Back to basics

[Grogger]

Last few rounds I've played have made me want to jack golf in altogether but I'm not letting this recent run of poor form beat me. I've been playing for just over 2 years and at the moment I'm playing as if I've never picked up a club before. I've gone from hitting in the low 90's to topping every shot I couldn't hit my 6 iron more than 50 yards today!!

I have a lesson tomorrow and I want to get my instructor to give me a lesson as if I've never picked up a club before.

Is this the right thing to do? I'm not sure if this is a step backwards or if its something simple to fix in my swing? Not sure what else to do

 

[Birchy]

Leave it to the teaching pro. They will probably spot the fault pretty quickly.

 

[AmandaJR]

I should think he'll get you to hit some shots and decide what's needed from there. Could be very simple or could be complete back to basics but let him work that out for you

Good luck.

 

[DaveM]

Hi matey. Let the pro sort it. Does sound as thought your swaying rather than turning. Do you get fats as well?

 

[CMAC]

Back to basics is the perfect way to tackle it both physically and mentally from your perspective

 

[Grogger]

Hi matey. Let the pro sort it. Does sound as thought your swaying rather than turning. Do you get fats as well?

Strange thing about it all is that I used to hit fats all the time! Went to my pro and he fixed It right away. I've gone from hitting fat shots all the time to hitting thin shots all the time cant remember the last time I hit a fat shot.

There is a slight sway in my swing but I'm trying to work on getting rid of that

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

Last few rounds I've played have made me want to jack golf in altogether but I'm not letting this recent run of poor form beat me. I've been playing for just over 2 years and at the moment I'm playing as if I've never picked up a club before. I've gone from hitting in the low 90's to topping every shot I couldn't hit my 6 iron more than 50 yards today!!

I have a lesson tomorrow and I want to get my instructor to give me a lesson as if I've never picked up a club before.

Is this the right thing to do? I'm not sure if this is a step backwards or if its something simple to fix in my swing? Not sure what else to do

Stick with it - your Pro will sort you out. I recently reached a (the) nadir in my golf - hitting 2-3 shanks every hole - and that after playing for 40yrs and getting down to 6 just doing it 'my way'. I was so depressed with my game that thoughts of 'Why am I doing this? This is hell! Will I renew in Nov?' started going through my head. Couple of lessons with my Pro and on the way to a full recovery.

 

[CMAC]

Strange thing about it all is that I used to hit fats all the time! Went to my pro and he fixed It right away. I've gone from hitting fat shots all the time to hitting thin shots all the time cant remember the last time I hit a fat shot.

There is a slight sway in my swing but I'm trying to work on getting rid of that

thats prob the root of the 'flipping' thins

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

Strange thing about it all is that I used to hit fats all the time! Went to my pro and he fixed It right away. I've gone from hitting fat shots all the time to hitting thin shots all the time cant remember the last time I hit a fat shot.

There is a slight sway in my swing but I'm trying to work on getting rid of that

Hipsway - cracking Scottish band from the 80s - not so cracking for golf though

 

[DaveyG]

Leave it to the teaching pro. They will probably spot the fault pretty quickly.

So true...

You will hit four or five and he will explain in 2 minutes whats going wrong and then you will be hittingn them flush...








Until next time you play a round

 

[Grogger]

So true...

You will hit four or five and he will explain in 2 minutes whats going wrong and then you will be hittingn them flush...








Until next time you play a round

Hahahaha sounds about right! Love how I hit it during a lesson then collapse as soon as I play my next round!

 

[the_coach]

Strange thing about it all is that I used to hit fats all the time! Went to my pro and he fixed It right away. I've gone from hitting fat shots all the time to hitting thin shots all the time cant remember the last time I hit a fat shot.

There is a slight sway in my swing but I'm trying to work on getting rid of that

All part of the same problem, swaying off the ball so you move your low point (of possibly an over steep swing plane too) of your swings arc that is before you get to the ball, so nearer your trail foot.

So because of this you got for a while the 'fats', then you're then as a reaction to this pulling up (possibly standing up out of posture some) to avoid the ground by flipping the club so thins & tops, but the low point of your swing arc is still in the same place that gave you the fats, before the club head gets to the ball & not as it should be target side of the ball.

Got to take the club away keeping the weight on the inside of the right leg (which will stop the sway right) which also has to retain some flex & not completely straighten as you 'turn' into your right hip socket while staying in posture, keeping your vertical height level with a steady head. (not letting/or taking your head by moving your upper body right instead of rotating around the spine along with the lateral hip sway right)

Just hit a few balls at the lesson & the PGA Pro will sort it out. All faults trace back to grip, address, alignment & posture & the first 2 feet of motion away from the ball, either all of them, or a combination some of them.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

As others say, let the pro sort it without going all the way back to square one. Clearly you're making progress and once he spots the fault (probably within minutes) and gives you some drills and fixes you'll be hitting it well. My only advice, and it's just the way I do things, is get to the range after the lesson and spend some time working on the drills and fixes for a couple of sessions. I find it much easier to trust it on the course then rather than going out after a few balls and the lesson and expecting it to work

 

[the_coach]

Best ways is to get a series of lessons, one lesson will start to put you on the right track, but it is just that the first step.

Better if you get any changes he's made, whatever grip, address or just swing motion, ask if he'll vid them all on your cell fone (if you're not having it recorded & loaded up to youtube or V1 or similar by the Pro)

You then have something to look at during practice, & you have to a bunch of practice to start to make it stick. My experience, folks think they will remember, but usually after a day or so it's not as upfront in the mind as the player first thinks.

Or at the very least take a notebook & write it all down.

 

[lex!]

Hope your lesson goes well and you get back on it. I have been playing for about 10 months and been really pleased with how I have been doing, but played on Sunday in an afternoon four ball and went into meltdown. Barclays banks and sometimes not able to even get it as far as the red tees. Nothing I could think of or do would change it. Nightmare. So went to range last night after having looked at my lesson notes and realised that knees were the key. Made myself point toes forward and set the knees and turn and coil (not sway) against stable lower body. Less is more. Played 9 after with a couple of the same blokes from Sunday and it all went very well that time with dramatically improved strikes. Agree with the_coach that I think I remember what I have been taught, and think i am doing it, but the reality can be different.

 

[williamalex1]

Hipsway - cracking Scottish band from the 80s - not so cracking for golf though

Funny you should mention that, the name of my last band was Back to Basics.

 

[User 105]

Funny the timing of this post.

I've been playing some of my best golf ever until about a month ago. Then my swing fell apart, completely. Fats, thins, completely off balance, can't get forward on the shot. Spent all month trying to work it out, which I usually can, then had to give up and go see a pro last night.

Guess what, I've suddenly started moving off the ball. Obvious when I read back the symptoms now. :temper:

So that took all of 10 mins of my hour lesson to fix. So spent the rest of the lesson sorting out a couple of other odds and ends.

Off up the range in a bit to keep working at it.

 

[Loz1607]

Im really looking forward to my first lesson in a few years next week. After not playing properly for 5-6 years, I am finding I play well for 14 holes and have a few card wreckers on there at the moment. Thought if I am going to practice a lot over the winter, I may as well be practicing the right things. Hopefully it means I will hit the ground running at the start of next season.