Recent content by Tommygun16

Does anyone know what would cause a 'forgiving' driver to go further than a less forgiving model? I have had a Cobra Speedzone Extreme (the forgiving model) for a number of years and recently took a punt on the PXG 0311 (the less forgiving model of the two PXG options). My logic was that...

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Your gaps look fine to me. I used to hit 7 about 120 and driver only 160 ish. That's slightly better now, but having done a lot of practice and research I've come to the conclusion that we're physically limited. Sounds obvious but no one says it, especially in the days of Youtube golf...

It works perfectly for all clubs from wedges to a 5 Wood off a tee, which surprised me. Means I no longer duff my woods and hybrids as I'm still effectively hitting down on the ball. I'm still working on the driver. I've never been able to hit it very well, although keeping my weight forward...

In my experience the pros I have seen teach radically different things. Although I suspect that most will teach a similar basic set-up for a beginner. The advice about getting weight right then left is probably not useful at this stage. If you find you start topping/fatting the ball stop it...

So this would imply that at impact my wrist has 'extended' (for want of a better word) beyond the set up/address position, just as if you were hammering a nail in. Does that make sense?

I think you're read the thread backwards. Look again - he dismissed me as being closed minded etc after I was politely answering his questions, simply because my approach/thoughts clearly didn't chime with his. My retreat from that conversation came afterwards.

Thank you for that reasoned and considered response, where you completely addressed my issues outlined above. For a second I was concerned you were just going to blindly support your old mate Bob. Enjoy!

Hi Val. Thanks for joining in at this point. I'm sure Bobmac doesn't need any help here. You both look like you've been on this site a while. Interestingly enough, Bobmac didn't actually ask me anything directly on here until only a few messages ago. He immediately assessed that I didn't...

The irony is the exact same could be said of you, who clearly has a contrary view to me and has sought only to pick holes rather than consider my experiences with the pro(s) I have seen. If I had said above that I could easily see all the variations in my swing then that would be easy to fix...

Yes and no. My pro(s) have filmed me and sometimes the errors are obvious and can be rectified e.g. swinging over the top. But the 'feelings' I have described are very subtle and often can't be obviously picked up on camera, e.g. where my weight is and what I do with my wrists at split seconds...

1. That would be a start. Not had it yet. 2. I'm quite analytical and my swing does vary hugely - I can release my wrists or not; I can fire my hips or not; I can swing to the outside or not. The list goes on.

Yes I know and I do, but the approach so far from each has been to fall back on..."ok let me just see how you're swinging at the moment...." and there it goes. I did once explicitly ask to be told exactly e.g. how to address the ball as I wasn't feeling comfortable with it and I was just told...

Exactly this. The moment I'm watched by a pro it falls apart. I had exactly the same issue during a club fitting too. I think some people are misinterpreting my view on this thread. I don't think lessons are useless. My issue is that I am such a beginner, with no consistent swing, that a pro...

It's interesting isn't it. It would be good to be able to test how much lessons do or don't improve someone, but it would be almost impossible to do (i.e. would they have improved anyway). However, given my particular issue as explained in the first post, if I do go to see a new pro and his...