TigerTime
Well-known member
Handicap has jumped from 9. something to 11.5 in last month or so unfortunately.
My driver has been pretty atrocious. The big miss is this low hook. Clubface is clearly shutting down at impact, as the ball start lefts and hooks. I played around with tee heights and different feels but nothing really changing the ball flight. I did find a temporary fix where I kinda leaned the handle forward and opened up my stance a touch and the ball would go pretty straight - but it was reliant on my body moving 'together' which is hard to replicate and hasn't lasted, maybe a couple of rounds at most over the season. It has been so destructive to my scoring game that ultimately it's killing rounds. I've lost all confidence with it and it has usually always been a strength of mine but this has kinda crept up on me over the season. It's the same pattern with the irons and has been all year, the difference being now it's crept into my driver game also. I suspect it's a swing/technical issue overall since the pattern is the same but it obviously shows up more in the longer clubs.
I am likely flipping (presumably because the clubface is coming in open). My low point control/compression with irons isn't great and strike varies a bit. I suspect that my pivot/rotation isn't great and that's what ultimately causes these symptoms and this pattern but I could be wrong.
I have of course had coaching and lessons before but in hindsight they were always addressing symptoms and sticking plasters on rather than addressing something which is clearly the root cause/core problem.
I'm going to get booked in somewhere but I am sceptical of plasters and quick fixes even more now than ever before so I'm trying to find someone who will address the root cause of the problem but in the meantime I'm curious if anyone has had/has similar issues or can offer any advice.
My driver has been pretty atrocious. The big miss is this low hook. Clubface is clearly shutting down at impact, as the ball start lefts and hooks. I played around with tee heights and different feels but nothing really changing the ball flight. I did find a temporary fix where I kinda leaned the handle forward and opened up my stance a touch and the ball would go pretty straight - but it was reliant on my body moving 'together' which is hard to replicate and hasn't lasted, maybe a couple of rounds at most over the season. It has been so destructive to my scoring game that ultimately it's killing rounds. I've lost all confidence with it and it has usually always been a strength of mine but this has kinda crept up on me over the season. It's the same pattern with the irons and has been all year, the difference being now it's crept into my driver game also. I suspect it's a swing/technical issue overall since the pattern is the same but it obviously shows up more in the longer clubs.
I am likely flipping (presumably because the clubface is coming in open). My low point control/compression with irons isn't great and strike varies a bit. I suspect that my pivot/rotation isn't great and that's what ultimately causes these symptoms and this pattern but I could be wrong.
I have of course had coaching and lessons before but in hindsight they were always addressing symptoms and sticking plasters on rather than addressing something which is clearly the root cause/core problem.
I'm going to get booked in somewhere but I am sceptical of plasters and quick fixes even more now than ever before so I'm trying to find someone who will address the root cause of the problem but in the meantime I'm curious if anyone has had/has similar issues or can offer any advice.
