Un-f***ing my swing

azgreg · 2024-11-08T17:18:51+00:00

So, I've struggled of late. Irons and wedges have been just fine. Driver, fairways, and hybrids (less so) have been trash. I'm topping and getting toe hit sh...

azgreg

Time to step away for a few weeks and then get back to basics.

KCee

azgreg Your miss with the longer clubs sounds like mine. With the irons I can actually set up open and hit them well; even re-route the club inside and hit a draw. Once I go to hit the hybrid, fairway or driver I tend to do better if I pull my trail foot back a bit.

I also tend to overswing even more the longer the club gets. Longer clubs are lighter which may be part of my problem. My previous irons 5-P were all about 450g with backweights because I need heft to slow down. I tend to lose control of the club at the top so I try to focus on taking the club straight back without rolling the face open and then start the downswing with my hips/body and keep my right elbow connected. I will go from toe shanks to heel strikes doing this and have to set up off the toe of the driver, but it works. Now I need to fix my putting again 😞

azgreg

A little update. I did in fact take a few weeks off. Got back at it a few weeks ago and I'm hitting it pretty good right now.
I decided to ditch all this alternative swing theory stuff (S-N-T, right side swing, easy swing, etc) and just get back to basics. Worked on my GAP (grip, address, and posture), added a small forward press to start the swing, and just swing the club. Working pretty good and got my small draw back as well. Win win.

P.S. For three rounds and three range sessions I used the same clubs. First for me in quite a while.

sdandrea1

azgreg For three rounds and three range sessions I used the same clubs

What's that like?😎

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azgreg I'm going with you needed some time to reset.

Typhoon

sdandrea1 Stop breathing into a paper bag Steve… he means Driver, 3 and 4 hybrid, 5,6,7,8,9,PW,AW 56,60 and putter.

Par4QC

sdandrea1 I remember back in the late 60's/early 70's where people were taking pills that made them do things like that.

We may need to do an intervention.

azgreg

Typhoon
Nope. D, 4w, 7w, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, pw, 51, 56, 62.

sdandrea1

Typhoon Driver, 3 and 4 hybrid, 5,6,7,8,9,PW,AW 56,60 and putter.

Way too many clubs.

Eguller

sdandrea1

What !!! Only 12 clubs. 😳😉

azgreg

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Absolutely. I got in my own head and screwed it all up.

sdandrea1

azgreg Absolutely. I got in my own head and screwed it all up.

Stop thinking. Always return to basics.

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I have about 3 months of resetting left.

azgreg

Had a great range session today. Good enough where some rando came over and started watching me. You know what this means right? That's right, I've got no shot in my tournament this weekend.

sdandrea1

azgreg

Damn. The admirer jinx. It's bad. Sorry Greg.

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azgreg Did you enjoy it while it lasted?

azgreg

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It's fun hitting it good. It's been a while.

azgreg

Just played in my last event of the year and had arguably my worst game. It was at a very hard course so there's that. Time to take some time and rebuild it. Start from scratch. GAP (grip, alignment, posture), etc.

KCee

azgreg Start from scratch. GAP (grip, alignment, posture), etc.

So what new clubs do you have your eye on? 😉

azgreg

By the way, here's the course I played Sunday. Coyote Springs Golf Club about an hour outside Vegas.

darpar

azgreg

Played there many times,out in the middle of nowhere!
Huge driving range from what I remember.

garyt1957

azgreg that's a tough course. Beautiful but in the middle of nowhere

azgreg

darpar Huge driving range from what I remember.

The practice area is great except for being a mile away from the clubhouse.

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