Sorry guys but hitting woods is well hard...

Tiger

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A lot of you have said to me that I should get myself fitted for a three wood or driver. Was on the simulator with my brother tonight and thought what the heck I'll give it a go. Oh my god it's hard. G-Sarse. How in the name of blinking nora is it possible. I just couldn't for the life of me wrap it round my body on a half swing and bring it vack to connect. I was hitting my 6 iron much further.

Now I know I need to be fitted for the right woods and have some lessons to improve my set up and swing, but it's still well hard and much much harder than I thought it would be. I think I'm gonna hold fire for just a little bit longer so I can sort out my iron swing issues as I think that will help.

By the way did I mention how difficult it is? :(
 
I'm sorry Tiger but I have pointed out to you before that I though focussing purely on the short game and irons would cause a problem. I'm not sure getting fitted for woods is a sound move until you are coming down handicap wise and can make a consistant swing with either a 3 wood or driver off the tee. There are plenty of options, including draw bias drivers and even draw bias 3 woods which would help with a slice. I think you need to look at your swing with longer clubs first and then make the choice.

In answer to the question though, yes it can be hard. I managed to slice one on Sunday (our 14th) that missed the fairway I was aiming for, the one running parallel to it and came to rest in the rough ont he side of the 12th. Yes they can be bloody hard to hit :mad:
 
I don't think you should have started out without using woods in the first place. You wouldn't be hitting your 6 iron further if you had been practicing Driving and fairway woods for the past few months/weeks.
You need to familiarise yourself with the feel of hitting woods soon I think, or you're always going to have a subconscious negativity towards them throughout your golfing progress.
A cheap driver or 3 wood and 10 hours at the range over the near future should do the trick.
 
Tiger ask yourself this question: do you know or heard of any scratch golfers who play without woods?

The answer is more than likely 'no' so it tells you that you really do need a wood of some sort, unless you want to play off scratch at your local pitch and putt ;)
 
On a more serious note (though I'm really warming to this pitch n putt scratch idea :D) my issues with the woods are the same as my issues with the long irons. The further away from the ball I am the more I over hinge and swing past parrallel. That's causing me to have a steep angle of attack and hitting fat rather than sweeping the ball off the tee/surface.

The main purpose of the post was to commend all the guys who are good drivers of the ball ( my current admiration for you knows no bounds) and a personal recognition of how difficult a skill it will be to master.

At the same time it's quite exciting that there's a whole new chapter if my golfing odyssey I've not even started yet!
 
And don't try to hit them too hard. In fact don't try to hit the ball at all. Swing the club and collect the ball on the way through
 
Tiger, you said that you were on the simulator hitting woods.
I think that if you get yourself down the driving range, with a driver and some woods, I'm almost certain you will find them a lot easier to hit! :) That's what I did when I started, and haven't looked back. OK, I'll freely admit that I'm not the best driver by a long way, but can now hit the thing more consistently, after much perseverance! :) :)

Go Tiger :D :D :D :D

Golfmmad.
 
The further away from the ball I am the more I over hinge and swing past parrallel. That's causing me to have a steep angle of attack and hitting fat rather than sweeping the ball off the tee/surface.
Click to expand...

....from 28 h/cap to swing analyst in just a few hundred posts :)
 
Tiger,

Having read the majority of you posts on here and will keenly follow your quest for scratch status i think your best angle of attack with regards to starting out with woods is to pick one you like and try and smack it as far as possible especially on the range.

Use a full swing and just give it a blast there is plenty time to work out whether you hit a fade or a draw later. If you hit a 6 iron well then it will not take you long to pick up on how to hit the woods. You will see your handicap tumble after you start using them but if you stick with the irons i cant see much handicap movement at all.

Hope that makes some sort of sense.

(mind Probably not :D ;))
 
Ah Tiger, dont worry about it....Also, dont be worrying about the fact you've been playing without them, its no big deal whats gone on already. You have started to lay some good foundations of your game - you'll notice on many threads that the key to good scoring is the short game. So dont panic over anything yet.

However, you should start to work with at least a 3 wood, get a standard one - wont need a custom fit yet, or a draw bias i dont think. While your building your swing you may as well start to hit it straight now, why worry about perhaps having to correct something later! Straight is Very good.

The advice of trying not to hit at it, to sweep and not hit down is all good. Also, what feels to you like a 75% swing is probably a big enough swing to hit the woods well. It just feels odd because you can swing it further back. There's no need to do that though.


I also think that modern woods are easier to hit than long irons can be. get yourself on the range with one and you'll find its not too bad, the occassional wild ones a given for us all.
 
I agree that ultimately draw bias woods will not help but as an introduction and while the longer swing is taking shape I think they could provide a little additional help and maybe stop the ball slicing as much
 
I can hit a wood better than an iron, sadly :(
give me a tee to put the ball on all the time and I'd be single figures :D
 
I've got a question. Do I get a stiff or regular shaft if I buy off the shelf? I do have a pretty fast swing speed.

As for becoming a swing analyst JustOne just regurgitating the words of my coach who said exactly the same thing to me last weekend. I'm reliant on other people to look at things as, when I'm swinging, I haven't a clue what's going on :D
 
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