Your Lifelong Swing Fault

[Hobbit]

Casting, then coming from out to in with the club face open. More often than not it goes left before missing right. Occasionally it goes left, then turns left and heads for the North Sea - thankfully its relatively rare but when I get a little giddy chasing a good score it can creep back in.

 

[rich1981]

My arms leak away from my body in my back swing so I have to fight an out to in swing, it usual creeps in toward the end of my round.

 

[Joff]

Plenty of issues. My swing is awful, quite how I got to 8 I really don't know.

 

[virtuocity]

Plenty of issues. My swing is awful, quite how I got to 8 I really don't know.

You probably got there through complete and utter self confidence

It can't be THAT bad, can it?!

 

[Crow]

Picking the club up too quickly with the hands and rolling the wrists open combined with chicken wing right elbow which means I'm always across the line at the top.

I've been battling the chicken wing right elbow this season and it is finally paying dividends, my lifelong slice with the driver is now more often than not a draw.

 

[Lump]

picking the club up and taking it inside the line before throwing it at the top. Big fade ahoy is the result.

 

[fundy]

not life long, but since my knee injuries have never made made as full a turn and become a flipper to save it

 

[Hallsy]

Since my back problems its weight transfer that stuffs my game if i try to swing too fast

 

[garyinderry]

You probably got there through complete and utter self confidence

It can't be THAT bad, can it?!

I am in the exact same boat. my swing is vomit educing at times. I was playing comps for 2 years before my nephew recorded my swing at the range to explain to me what he ment by swinging flat. I honestly nearly threw up.

never got around to fixing it.

I have a whole range of swing faults thrown in there for good measure due to playing and improving my own way.

 

[TheClaw]

Over the top for me. Unfortunately it means I can hit it left and right which is a pain in the ass. It always used to fade until I "fixed" it haha.

A nice rthym and a feeling like I'm keeping my back to the target for as long as I can (through impact) normally sorts me out.

 

[Joff]

You probably got there through complete and utter self confidence

It can't be THAT bad, can it?!

It's awful. I hit a ok ball, don't get me wrong. 8 iron 150, driver 260. Flight it's a little lower than I'd like, but the swing is just awful. But, I don't care. I've got a mate with a beautiful, smooth, Adam Scott style swing. But he struggles to play to 11.

 

[Slime]

Too many to mention, but the worst is a horrendous overswing.
I've been battling it for years but now I'm getting old it's not quite so bad ............. because I'm less bendy!

Slime.

 

[User 105]

I've always come over the top since I started 3 years ago. I've had 3 pro's try to fix it and tried every drill I could find without any success.

I've always transitioned way too quick, all upper body. On my good days I can control it with good hand eye coordination, bad days are a disaster.

After a month of lessons with my new pro on my back swing and some basics, mainly just tweaking, we had a half hour lesson where he almost instantly fixed it. And so simple now I think about it.

He got me to do a normal back swing to the top, stop, pause then just fire my left hip forward and back. Took a few goes to be able to make good contact with the ball. But just putting that extended pause at the top gave me time to start my swing with my lower body.

Done about 10-20 of those, gradually building consistency, then it just turned into a 'normal' swing.

Take it back, pause, fire

He showed me the before and after video's and the difference in swing path on the way down is astounding and my swing actually looks half decent. And it's fixed a load of other associated swing faults too. Overswing, no release, chicken wing, no weight transfer etc.

If only one of my other pro's could have done this 2 years ago

I hit about 30 balls with various clubs on the range after the lesson and looks like I've got a good increase in distance throughout the bag and dispersion is way better. I'm going to play 9 holes later today to see if I can take it to the course.

 

[Andy808]

Out to in swing path. It's been my biggest problem since I took up the game and I have tried so many things to remedy it but none have worked. It's the reason I struggle tee to near the green but not in chipping and putting.

 

[ScienceBoy]

Ironed most things out recently, I feel I don't have anything that cannot be fixed, there will always be something to work on but even the best players have that.

If I have learnt anything this year it is that any fault is fixable!

 

[StrangelyBrown]

Out to in swing path, same as 75% of amateurs.

 

[Robobum]

Completing the turn in my backswing - short makes me hurry transition and get very quick on way down.....neckt cut is the result.