AMcC
Journeyman Pro
As the title says, had a lesson today.
It is probably the best I have hit the ball for a long time. The grouping was much tighter, just need to take it to the course now, although the practice swings and actual swings didn't need too much thought and I seemed to be able to do it without too much thought which is always good. My bad shot was starting left of target line and going left. Hardly hit any of them today. Also many more shots were relatively straight ! If I can keep this going, myshort game, which was my nemesis, will benefit hugely as well. Already seeing higher and better struck pitches, with the hands finishing even lower.
It was also very enlightening, as we chatted quite a bit of the time, looking at videos and photos of various golfers and how they have changed their swings. The main one was Justin Rose. The first video I saw was three or so years ago. His hands finished very high and you could see him rolling his wrists to hit the ball. There was also a lot of daylight between his arms and his body.
The second video showed him with much more body rotation and the clubface coming through the ball square without the need to work the hands, his arms and hands also finished much lower at the end of the swing. He apparently talks about how he wants his hands being back and his body rotating through impact.
My pro was saying there tends to be more heading to this method, and the swing has changed in recent times. There is no longer the need to be so wristy or handsy with the swing, as long as the body keeps rotating the clubhead back to the ball, also leading to a " later" hit. As a boy he was coached this way by Bob Torrance and is the first to admit the change and that it seems to be for the better.
What are your thoughts ?
It is probably the best I have hit the ball for a long time. The grouping was much tighter, just need to take it to the course now, although the practice swings and actual swings didn't need too much thought and I seemed to be able to do it without too much thought which is always good. My bad shot was starting left of target line and going left. Hardly hit any of them today. Also many more shots were relatively straight ! If I can keep this going, myshort game, which was my nemesis, will benefit hugely as well. Already seeing higher and better struck pitches, with the hands finishing even lower.
It was also very enlightening, as we chatted quite a bit of the time, looking at videos and photos of various golfers and how they have changed their swings. The main one was Justin Rose. The first video I saw was three or so years ago. His hands finished very high and you could see him rolling his wrists to hit the ball. There was also a lot of daylight between his arms and his body.
The second video showed him with much more body rotation and the clubface coming through the ball square without the need to work the hands, his arms and hands also finished much lower at the end of the swing. He apparently talks about how he wants his hands being back and his body rotating through impact.
My pro was saying there tends to be more heading to this method, and the swing has changed in recent times. There is no longer the need to be so wristy or handsy with the swing, as long as the body keeps rotating the clubhead back to the ball, also leading to a " later" hit. As a boy he was coached this way by Bob Torrance and is the first to admit the change and that it seems to be for the better.
What are your thoughts ?
