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After careful analysis <grin> of my recent golfing woes starting out this season, I have determined a number of things which I can improve upon. I am sharing them in case any of you are experiencing the same things.
The first and foremost thing is that frequently I KNOW that it just doesn't feel right over the ball. I'm either too close, my grip doesn't feel right, I'm too far away, or some such minor thing. The problem is that I do not take a step back, breathe and fix it resulting in poor shots of various kinds. Club selection. This could be number one in my various poor shot woes. I let my ego or my yardages from last year get in the way of making a proper club selection. After hitting 3 Hybrid 190 yds. plus 10-20 yds roll out on hard dry fairways, I should know better than to hit the hybrid when it is 208 to the end of the fairway and start of the water. Especially when I know the banks are shaved. <sigh> I've pretty much cured, most of the time, the urge to "let it rip" on the par 5's with both driver and 3W. Swinging at 100-110% will, as my mantra goes, "Bad things happen when you swing hard." Still the crappy hole before sometimes puts a case of the whoop a.s into my swing on the next tee box. <sigh> Rushing my putts. I will always putt better, straighter, better distance control, and better line IF I take the time to take one or two practice strokes. Real practice strokes, not the whoosh whoosh full length strides but the actual stroke feel I think I need to make on the putt. I'd be interested in hearing about your golfing woes and your solutions. Have a great weekend. I'm playing golf. :) |
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| # 1 3/18/2011 1:34:44 PM |
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My putting has been annoying me lately. It's an "eye thing"...I'm going through one of those periods where I can't "see it." I'm stroking the ball well and my speed has been good, but there have been so many burned edges and lip-outs it's just silly. All I can do is keep making good strokes like I have been, and it will come back.
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| # 2 3/18/2011 8:20:29 PM |
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"I'd be interested in hearing about your golfing woes and your solutions."
Lack of skill seems to be my problem.... most people would say give up but I am a sucker for punishment..... My biggest problem is being consistent... The only way to fix it.... more practice and maybe a couple of lessons.... |
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| # 3 3/18/2011 8:33:03 PM |
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HeartofTexas, I've had all of these in the past. I just want to encourage you that 'fixing' these will make a huge difference in your game. You probably noticed that ego or being concerned about what others are thinking is a common theme with most/all of these.
As for me, last year a focused a lot on mechanics. Some of that was trying to get my swing back after surgery, but some of this has been a preoccupation of longer standing. This year I'm going to try to put that aside when I play and just focus on getting it in the hole. I already know that to improve my score I need to get more approach shots closer to the hole and drop more putts, so I think this is the next big step for me. |
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| # 4 3/18/2011 8:35:24 PM |
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Generally, I have too much L.O.F.T.
(Lack Of F!#&ing Talent) |
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| # 5 3/18/2011 9:04:00 PM |
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My woes consist mainly of there being just enough grass showing to be a major tease and just enough snow that courses aren't open yet.
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| # 6 3/18/2011 10:43:39 PM |
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The first one, my friend, I know all too well.
It took me at least three years of trying to do it to finally learn how to back off. Seems stupid, really, but we golfers or humans or maybe it's men, I don't know, but we're incredibly stubborn creatures. I've got a friend of mine, good golfer, who I'll actually yell at before he pulls the trigger if I can tell he he's not feeling the shot. I would NEVER do that with someone I don't know really, really well and whose game I don't know really well. I do it with him, though, because he can't make himself back off a shot when he needs to. If something feels off, climb out of there. Reload. It's not against the rules, and it works much more often than trying to fight the bad feeling. |
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| # 7 3/19/2011 4:31:50 PM |
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Well I did better on club selection yesterday and today, but L.O.F.T. as Dandy put it, may have been a bigger issue.
One important thing did happen. I found that if I slow down my backswing, especially with driver, I am WAAYYY more consistent. Something to continue to work on. Chipping and putting were much better today. The 5 and 6 iron kept me from hitting good approach shots all day. Why can't all this stuff come together at once? I'd be good. HA! |
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| # 8 3/19/2011 8:35:08 PM |
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Well I did better on club selection yesterday and today, but L.O.F.T. as Dandy put it, may have been a bigger issue. One important thing did happen. I found that if I slow down my backswing, especially with driver, I am WAAYYY more consistent. Something to continue to work on. Chipping and putting were much better today. The 5 and 6 iron kept me from hitting good approach shots all day. Why can't all this stuff come together at once? I'd be good. HA! When you slowed down your backswing, do you think that also helped you finish your backswing? And consequently help you with your transition from backswing to downswing? My No. 1 flaw is getting quick in the transition, which starts with too short and quick a backswing. HA! All of it come together at once? Not a chance. :) But that's no reason not to try! |
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| # 9 3/20/2011 8:20:28 AM |
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When you slowed down your backswing, do you think that also helped you finish your backswing? And consequently help you with your transition from backswing to downswing? Maybe. I've typically overrotated in my backswing when I get too quick with it, thinking somehow that the farther back I go the further the ball will go forward :) Slowing it down helps me focus on starting the downswing with my arms and not my wrists and allowing the club to release further down (ie preventing casting of the club). Anyhow, whatever it is, it's working. Just got to hold on to those thoughts.... |
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| # 10 3/20/2011 9:54:11 AM |
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I would say backing off when it doesn't feel right or you hear something that sticks in your. Because when i'm about to swing i think of nice and easy but sometimes i'll hear something and it will throw me off. Result being a flubbed shot.
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| # 11 5/14/2011 6:33:56 PM |
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Generally, I have too much L.O.F.T. (Lack Of F!#&ing Talent) LOL |
