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#4,276
peaygolf89 said:
^^^^^^^
NEVER let your hands get closer to the ball than they are at the address position. You will NEVER shank a ball again!

PROMISE!!!!!!!!!
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I'm not sure this helps those with the shanks. They know that already, but need to know how to get the hands back from whence they started.
 
#4,277
#4,277
GAVol said:
The worst is when you start shanking pitch shots. Full swing shanks are tough to deal with, but there's nothing quite as demoralizing as not being able to hit a green from 20 yards away.
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never had that, but I got the full swing shanks early on. I literally couldn't hit anything below my 7 iron. I actually bumped a few 3 woods from 120 or so when I was most exasperated. Took me a good month to get completely out of it. I was looping the club way inside based upon some really poor advice. That, combined with a relatively large lateral slide doomed me. I would have preferred a 240 carry over water to a 90 yard wedge at that point.
 
#4,278
#4,278
BigPapaVol said:
never had that, but I got the full swing shanks early on. I literally couldn't hit anything below my 7 iron. I actually bumped a few 3 woods from 120 or so when I was most exasperated. Took me a good month to get completely out of it. I was looping the club way inside based upon some really poor advice. That, combined with a relatively large lateral slide doomed me. I would have preferred a 240 carry over water to a 90 yard wedge at that point.
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When I was 17, I really laid the club off at the top and had a pro stick a grip on a lead pipe and had me swing it to keep my left thumb under the shaft. The result was an even more pronounced "drop in" move at the top where my hands were looping literally a foot to the inside and killing my arc. You just can't flip the club fast enough when you're stuck that far inside. It took me 6 months to get my swing back.

The upshot was that I'd get so frustrated on the range that I'd just go chip and putt all the time. I couldn't hit the ball at all, but I had a sweet short game.
 
#4,279
#4,279
doozer said:
that's fine, and i agree.

but i'm not attributing it to having to wait 15 minutes on every tee box on any random weekend at the local public course.

i remember reading somewhere there's courses in Great Britain that will escort you off course for slow play. that's the way to fix the problem. i've rarely heard of that around here, and certainly not just for slow play.
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Local (as in Knoxville) area public courses have gotten notorious, in the interest of cutting expenses, for not having rangers at all - maybe a starter, if that. Billy Bob and his buddies aren't going to magically play faster if there aren't any consequences for spending 20 minutes on a green reading putts like they're in the U.S. freaking Open while I'm sweating my balls off in the fairway waiting for them to clear it.
 
#4,281
#4,281
GAVol said:
The worst is when you start shanking pitch shots. Full swing shanks are tough to deal with, but there's nothing quite as demoralizing as not being able to hit a green from 20 yards away.
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Agreed. I went through a period where everything less than a full swing magically found the hozel. I have also lived through two bouts of full swing shankitis. Neither are any fun, but the short shanks are worse IMO. At least when they creep into a full swing, I've got enough sense to quit, practice, or go get help.

I'm going out this afternoon and playing a gruge match against the wife to get her ready for the ladies club championship. I had planned on beating the tar out of her until I remembered that she is better than me.
 
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#4,282
DowntownVol said:
While we're on this topic: how many of you guys have ever "sent a message" to a brutally slow group in front of you?
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I have had many a ..."I have never hit a 7 iron that far in my life"... moments to send a message to a slow group.

If courses would make tee times every 12 minutes instead of 8 minutes, every one would be alot happier. (I know why they do it by the way)
 
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#4,283
cotton said:
Agreed. I went through a period where everything less than a full swing magically found the hozel. I have also lived through two bouts of full swing shankitis. Neither are any fun, but the short shanks are worse IMO. At least when they creep into a full swing, I've got enough sense to quit, practice, or go get help.

