 5 lessons this season

I hit my full pitching wedge on average about 125-130 yards. I am really quite tired of hitting a 3/4 and 1/2 pitching wedge on my approach shots. I was wondering if any one would know the approximate distance that I could get out of a 52, 56, 60 and 64 degree wedges?

Anybody have any experience and comments on taking lessons with Joe Booth? I'm thinking of taking a lesson or two and saw the sign at the Airport GolfLand driving range for his service Thanks

When someone talks about a 250 yard drive, are they talking about where the ball hit the ground or where the ball stopped? Obviously for wedges, etc. it's pretty much the same thing but with longer clubs you get quite a bit of roll, depending on the ground conditions. cheers, Kris

Hey guys, Maybe someone can help I am sure this is an equipment issue, I recently bought a set of mizuno mp-33's, I love the feel and hit them straight and well but short. i used to have wilson fat shaft 2's and my distances for example 9 iron was 135-145, 5 iron 190-200 off the tee. With the...

Hello folks, I'm a beginner (best round 105) and while I am making vast improvments in my game and starting to hit consistent distances with each of my irons I am having trouble 'holding the green'. I have lost count of the number of times I have been 100 yrds to the pin, pulled out my 9...

I'm looking for some advice on helping me get off the tee. My problem is confidence and head games. I'll go to the range and confidentally hit my 3 iron, 3-wood and driver straight throughout the hole bucket, but, when I get to the course I become tense and anxious. Lately I have been hooking the...

Does anyone have any ideas about the width of your feet? I know i have a pretty wide stance, and i did this as i found i was off balance in my follow through. Is this a negative thing, result in loosing power? Should the width be the same from driver to 5 iron to wedge?

dbleber: So the last few times out I cannot stop pulling the ball to the left. It goes perfectly straight but hard left. I have tried to do some drills but even on the range all my irons go left. My woods however have developed a fade that when I get angry turns into a slice. These are all...

Hi everyone. I videotaped my swing and I noticed that I lead with my hands on the downswing. I undertand that you should lead with the lower body and allow the hands to 'natrually' fall down and the body turn will bring the club face back to the ball. I think his lack of timing is resulting in...

For wedges (sw, pw) I tend to hook the ball and lose distance on the shot I setup a bit square but I have read that you have to open your stance (points hip, leg to left of target) a bit for short shot. However whenever I try that I keep losing my balance with the backswing and the shot is...

So i decided to use my new digital video camera and took it to the range and watched myself hit shots. After analyzing it(i've never really seen my swing before other than mirrors) i noticed that i take the club back inside. Position at top is fine straight down the target line and the forward...

I'm teaching myself to play golf....just started in the fall of last year. I'm generally a pretty good book learner and have been reading a ton of books and watching video on the swing, etc. So the other day I finally understood the shoulder rotation and release a little better and really...

Hello everyone. I wonder if anyone can help me with a consitent push. I went to the driving range yesterday and while I am making good contact with the ball and hitting it high and far I am consitently pushing the ball right with the occasional push-slice. I know that my swing is not...

I've been doing some research online but can't seem to find any instruction on proper setup for a draw shot. Anyone know of any links regarding correct techniques for a draw shot? thx --neo

Yesterday I went to golftown and tried some drivers. The screen was telling my swing speed, launch angle, ball velocity and all that... What are the "correct" numbers we should look for if we want maximum results??? My swing speed was between 100 and 105 mph and I forgot the other number...

dbleber: Has anyone actually used the Medicus swing trainer? If so, how is it? Denny

I'm getting these monster divots. Make it stop.

Just my two cents, but this statement... I swing REALLY hard sometimes. Again, usually after a few beers and a couple bad holes. ...got me to thinking about common errors I've seen (or done myself). These are things we've all heard over and over, but some are pretty basic. I would say...

Hello I recently had a couple of rounds at golf-o-max and found (through my buddy's observations) that I have a tendancy to decelerate a little through impact. I think I am too conscious of not trying to kill the ball. Do any of you have any usedul drills that will help me to accelerate...

