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Driving
Posted on 8/17/20 at 7:07 am
Posted on 8/17/20 at 7:07 am
I’m puring my irons. It feels awesome. Still can’t hit my driver well.
Anyone recommend a good teacher for driving?
Do you have a shallower swing plane on driver? I can’t stop slicing and it’s destroying my enjoyment of the game.
After shitty drive or drop from otb, I play pretty well.
Anyone recommend a good teacher for driving?
Do you have a shallower swing plane on driver? I can’t stop slicing and it’s destroying my enjoyment of the game.
After shitty drive or drop from otb, I play pretty well.
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Posted on 8/17/20 at 7:11 am to BRsundog
Sliced the ball for years. What really clicked for me was keeping my head back, and aggressively turning my hands over. You need to start trying to hit a hook with the driver. Once you get your hands under control, you can start working on path.
Posted on 8/17/20 at 7:14 am to BRsundog
Burkstaller at Greystone
Posted on 8/17/20 at 7:15 am to BRsundog
Check your grip and ball position first.
Make sure at setup that your shoulders, hips, and feet are all square
Make sure at setup that your shoulders, hips, and feet are all square
Posted on 8/17/20 at 7:30 am to BRsundog
Understand swing mechanics, a slice happens either because you are swinging from the outside to the inside, your club face is open, or both. If you say you are pure in your irons and not slicing those, your issue is likely your club face, driver club face is the hardest to control IMO.
What help me with this issue is just focusing on keeping the clubhead square, or another way to think about it is keeping your right thumb square, I know it seems like obvious advice “just think about it“, but it worked for me.
My other piece of advice is to tee off with a long iron or hybrid until you get it fixed, no reason in ruining the enjoyment of the game just because you want to bash a driver
What help me with this issue is just focusing on keeping the clubhead square, or another way to think about it is keeping your right thumb square, I know it seems like obvious advice “just think about it“, but it worked for me.
My other piece of advice is to tee off with a long iron or hybrid until you get it fixed, no reason in ruining the enjoyment of the game just because you want to bash a driver
Posted on 8/17/20 at 7:46 am to BRsundog
Without seeing a video, I’d bet you’re jerking the club to the inside at the takeaway, ending up across the line at the top and then swinging over the top of your plane resulting in an outside to in swing path with an open club face, because that’s what causes roughly 100% of slices.
You need to reverse that loop. Watch swing videos of Sergio Garcia’s driver swing from down the line to see the feel you should be trying to create in your mind.
Once you’ve got that, then watch Rory down the line driver swings to see what the ideal looks like.
You need to reverse that loop. Watch swing videos of Sergio Garcia’s driver swing from down the line to see the feel you should be trying to create in your mind.
Once you’ve got that, then watch Rory down the line driver swings to see what the ideal looks like.
Posted on 8/17/20 at 8:04 am to BRsundog
Hitting irons, hybrids and fairway woods and hitting the driver are a lot different. All clubs that are on the ground require a downward strike, a driver requires an upward strike. Ball position, weight distribution will make a dramatic difference. Staying back with a forward ball position will help. Take a lesson, it is easier than expected.
Posted on 8/17/20 at 8:11 am to BRsundog
Complete your shoulder turn on backswing
Posted on 8/17/20 at 9:49 am to BRsundog
A couple items to look at
Start line - (pull slice or push slice)
Club face contact - toward the heel causing gear effect?
If you are pull slicing your club face may be square or even closed to your target line but you are “swiping” across the ball with your path... usually the ball stays in play though
Push slice is due to a open clubface... path may be good or even in to out, but face is open to path causing to start right and turn right.
Start line - (pull slice or push slice)
Club face contact - toward the heel causing gear effect?
If you are pull slicing your club face may be square or even closed to your target line but you are “swiping” across the ball with your path... usually the ball stays in play though
Push slice is due to a open clubface... path may be good or even in to out, but face is open to path causing to start right and turn right.
Posted on 8/17/20 at 9:58 am to Brood211
Is there any possibility my driver doesn’t match “my swing,” or anything like that?
I’m assuming a lesson would open that possibility up.
I’m down for whatever to get my driver working.
I’m assuming a lesson would open that possibility up.
I’m down for whatever to get my driver working.
Posted on 8/17/20 at 10:42 am to ChrisBurky
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ChrisBurky
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Take a lesson
I’m in. How do i get in touch
Posted on 8/17/20 at 12:20 pm to Schmelly
Chrisburky at gmail dot com
Posted on 8/17/20 at 7:34 pm to GWfool
Concentrate on trying to hit the bottom right quarter of the ball, it will groove a good swing.
My neighbor was a really awful golfer, I had him take a sharpie and place a cross on his ball and hit the bottom quarter towards his right foot. He is now a 14 hcp and getting better.
Old driving range pro gave me that tip over 30 years ago.
My neighbor was a really awful golfer, I had him take a sharpie and place a cross on his ball and hit the bottom quarter towards his right foot. He is now a 14 hcp and getting better.
Old driving range pro gave me that tip over 30 years ago.
Posted on 8/19/20 at 3:27 pm to CBandits82
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Complete your shoulder turn on backswing
Crazy how when you do this it actually helps
Posted on 8/19/20 at 3:48 pm to danny d lsu
Bruh you better show me how to do this next weekend.
Posted on 8/19/20 at 5:43 pm to ell_13
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Burkstaller at Greystone
Seconded. CB is the man.
Posted on 8/20/20 at 1:43 pm to BRsundog
If you have a good swing in general I would only focus on your path through impact. I focus on my hands following straight through the ball at impact and even sometimes trying to hit slightly inside to outside.
If you are slicing you are either leaving your clubface open at impact or coming across the face of the ball at impact. Of course there is an endless list of causes.
Another simple tweek is to move the ball back 1" in your address. If your slice gets worse then you are defeinitely leaving the clubface open. If it gets better then it is likelt the other cause.
If you are slicing you are either leaving your clubface open at impact or coming across the face of the ball at impact. Of course there is an endless list of causes.
Another simple tweek is to move the ball back 1" in your address. If your slice gets worse then you are defeinitely leaving the clubface open. If it gets better then it is likelt the other cause.
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