anyone change their shot shape this year?

As a handicap golfer my shot shape chooses me. I normally have a fade/slice. On the odd day I have a draw, I change were I aim accordingly!!

If I could shape the ball I'd be pretty good
 
I'm trying to change my swing path at the minute so hopefully a change in shape comes with it,hopefully a nice gentle draw instead of a pull or fade/slice.

Not sure about the fun part it's been unbelievably frustrating to start with.
 
Right here my man.

Took me best part of a season but I've eventually changed my path so than I'm now attaching the ball from the inside.

Probably the hardest change I've ever had to make.

It took me a good while to get my arms/shoulders out of the transition and get the downswing started from the ground up.
 
Well yes.....and no :confused:

Since my lessons early in 2013 I've predominantly hitting a draw but when my swing deserted me earlier this year I decided to try going back to my old fade. It was OK for a few weeks but after giving myself a stern talking to about being an idiot and going back to basics I'm hitting it great and the draw is back.

For the record, I wasn't looking to hit a draw when I had lessons, it kind of just happened after swing changes and it can take a bit of getting used to. There are still occasions when I wish I still had the fade, and given Blackmoor is predominantly a left to right course I'm sure there will be many more to come :D
 
Have been working hard to neutralise my path as my misses were both left and right. I thought I'd eliminated the low hooks left and so could play for a left to right miss but in recent weeks I'm missing both ways again. I am trying to play with as neutral (straight) a shot as I can
 
I can switch between nasty duck hooks and seering slices oob in the same round. Sometimes on the same hole.
 
HomerJSimpson said:
Have been working hard to neutralise my path as my misses were both left and right. I thought I'd eliminated the low hooks left and so could play for a left to right miss but in recent weeks I'm missing both ways again. I am trying to play with as neutral (straight) a shot as I can
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One of my pet hates is not knowing what side I will miss on (if any). That's why I like to move it one way or the other.

If you can get a reliable shape going it gives you a bigger landing spot. big Monty always said he opened up the fairway by aiming down the left side and had the whole fairway to let the ball move back into. If you aim down the middle and miss either way you only have half a fairway to hit.
 
garyinderry said:
One of my pet hates is not knowing what side I will miss on (if any). That's why I like to move it one way or the other.

If you can get a reliable shape going it gives you a bigger landing spot. big Monty always said he opened up the fairway by aiming down the left side and had the whole fairway to let the ball move back into. If you aim down the middle and miss either way you only have half a fairway to hit.
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Exactly. I had lost the lefts and as you say it made the fairway much bigger. They've returned and with the odd right back in there, it makes driving trickier. I'm working on it and hope to banish the lefts again soon and all will be peaches and honey off the tee again
 
At the beginning of the year around march I had a fade and tried to really change to a draw so I imagined dustin johnsons swing and tried to replicate and first shot got a big draw so started playing that but my right hand grip was really strong. Had a couple of lessons were my alignment was sorted and my grip changed and when I'm swinging ok its a nice draw but have the tendency to over draw which then makes me aim a bit more right then Sod's law I hit a straight shot. I find it really hard now to fade my irons. Prefer the draw as I don't have to swing as hard.
 
I've gone from a draw (hook) with my irons to straight or slight fade. Driver gone from a draw (hook) to a push fade or push slice. This now is becoming more of straight to slight push. Thanks bob!
 
The thing I have found with a strong grip, and boy have I had a strong grip. Your misses tend to be left. You start aiming more right to compensate but the more you aim right the further you miss to the left. you end up swinging further to the right putting more of a hook on the ball.

It ends up being a catch 22 situation. best thing is to weaken the grip a touch.
 
garyinderry said:
The thing I have found with a strong grip, and boy have I had a strong grip. Your misses tend to be left. You start aiming more right to compensate but the more you aim right the further you miss to the left. you end up swinging further to the right putting more of a hook on the ball.

It ends up being a catch 22 situation. best thing is to weaken the grip a touch.
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that and "swing left"
 
I've gone thru a swing improvement more then a change, improve my dynamic action through the ball by increasing the lag by body rotation and forward shaft lean to compress the ball more. But I've been trying a shot on Trackman I saw with pitch shots to give a lower ball flight by a more in to out swing producing a slight draw on shots from 70-100 yds. Results are encouraging.
 
I've changed to hitting a fade with my driver, but that hadn't come from a swing change. This has come from getting a high loft driver and de-lofting it so the face opened up. So I still swing in-out with lots of wrist action:o But the face is now staying slightly open causing a left to right ball flight. This has more or less eliminated my bad shot that was a pull-draw (duck hook) and my bad shot actually goes straight or with a slight draw now.
 
3565 said:
I've gone thru a swing improvement more then a change, improve my dynamic action through the ball by increasing the lag by body rotation and forward shaft lean to compress the ball more. But I've been trying a shot on Trackman I saw with pitch shots to give a lower ball flight by a more in to out swing producing a slight draw on shots from 70-100 yds. Results are encouraging.
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