Hacker Khan
Yurt Dwelling, Yoghurt Knitter
Recently I've been suffering from an increasingly drastic draw, which turned into a bad hook, which was then turning into a round ruiner and was completely spoiling my enjoyment of the game. It was great when it first appeared as it was adding yards onto my shots. But recently the ball was landing anywhere up to 40 yards right (I'm a lefty) of where I was aiming. And I had lost the ability to use anything under a 5 iron as they would just duck hook across the ground and go nowhere.
Anyway, last weekend I went for a lesson with an assistant pro which cost me £14. And he pointed out that I had the worlds strongest grip, and could view about every knuckle on my right hand. Which was not good. I kind of knew this myself but every time I tried to weaken it it just felt too weird. But he told me that it had to be done.
So I've weakened my grip drastically, it feels extremely strange, and at first I was struggling to hit the ball. But just been down the range and after 150 balls things are looking up a bit. I have lost at least 20 yards on most clubs, but they are not hooking. And in fact are now fading a bit. I know this is not ideal, but I am a lot more accurate and with a bit more practice I should be able to add some more yards. And if not I'll just buy some TM RocketBladz as it's well known they are the answer to any yardage problems Plus I managed to hit my hybrids again, and after a while they were mostly going straightish and landing nice and softly. I'd really had forgotten what that was like.
Best £14 I think I've ever spent.
Anyway, last weekend I went for a lesson with an assistant pro which cost me £14. And he pointed out that I had the worlds strongest grip, and could view about every knuckle on my right hand. Which was not good. I kind of knew this myself but every time I tried to weaken it it just felt too weird. But he told me that it had to be done.
So I've weakened my grip drastically, it feels extremely strange, and at first I was struggling to hit the ball. But just been down the range and after 150 balls things are looking up a bit. I have lost at least 20 yards on most clubs, but they are not hooking. And in fact are now fading a bit. I know this is not ideal, but I am a lot more accurate and with a bit more practice I should be able to add some more yards. And if not I'll just buy some TM RocketBladz as it's well known they are the answer to any yardage problems Plus I managed to hit my hybrids again, and after a while they were mostly going straightish and landing nice and softly. I'd really had forgotten what that was like.
Best £14 I think I've ever spent.