Paul77
Challenge Tour Pro
My swing was a result of watching too many videos online. It was also something that I adjusted over the last few months, to stop a low fade with the driver and a high slice with the irons. I had one lesson last month and the guy gave me a few bits of advice. Stand further away from the ball and get my weight distribution right at address. In conjunction with that I was trying to learn how to Draw the ball and I had some great success with it, although, sometimes that dreaded shank or slice came back and I was only saved with a pitch or chip back onto the green.
My second lesson I asked if I could work on AoA with my irons as I was taking huge divots (me thinking this was my problem), and sometimes chunking into the turf on uphill lies.
He takes me onto the mat with Trackman on. I hit a few balls in my normal address position and I hit about 10 balls. We check trackman and my AoA was -1.5 with a 7 iron on average. He says this was fine but lets work on something else.
Long story short. I was aligining up all wrong and taking the club away too shallow on the backswing and slightly coming over the top on the down. A few wee drills later during the lesson and three pointers to keep in mind to focus on when I address the ball and I'm not only hitting the ball with a better strike, lower launch angle and went from 149y with a 7iron to 173y max.
A few days rest and I went to the range last night hoping to keep to the advice given, and I must say it's night and day. Only problem is that I'm now hooked.
Thanks to everyone who advised to get lessons, it's been the best £70 I've spend so far, and I encourage anyone who is feeling there's something not quite right to go speak to someone about it. I've gone from being a "Hit and Hope" to actually hitting the ball consistently down a line with a 10 yard dispersion with my irons. I tried the same principle with the driver last night and crikey it's mental. Not any longer, but more a feeling of being able to strike it better and down a tighter line.
Now all I need is for the rain to pass
Paul
My second lesson I asked if I could work on AoA with my irons as I was taking huge divots (me thinking this was my problem), and sometimes chunking into the turf on uphill lies.
He takes me onto the mat with Trackman on. I hit a few balls in my normal address position and I hit about 10 balls. We check trackman and my AoA was -1.5 with a 7 iron on average. He says this was fine but lets work on something else.
Long story short. I was aligining up all wrong and taking the club away too shallow on the backswing and slightly coming over the top on the down. A few wee drills later during the lesson and three pointers to keep in mind to focus on when I address the ball and I'm not only hitting the ball with a better strike, lower launch angle and went from 149y with a 7iron to 173y max.
A few days rest and I went to the range last night hoping to keep to the advice given, and I must say it's night and day. Only problem is that I'm now hooked.
Thanks to everyone who advised to get lessons, it's been the best £70 I've spend so far, and I encourage anyone who is feeling there's something not quite right to go speak to someone about it. I've gone from being a "Hit and Hope" to actually hitting the ball consistently down a line with a 10 yard dispersion with my irons. I tried the same principle with the driver last night and crikey it's mental. Not any longer, but more a feeling of being able to strike it better and down a tighter line.
Now all I need is for the rain to pass
Paul
). Keep it on the fairway now and you'll soon be on the tour.
