Closed season maintenance

Basher

Basher

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Well, not completely closed season because I'll still be playing when I can.

However. I played yesterday and found one or two flaws in my game which need immediate rectification.
Committing to the shot and driving going anywhere but straight to name but two.

Dark nights mean the course is out of bounds for practise, so, it'll have to be the range off the nasty mats!
I think I'll give it a few sessions to see if I can cure it myself then seek the assistance of a pro if it doesn't seem to be working.

Hoping to give the game a bit of a makeover throughout January and February with lots of practise, hopefully I'll be ready to hit the course with avangeance come March.

Does this seem a good plan? :D
What have you planned over the closed season?
 
I am totally disillusioned with golf at the moment. I have had a good season, and may be I am a bit jaded. The course has suddenly gone to pot, the greens are terrible, my golf has sunk to the level where I can't hit a single club, and am thinking next time out I might play the whole 18 holes with a 9i, as I can't score any worse. I am not sure when my next game will be, but it won't be soon.

I have been going to the range once a week, working on a draw for next season. My stock shot is a fade, but this can rapidly become a pull hook or wild slice. If I could draw the ball, then this would cure both. My divots normally point anything up to 40 degrees left. Not good.

I was getting somewhere with it, but this weekend was just dreadful.

I have bought a book on stack and tilt to read over Christmas, and may be this is a direction I might look at.

Failing that, my clubs will be in the for sale section.
 
my suggestion would be drop the driver and start using ur 3 wood just until you feel your striking the ball well again,then ease your driver back in.As you stated lots of practice in the winter is key to a fast start in spring,happy golfing.
 
Hi,
Going to pack the clubs away for a couple of weeks as i'm feeling tiered of golf after a long season then off to the range twice a week in the new year and a lesson after xmas to get ready for the new season.
Mike
 
murphthemog, sounds like you need a lesson from a good pro as soon as possible. it may be that one simple thing could sort you out. If you were playing well before, then it might just be a one tiny little thing that has crept into your game.

don't give up just like that! be a man and get on with it and enjoy it again.
 
Murph,

It's just the winter and it's effects on the mind andas a result an effect on your golf. when the sun shines again and you get your rythm back you'll be fine.

I've seen you play, you trike the ball well when you're swinging well. Just have a wee rest over the darklest days of the winter, then get enthusiastic about it again after the year.

It's a state of mind at this time of year. ;)
 
My stock shot is a fade, but this can rapidly become a pull hook or wild slice. If I could draw the ball, then this would cure both.
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...and usher in a whole new era of blocked shots and snap hooks :D

Sorry to hear you had a bad weekend... welcome to my world :D
 
murph

if you are looking to go to stack & tilt try and find a pro who teaches it because it's difficuilt to fully understand from DVD or web info.
I know a lot of people mock it but it can really stabilise your game and make it a lot more consistent.
 
I am having a bit of a break from it, but partly because I am not a fan of winter golf, and often plod through it which does more harm than good. I have bought a book on S&T which is a theory I am quite keen on, and figure if I work on this over the winter, it might be what I am looking for. Either that, or I will be back to 18 again. My current swing is way too dependent on timing (too many moving parts), which if I am having an off day is non existent, as evidenced on Sunday. I have a golf holiday booked in Fl in March, so hopefully a bit of sun will rekindle my passion for the game.
 
I have bought the book 'The stack and tilt golf swing' by Michael Bennett and Andy Plummer, which is highly recommended on 'The Sand Trap'. I look forward to reading it, as it sounds interesting.

As to finding a S&T pro, not sure where I would even start to look really.
 
You'd have to majorly[sp?] rebuild your swing if you swapped to S&T it wouldn't be just a simple change.
The S&T swing is pretty flat so those lovely high hands of yours will have to go,... but at least you'd feel more compact.

I don't know of any pro's teaching it.
 
The hardest thing i found with S&T is the swing plane is a lot flatter, and invariably it starts to creep up more vertically. (Oh and don't forget to tuck your chin down A LOT...they never did stress that enough in the videos)
Oh and if you do find a cheap S&T coach anywhere in yorkshire i'd like to know as I haven't found any pro in the UK that teaches it yet.
 
Wouldnt really recommend it unless you're as crazy as me, but last week i really could not hit another ball off of the mats so i played 5 holes in the pitch black. Its a bit of an adventure but if you are hitting it straight-ish then you can sort of work out where the ball has flown

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play off 11.7

Callaway FTI 9.5 x-stiff Grafalloy Prolaunch Red DAMAGED :(
titleist 906f4 18.5 stiff aldila vs proto 85s
ping s59 tours 3-pw s400
Ping Tour W 50* s400
cleveland cg10 54* s400
scotty cameron studio design 1.5
 
......I haven't found any pro in the UK that teaches it yet.
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Neither have I, but then again I haven't really looked (have you?) as I doubt I could afford it :p


A ringing endorsment
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S&T doesn't need endorsing, the results speak for themselves.

I've nearly converted myself back to it already :p CHEERS MURPH!!!
 
My current swing is way too dependent on timing (too many moving parts), which if I am having an off day is non existent
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Story of my swing in one sentence. I've got a number of issues to work on (tempo, swaying, maintaining spine angle) but I'm happy that this is the time to do it. I like the range work and the battle to put the information I get in lessons into something subjective that I can see in terms of a perfectly executed shot. I'd rather spend three hours taking my time over every shot than play poorly on a cold wet course just because I could

I've seen you play murph and your game is single figures with ease. Get yourself a lesson, put in the effort and reap the rewards. Personally I think you have no need to even consider S&T as you can be competitive and single figure with what you have. It might be a bit like me (only better in your case) and not textbook but as we all say on here, scorecards have no pictures
 
I am interested in trying S&T, as from the write ups, it could cure alot of what is wrong with my swing. If it doesn't work, I can always revert back. It will be an interesting read anyway.
 
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