Oldirish
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Hello fellow golfers and enthusiasts. I am into my 3rd/4th year playing golf. Starting in late 2019. I have roughly played 7/8 times a year. Having played 22-26 games at the same course. But recently my passion for playing is sky rocketing.
I am cack handed. A trait I picked up from playing the game ‘Hurling’ nearly my whole life. A game I played a lot. I mean ALOT. It’s now transpired into my swing and I am comfortable with it. I find I am improving certain aspects myself. I have a small 100-120 yard practise area near by. Which has come in handy since my desire for playing has grown slowly in recent years. As a result my sand wedge and lob wedge work is pretty good. However I do struggle for the right loft when I’m on the course in the same distances. Particularly about 7/8Feet+ lower then the hole and I need the ball to sit a bit more on landing. When shooting from 90+ yards this is not as much of an issue as my cack handed swing arc also means I can strike a higher club with a bit more verve, and trust the flight arc will be relatively controllable. Working with a somewhat consistent 20-30yard run on with most irons.
As for drivers and woods. I did start with a draw, sometimes hitting high on the toe of the club face. I do slightly tend to a small draw naturally still. And when required i struggle to fade right with out a massive slice. I too experienced the low loft drive issue but would nearly confident that has changed for the good. I can still slightly top the ball sometimes. But still travels. 2 of my friends and I began at the same time and I am now the straightest, longest drive, which drives them crazy, particularly being unorthodox in my grip. All in all I am quiet happy with my driving. To fix the draw I first took a step back from the ball. Being too close meant I was pulling the club into me on the downswing to try and bring it in on time for contact. I then tried slowing down on the back swing. I ‘think’ this meant I am not snatching the club or pulling at it at all, or if I am it is not at such an early stage of the swing as the moment you go from back swing to downswing. I also stand with an ‘11’&’1’ o clock stance with my feet. The open leading foot I thought would help open the shoulder up on the follow through. And get the chest facing the target. To fix the low loft drive. I lowered the tee a small bit. And placed the ball parallel to the heel of my opened left foot. This has done wonders. Starting to really catch the ball just after the apex of the swing. I do feel I can somewhat choose from a low loft to mid+ loft drive. Unfortunately extremely high lofting eludes me. But my driver is only 9degrees. Last round of 9 I hit 5/5 fairways with the driver. I bailed on the 6th and took the tee shot with my 4 iron. Played safe and stuck middle of the fair way.
My biggest down fall by far in a way is my putting. The aspect of the game I have least enjoyed practising but also the one that requires a particular playing area to practise. I ave 3 putts a hole. To be precise it’s actually 3.2 putts. If i could take one putt less I would be hitting sub 95 regularly. As of now I attempt to break 100. Hitting 98/101/99/103/106 in my last 5 games. Luckily being cack handed doesn’t make putting tips as difficult to find as other golf strokes. Which has led me to write this long thread. Which I hope can help other novice golfers like me. But particularly cack handed golfers. I hope my sharing golfing Pros and cons help at least one other person and with a bit of luck I find my sub 100/95coach is in here waiting to respond to this post.
Any advice welcome. All cack handers welcome. We don’t need to hide anymore
I am cack handed. A trait I picked up from playing the game ‘Hurling’ nearly my whole life. A game I played a lot. I mean ALOT. It’s now transpired into my swing and I am comfortable with it. I find I am improving certain aspects myself. I have a small 100-120 yard practise area near by. Which has come in handy since my desire for playing has grown slowly in recent years. As a result my sand wedge and lob wedge work is pretty good. However I do struggle for the right loft when I’m on the course in the same distances. Particularly about 7/8Feet+ lower then the hole and I need the ball to sit a bit more on landing. When shooting from 90+ yards this is not as much of an issue as my cack handed swing arc also means I can strike a higher club with a bit more verve, and trust the flight arc will be relatively controllable. Working with a somewhat consistent 20-30yard run on with most irons.
As for drivers and woods. I did start with a draw, sometimes hitting high on the toe of the club face. I do slightly tend to a small draw naturally still. And when required i struggle to fade right with out a massive slice. I too experienced the low loft drive issue but would nearly confident that has changed for the good. I can still slightly top the ball sometimes. But still travels. 2 of my friends and I began at the same time and I am now the straightest, longest drive, which drives them crazy, particularly being unorthodox in my grip. All in all I am quiet happy with my driving. To fix the draw I first took a step back from the ball. Being too close meant I was pulling the club into me on the downswing to try and bring it in on time for contact. I then tried slowing down on the back swing. I ‘think’ this meant I am not snatching the club or pulling at it at all, or if I am it is not at such an early stage of the swing as the moment you go from back swing to downswing. I also stand with an ‘11’&’1’ o clock stance with my feet. The open leading foot I thought would help open the shoulder up on the follow through. And get the chest facing the target. To fix the low loft drive. I lowered the tee a small bit. And placed the ball parallel to the heel of my opened left foot. This has done wonders. Starting to really catch the ball just after the apex of the swing. I do feel I can somewhat choose from a low loft to mid+ loft drive. Unfortunately extremely high lofting eludes me. But my driver is only 9degrees. Last round of 9 I hit 5/5 fairways with the driver. I bailed on the 6th and took the tee shot with my 4 iron. Played safe and stuck middle of the fair way.
My biggest down fall by far in a way is my putting. The aspect of the game I have least enjoyed practising but also the one that requires a particular playing area to practise. I ave 3 putts a hole. To be precise it’s actually 3.2 putts. If i could take one putt less I would be hitting sub 95 regularly. As of now I attempt to break 100. Hitting 98/101/99/103/106 in my last 5 games. Luckily being cack handed doesn’t make putting tips as difficult to find as other golf strokes. Which has led me to write this long thread. Which I hope can help other novice golfers like me. But particularly cack handed golfers. I hope my sharing golfing Pros and cons help at least one other person and with a bit of luck I find my sub 100/95coach is in here waiting to respond to this post.
Any advice welcome. All cack handers welcome. We don’t need to hide anymore
thank you for the words of encouragement. From this thread alone I have figured out that a bit of time at the pitch and putt would serve me as much good as anything else atm. 