Hi There, I was at the range today with a guy from work who used to play cricket for a long time and is now trying to take up golf. And boy is the cricket swing ever evident in his golf swing. His take away looks OK, but when he goes to swing through the ball he almost has the shaft of the...

"The best ball flight in golf is a power fade. A draw-type swing with the face a shade open at impact. My whole career I aimed at the left edge of the rough and swung as hard as I could. I never worried about the ball going left. I've had my problems, but driving the ball long and straight has...

I know, now I'm pushing the limits of "just how basic a question" should be asked here. I'm sure there have been posts historically that explain this all very well for right handed golf, as well as left handed. But I'm right handed shooting left, so I think it merits a question. (Also, you...

Tee-up position, ball : clubface ratio. ........... Where should be ball be positioned height-wise? I've been told in the past that the ball should be about 1/2 visible over the top of the club face if viewed directly from behind. Personally, I tend to tee-up a bit lower, but haven't...

I have a fairly strong grip, shoot left, and swing fairly fast/hard according to people who've watched me swing. I am right-handed, but shoot left, so my power/accuracy hands in a hockey context are out of place. But I slice left in my drives some times while never hooking right. Is there...

Im a 2hcp. am am looking for a new pre-shot routine that is quick (15sec.) and that I dont have to think to much about. I know that last year, my pre-shot routine took for ever, and most of the time I just got lazy and didn't do it. It will be a new year and I hope I can play better then I did last...

I have heard that when a golfer is dealing with wind, the pros say you choose 1 club difference for every 10 MPH wind. Has any body heard that before and is that true? As well, I would like to know if there is something similiar for above or below the hole. For example, if I'm teeing off a par 3...

Has anyone ever heard of this or use it, I started reading about it yesterday at golfing4ever.com and it looks really interesting. I'm a 100-105 stroke golfer but am looking for a way to simplify my swing to get more consistent results. I tried this out yesterday with some practice swings and it...

How's it goin' all? I was wondering if anyone had any tips to help coming over the top on the ball. Recently I've been finding that I've been fighting this, and I don't know what I've been doing different from before - and it doesn't happen all the time either... it just seems to appear from...

I admit it, I'm short (5' 7"). I can hit a driver 230-260 yards, 3 wood 200 yards off the grass, 5 wood 175 yards off the grass. These are all consistently straight and true for me. I can chip and I can putt. However, I can't hit irons to save my life. I consistently hit short and I think I...

I am considering signing up for lessons and a practice membership at The Complete Golf School on Bentley Ave (aka Swing Sync). I've heard many positive comments about the custom clubmaking done at Swing Sync, but haven't heard anything about the lessons and/or the winter practice membership at...

Has anybody out there had any experience with the training device - Greg Norman's - The Secret. If so, how did you find it? Good, bad or indifferent? Please comment on the pro's and con's. Thanks, Stever :wave

Great advise in my post Changing things on the middle of the game, it's helping me a lot, Thanks everybody. Now Im having trouble hitting my 9 Iron, Pitching Wedge and Sand Wedge. Im not gettin down enough of the ball and most of the time the ball goes farther than I wish (hit with the edge of...

I was watching the Golf Channel the other day and Jim Maclean was talking about Lee Trevino and his abitlity to hit nice irons especially his wedges. His screaming wedge shot. The one interesting thing Lee said was that when approached the ball he always felt the ball was too far back in his...

Im kind of hook on the practice of change things on my swing in the middle of a round, specially on my iron shots. Im decent with my driver and short game, but when it come to my irons I do a great practice in the range, but in the field if a shot dont go well i try to correct the mistake ...

Does anyone own a book called "Swing Machine Golf" and if so would you be willing to lend it/rent it to me for a couple of weeks? robert.coffin@ccra-adrc.gc.ca

:cry What is the best technique in wet sand? I was having a pretty good round today untill I skulled one across the green? :cry :cry

hey guys :wave i m jingjing from China,wanna ask u for some vocabulary used to described different parts of the golf court. thanx a lot!! :cheers