I'm going out this afternoon and playing a gruge match against the wife to get her ready for the ladies club championship. I had planned on beating the tar out of her until I remembered that she is better than me.
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Some things you just don't admit...or work like hell to correct!
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#4,284
ridethelightening said:
Some things you just don't admit...or work like hell to correct!
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She plays to a 4, and is better than that when she is actually playing regularly and updating her handicap. She has won our club championship all four times she has entered it, plus the lone City Invitational she played. She chose not to play golf in the SEC (2 offers) in college, choosing instead UK's honors program which lead to Vandy Law.

On the other hand, I never played a round on my own ball before my 25th birthday. I am pretty athletic, but I have so many bad habits that hitting balls consistently until hell freezes over with Butch Harmon behind me and Hank Haney in front would not iron them all out. If I spend just a bit more time than I have on the range with some good professional instruction, I am confident that I can get my handicap, playing under Queensbury rules, down to around 10.

I feel no disgrace in losing to a 115 lb. blonde who has to grunt to get it 225 off the tee. Some bitterness, sure, but no disgrace.
 
#4,285
#4,285
Played at Lambert Acres in Maryville this past Saturday morning. Was there at 5:45 am, teed off about 6:15. Me and my buddy didn't get paired with anyone. First 18 holes took 3 hours...last nine took over 2 hours.

Was still home before 11:30, I love playing that early :)
 
#4,286
#4,286
T-TownVol said:
If courses would make tee times every 12 minutes instead of 8 minutes, every one would be alot happier. (I know why they do it by the way)
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I disagree. It only takes 1 or 2 groups to clog up a course and they'll cause problems whether tee times are 8 minutes or 20 minutes apart.
 
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#4,291
GAVol said:
I disagree. It only takes 1 or 2 groups to clog up a course and they'll cause problems whether tee times are 8 minutes or 20 minutes apart.
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Agreed. When you have groups backed up behind a slow foursome who has at least one full hole clear ahead of them, if not more, than the tee time spread becomes irrelevant.
 
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doozer said:
it's at this point they need to be escorted off the course.
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When did Golf become a race?????

I don't like slow play either, but it still beats doing almost anything else. A little patience will help.

If we are so busy that we need to play fast...maybe golf is not the game we need to play!

In a Tourney....I love slow play because I can eliminate alot of players because they don't have the mental strength to overcome it!!!!

Relax...you will play better and enjoy your time on the links MORE!
 
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#4,295
peaygolf89 said:
When did Golf become a race?????

I don't like slow play either, but it still beats doing almost anything else. A little patience will help.

If we are so busy that we need to play fast...maybe golf is not the game we need to play!

In a Tourney....I love slow play because I can eliminate alot of players because they don't have the mental strength to overcome it!!!!

Relax...you will play better and enjoy your time on the links MORE!
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My family deserves better than me playing 6 hour rounds plus warmup and postgame beers.
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#4,296
#4,296
some people don't have the luxury of spending ALL DAY at the course every single time they play. not really that hard a concept to grasp.

i'd hate to know i couldn't play today because i don't have 6 hours to get a round in.
 
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#4,297
#4,297
Ya'll play the wrong golf courses if it take 6 hrs to play. I have played the game for over 30 yrs and can count on one hand how many 6 yr rounds I've played!!!!
 
#4,299
#4,299
peaygolf89 said:
Ya'll play the wrong golf courses if it take 6 hrs to play. I have played the game for over 30 yrs and can count on one hand how many 6 yr rounds I've played!!!!
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Your name suggests you played golf in college, so I find this statement to be highly untrue. 36 holes days were a sun up to sun down affair for us. Usually coming back to finish up the next morning
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BigPapaVol said:
haul your cookies to a couple of wildly popular public tracks. 5-6 hours is the standard.
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Well....that is a joke! It should NEVER take that long to play!

Players need to learn etitique and how to play "ready" golf! If that is the norm at your "home" course.....I'd talk to the PGA Professional and see what can be done.

Volunteer rangers...who have access to play for free a few days a week...work well! I wish you the best!

IT STILL BEATS WORK!!!!!!!

BTW...PGA is OVER (Tiger) and it has the best field in Golf!!!!:good!:
 
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