What Are You Working On For Your Game

Typhoon · 2024-06-26T03:17:34+00:00

I think this might be a fun and helpful thread. People can say what they are working on and what they are trying to fix. Discuss things you did to fix prob...

Par4QC

DonM Irons just forward of center

All irons?

From what I've learned recently.(but should have known years ago)

Long irons, center.
Mid irons, just right of center.
Short irons, just right of mid irons.

All of a sudden, I can hit irons again. And the short irons are having some spin, esp. wedges. Which is causing some 'shorty' problems lately.

potbunker

backinit What is this 3 wood you speak of?

Titleist TSi1 3 wood set at lowest loft
Aldila Assent 40R shaft

GimC

What am I working on? I'm trying to figure out why I consistently hit the ball near the toe yesterday, and consistanty near the heel today. I'm at a loss as to why my inconsistancies are so inconsistant. Ugh ...

KCee

I need to work on my wedge game. Lately I have had 50-60 yard shots in to short par 4's and semi-bladed my LW. Thankfully the grooves are still fairly new so I've gotten away with it to some extent. A bit odd since my normal miss is fat lol.

Typhoon

KCee Lately I have had 50-60 yard shots in to short par 4's and semi-bladed my LW.

Your stance is likely too wide. Your lower body can’t move and it’s all upper body. Get narrow

garyt1957

garyt1957 This actually set off a light bulb for me when I heard it. I'll have to watch it again but I don't think he said "you want the club off the side of your body" I think he said "you want to swing off the side of your body".

So I tried this on the back 9 yesterday after a pitiful front. Worked like a charm. As a lifetime OTTer, you can't come OTT doing this. Another problem I've always had is not being able to keep my head back. No problem with this swing thought. Hit some absolutely great shots and a couple clunkers where I lost my concentration for a bit. Now for the bad part, my back is killing me today. Not the lower back but more like the lower right lat area. Like really sore and I have a basketball game tonight.
I'll give it some time to calm down and will likely try it again one more time. Maybe those muscles just aren't used to being used in that manner. If it hurts again, time to move on. But man it seems to have potential.

scotts33

garyt1957 So I tried this on the back 9 yesterday after a pitiful front. Worked like a charm. As a lifetime OTTer, you can't come OTT doing this. Another problem I've always had is not being able to keep my head back. No problem with this swing thought. Hit some absolutely great shots and a couple clunkers where I lost my concentration for a bit. Now for the bad part, my back is killing me today. Not the lower back but more like the lower right lat area. Like really sore and I have a basketball game tonight.
I'll give it some time to calm down and will likely try it again one more time. Maybe those muscles just aren't used to being used in that manner. If it hurts again, time to move on. But man it seems to have potential.

Be careful I remember Dave Tutelman injuring his right lat in 2012. He gained club head speed and distance with the right sided swing but at 70 he told me, no more swing changes. I am going back to a left side swing and deal with the lost distance and play golf. He followed Paul Wilson more back then.

Eguller

Typhoon KCee Lately I have had 50-60 yard shots in to short par 4's and semi-bladed my LW.

Your stance is likely too wide. Your lower body can’t move and it’s all upper body. Get narrow

That’s the shot (50-90 yds), a soft arm, quick stop knock down that I’ve been working on. It’s like throwing darts when you get it right. 🏌️‍♂️

KCee

Typhoon I think I am all upper body with 1/2 shots lately. I remember a lesson a few years back and the pro was telling me to let my lower body move a bit just like with a full swing. I'm fine from 80 yards or more, but man do I suck from less than that. I've actually been laying back on the par 5's 😞

Typhoon

KCee 80 yards and more you’re making a bigger swing so you use your legs. The shorter shot, in order for your legs to work properly you need to be narrow. Otherwise you’re decelerating and if anything with your lower body… it’s sliding NOT turning like full shots. The narrow stance on a 50 yard shot will allow you to turn

Par4QC

KCee I've actually been laying back on the par 5's

And there ya go!! Something I've preached forever.
I sometimes do it 2-3 times on Par 5 holes. 😫

Sometimes people don't listen to me though. Last round Jake was getting ready to hit his 2nd shot, 550 yd. Par 5, after(imo) laying up off the tee with his 5 wd.. I told him it was 260, from the rough, and an uphill lie.
He missed the eagle putt from 30'.

KCee

Par4QC I've read stats say to get it as close to the hole as you can, but I've done better laying back a bit on our #3 par 5. It's a dogleg left hole with OB left and it's not easy to draw one around the corner so even center of the fairway leaves me 250-280 in....I'm not getting on. Inside 100 yards the fairway really narrows and has some crazy slopes. There are also some trees that can block you out and 2 large deep bunkers. From 110 I have GW and a perfectly flat lie.

Par4QC

KCee I've read stats say to get it as close to the hole as you can,

I always do this. imo, just natural for almost 99.9999% of golfers. If truthful. But, I still sometimes worry about getting to that 3rd shot and having a yardage that I have no club I can hit very well.
Then I go ahead and hit the 2nd shot.
Naturally.
1 shot at a time, when it's time. I don't worry about those 98 poor outcomes, but relish the 2 great ones. 😅

johnnydoom

Most of my birdies in recent years have been par 5’s where I laid up to full wedge distance (70 - 110 yards). It’s usually what I do anymore since I can’t get within 50 yards in two on a 500 yard hole and I’m not any good with touch shots. Earlier this week on the two par 5 holes I botched the 2nd shot on both of them - which kind of ruins that strategy.

Still working on my putting. Think my practice is helping, but I left too many shots above the hole on very fast greens this week.

KCee

One other mistake I keep making lately is focusing on the pin rather than on my landing spot. I tend to pick a spot, but then get re-focused on the flag and it's amazing how many times I fly it right to the flag and then it's above the hole 😡

Sneakylong

KCee I fly it right to the flag and then it's above the hole

Not a bad problem to have compared to most. In my observation most come up short on approach shots / chip shots / pitch shots.

bigshank

I have two rounds in with the graphite shafted rogue irons. Best two rounds of the summer so far and no lower mid back spasms. I swung my pxgs in steel one time yesterday and they felt pretty heavy so confirmed pretty much for me I’m not going back. Also ordered some midsized plus 4 aligns to regrip them. I even pulled down my old Cleveland graphite TA5s and going to regrip them. Kinda like the slimmer look of them but not sure they would make it into the bag just yet.

Typhoon

I was on mytpi.com and was amazed at all the cool drills and videos. There was even a section where it lists swing faults and you can click on things like Early Extension and it explains what is happening and how to correct it. All free.

scotts33

Par4QC

scotts33
I don't watch those 'instructions' vids. I've glanced at few through the years, and they all are basically the same.....trying to change your swing. I'm not gonna do it, dammit. It's mine. And give a crap what it looks like to anyone else.
Plus, those fellas do nothing but talk for 2/3 of their vids.

Hank Haney(like him or not, no matter) had a show on TGC where he had famous people on. I do not recall him trying to change a swing, and iirc, he even stated he would never do that. He merely had them do drills that would (hopefully) get them to hit the ball more squarely after several weeks. With the swing they had. Good show.

Sneakylong

Par4QC Hank Haney(like him or not, no matter) had a show on TGC where he had famous people on. I do not recall him trying to change a swing, and iirc, he even stated he would never do that

Perhaps he should’ve tried that. Charles Barkley was one of his projects on the golf channel. Initially he had some success, but it didn’t last.

Stan Utley was the one who fixed Barkley. Utley is brilliant here with Barkley. Watch this video and it will amaze you.

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