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#2,127
#2,127
GAVol said:
Usually sticking the toe in the ground is a result of a bad lie angle or a steep swing with an "over the top" move . . . which is the exact opposite of what you are describing. A guy your height with a shallow swing would typically fight sticking the heel in the ground; not the toe. I guess there is a possibility that you've gotten your hands on some clubs that are set way too flat for you, but chances are you've got a stock set with standard lies.

I think I'd get a pro to watch me hit a few balls before I did anything. It almost sounds like that power draw you are hitting off the tee is really an outside-in slice swing that you've turned into a modified pull hook with a strong grip.
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I'm using a neutral grip now, but you're right-I should just have someone look at it. thanks.
 
#2,129
#2,129
I played King's Creek, an Arnold Palmer course in Spring Hill over the weekend. Nice course, especially for sub-$50. I was hitting the driver nicely and love my new Proforce V2 shaft (it's orange, bless it!) -- had a couple of 300-320 yarders. My work with the Pelz book has helped tremendously on the short game. I didn't really hit any putts of significant distance and had a rough final three holes (the course makes you pay for hitting it into the sand) and still wound up with an 82. A little more work this summer and I hope to get where I want to be. . . .writing a "7" in the tens digit.
 
#2,131
#2,131
kiddiedoc said:
Try Pelz, man. You won't be disappointed.
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Pills would work better than Pelz. Some Lortabs and maybe a couple of hours 'round that closely mowed practice thing with all of the little white flags sticking up.

I once had a man tell me that golf wasn't hard--life was hard.

That guy was an idiot.
 
#2,132
#2,132
can someone give me some advice? I can't hit a driver to save my life, but i can smash a 5 wood off the tee box. Is there some kind of secret to hitting a driver?
 
#2,133
#2,133
Week one of playing in the books. 6 days at the driving range and one full 18. Yeah I am hooked.

All the small little improvements each time keep me going back for more. I am still slicing bad off the tee with my driver. I have turned my stance to the left, so when the ball does curve right, for the most part it ends up straight. I have a feeling this is going to be bad habit to settle into.

My irons, well when I started I hit the 9 wedge as far as a 4 iron, I am starting to see the difference in the distance.

Also, is the 3 iron the hardest club to hit? I have only connected solid once, even then it didn't go much further than say a 5. Perhaps i didn't connect as well as I thought I did.

Anywho, going to play another 9 or 18 tomorrow. Summer breaks FTW
 
#2,135
#2,135
Volsguy12 said:
can someone give me some advice? I can't hit a driver to save my life, but i can smash a 5 wood off the tee box. Is there some kind of secret to hitting a driver?
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Do you have a relatively modern set of clubs? There was a time in golf when men were men and woods were wood and a #1 was harder to hit than a #5. That shouldn't really be the case anymore.

If your driver was born after about 1995, maybe describing the problem you are having might help some of the more guruish of our clan to hone in on the cause.
 
#2,136
#2,136
RockyTopEmpire said:
I am still slicing bad off the tee with my driver. I have turned my stance to the left, so when the ball does curve right, for the most part it ends up straight. I have a feeling this is going to be bad habit to settle into.

My irons, well when I started I hit the 9 wedge as far as a 4 iron, I am starting to see the difference in the distance.

Also, is the 3 iron the hardest club to hit? I have only connected solid once, even then it didn't go much further than say a 5. Perhaps i didn't connect as well as I thought I did.
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Do not get into the habit of opening up, pointing left, to correct for a large slice. During a round, I'm all for people doing whatever it takes to get the ball in the hole in the fewest strokes, but in practice you should never do that. In fact, if I were you, I would actually close my stance in practice to work on getting the club going through the ball from inside to out or straight down the line. The big slice is the most common problem in the game and is caused by many problems, but the most common cause is keeping the weight on the back foot and trying to lift the ball into the air, causing a big over the top swing that goes drastically from outside to inside on the swing path.
 
#2,137
#2,137
Honestly, the best way to improve your game is to get lessons. Get lessons, get your clubs fit, and practice like mad. There are any number of reasons you could be slicing a driver, and without actually seeing your swing it would be silly to offer advice.
 
#2,139
#2,139
TreeGreen said:
Honestly, the best way to improve your game is to get lessons. Get lessons, get your clubs fit, and practice like mad. There are any number of reasons you could be slicing a driver, and without actually seeing your swing it would be silly to offer advice.
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you're calling me silly?
 
#2,142
#2,142
i used to have a wicked slice. as i pulled my driver back, i would break my wrists and it would open up the club face.

to correct it, i would fill a gallon jug of water about halfway and practice pushing it straight backwards with my driver.

hard for me to explain, but it works.
 
#2,143
#2,143
thanks!

during my round today I played with some guys and they told me to turn my wrist over, kinda like doozer was saying.

He explained it like I was hitting a baseball (just my wrists mind you) and turn my right hand over to keep the club face down.

I got it right on the last hole and hit the ball straight and about 230ish. Best drive by a long shot.

Of course it was the last hole and I didn't get to try after that, so tomorrow is the driving range!

Ill be getting lessons soon, just wanted to see what I could figure out on my own...which wasn't much lol
 
#2,144
#2,144
RockyTopEmpire said:
Ill be getting lessons soon, just wanted to see what I could figure out on my own...which wasn't much lol
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The problem, at least for me, with figuring it out on my own is that very often with the golf swing, I'm not swinging like I think I'm swinging. My biggest battle is with taking the club back inside and laying it off at the top, but from "feeling" my swing, I can't tell when I'm doing it. I have a number of bad tendencies that feel comfortable but cause me to do this. I also can't really "feel" when I've corrected it. When the snap hooks and chunks and weak push-slices start creeping in, though, it is a sure sign that old habits are back.

It is really hard to examine your own golf swing. That is the reason that Tiger, who probably knows the golf swing better than any player alive, still spends a lot of time with a coach, and Phil has an entire staff working with him. Mirrors help some, video helps more, but there is no substitute for having somebody who knows what they are seeing watch you swing a club and suggest corrections.

Note: that probably is not your playing partners.
 
#2,145
#2,145
I was at Seagrove Beach last week and drove over to Sandestin for rounds on Wednesday and Thursday at The Rave and Burnt Pine, respectively.

Aside for the large consumption of beer, it was the worst two rounds of golf in my adult lifetime.

I could not get comfortable. Playing Florida coastal courses are very different from my regular tracks.

I couldn't hit off the fairways. I couldn't get a feel for the sand. And I remembered why I hate bermuda greens.
 
#2,148
#2,148
I know many on here will think I'm crazy, but upon returning from a brief trip to Norfolk to get the last of my stuff out of storage, I have returned with both the 975D and the 983K. If I can't get my fade under control with my 905T after my next round, one of them, most likely the D, will make it's way back into my bag.
 
#2,150
#2,150
Or as Faldo said, the best advice is for him to cut down the shafts four inches.

Will that help the slice? No

But they will fit into the garbage can.
 
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