Rlburnside
Challenge Tour Pro
Went out and practiced this swing before playing and looked at the video of my swing, hit 30 balls with p/w all went around 80/100 yard mark with a dispersion of around 15/20 yards.
What was most noticeable when I looked at the slow motion was there was no swaying, big difference to my other swing I looked at from a couple of weeks ago.
Went out and played and only missed one fairway with my drives and the one I missed was only by a few feet, some of the drives were 20 yards longer than I normally hit. By having the weight on my left side kept me from swaying so much, I was playing in our winter league so didn't set the hips so much with the driver as I think this will need more practice.
The irons were ok,again I was mainly trying to keep my weight on the left side and keep still probebly set my hips more with the irons but not as much as advocated in the swing.
Best shots were a par 3 at 180 yards a hole I normally take a hybrid or 5 wood, with the wind helping I decided to try a 5 iron and hit the front of the green, another par 4 I had 145 yards into the wind and hit the green.
Worst shots were with a p/w 3rd shot into a par 5 which I left short and into a lake, and a 9 iron 2nd shot into our 18th which again I left short.
I felt it a very positive day , by no means am I fully doing this swing i.e. setting the hips at address but by just having my weight more on the left side has helped keeping still and stop the swaying.
But looking at the swing I noticed my grip was to strong something I've been trying to address of late, also the ball position was to far forward in my stance. So more to work on.
What was most noticeable when I looked at the slow motion was there was no swaying, big difference to my other swing I looked at from a couple of weeks ago.
Went out and played and only missed one fairway with my drives and the one I missed was only by a few feet, some of the drives were 20 yards longer than I normally hit. By having the weight on my left side kept me from swaying so much, I was playing in our winter league so didn't set the hips so much with the driver as I think this will need more practice.
The irons were ok,again I was mainly trying to keep my weight on the left side and keep still probebly set my hips more with the irons but not as much as advocated in the swing.
Best shots were a par 3 at 180 yards a hole I normally take a hybrid or 5 wood, with the wind helping I decided to try a 5 iron and hit the front of the green, another par 4 I had 145 yards into the wind and hit the green.
Worst shots were with a p/w 3rd shot into a par 5 which I left short and into a lake, and a 9 iron 2nd shot into our 18th which again I left short.
I felt it a very positive day , by no means am I fully doing this swing i.e. setting the hips at address but by just having my weight more on the left side has helped keeping still and stop the swaying.
But looking at the swing I noticed my grip was to strong something I've been trying to address of late, also the ball position was to far forward in my stance. So more to work on.
