re: How's your golf game coming along? A few tips as well

I shot 89 at the Bluffs on Sunday so I got nothing. Basically, my golf game is shite and will probably always be. Anyone want to buy some golf shite?

sorry about the size. my problem is I need to flatten my back a little. any good drills? I obviously have a 2 plane swing. I also come across the line a little on my backswing.


eta: I think I've fixed it (the pictures, not my swing)

Gotcha.

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bc I missed on the wrong side of the flag.

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Which side predominately?

What I find to be some big differences between guys with 4-5 handicaps and guys with 20+ handicaps, moreso than just better swings, are how they practice AND learning how to score.

Practice with a purpose. Don’t just go out on the range or course for practice and drill golf balls using your bad habits and not aiming at anything. That just makes them harder to get rid of. Always line up shots on the range and aim at a target. Never waste practice shots.

Also, learn to score by playing the percentages and aiming for yardages that you have confidence in. I don’t try to leave myself 40 yards to the pin because it’s a weak spot in my game currently. I go for 100-120 yards because I can stick my GW from there. Line up on the side of hazards on the tee box and hit away from them, swallow your pride and lay up more, aim for the areas of the green that give you better putts, etc. Additionally, make sure you have a very strong sense of how far you hit each club on the range in a controlled environment (then factor in course when necessary). Sometimes ranges have bad measurements so use a range finder if you have one. Knowing your own yardages extremely well is good for a few strokes a round at least.

It took some rounds with some pros to learn that kind of stuff for me, but it really shed a ton of strokes off my round. Also putting confidence is so vital and can be built up on the practice green. Go on the practice green before a round, try some long lag putts to get the speed, hit some 10 footers from different angles, and finish by drilling 20 3 footers into the cup to get that noise and visual of a ball going in the hole in your head. I promise it helps.


My biggest issue, which has always been there, is my inability to swing at 75%. My 75% is what my 100% should look like. My 100% backswing goes way past parallel and sometimes my follow through is too fast and I lose control. I go on the range and hit buckets of balls swinging what feels like 50% to me. Really helps.

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You right elbow never folds thus it gets way behind your shirt seam and flys out. You need to feel like you are holding a platter like a waiter at the top

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that is actually the swing thought I've been trying. I need some serious help with flexibility

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You need to feel like you are holding a platter like a waiter at the top.

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Pretty good description. That's the key unlocking torque and horses, and avoiding the tibbothy zone (left of the fairway and 210 yds)

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You need to feel like you are holding a platter like a waiter at the top.

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Pretty good description. That's the key unlocking torque and horses, and avoiding the tibbothy zone (left of the fairway and 210 yds)

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I really need to work on my flexibility. I am unable to keep my right elbow tight without really breaking down my left arm

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-set your weight forward
-keep your lower body relatively quiet
-short backswing and be aggressive.

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This is where I'm lacking a bit at the moment. It's my mission to correct it this week.