GrilledSteezeSandwich
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No kidding! Good to see ya around Chile!
Welcome back Chile..
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No kidding! Good to see ya around Chile!
Sounds like you discovered something new and fun for the summer months, Steve. Good on ya!
Oh, I am forgetting one of the rules of golf.... it is never your fault. So let me follow up by saying it was humid as heck and having to play behind, through, and then in front of another couple totally disrupted my rhythm right from hole 1. Worst of all, I recently learned the correct way to chip and pitch balls and I haven't had any practice time, so if I had had more practice time, I would have had far fewer errant shots. So if you take all that into consideration, I would have had at most a 43 today if it wasn't for so many factors playing against me.
I have been looking at adding a 5W to my bag since I can't hit a hybrid to save my life and the square clubs look interesting. Probably would look into the clones because I ain't spending $300 on a club. Wish there was a place to try clubs out around here.Steve, I've gotten so bad with my quiver right now that currently I have only 1 club in my bag that I didn't put together myself That's my driver which is one of those "big, ugly" square Nike Sumo Sasquatch.
Indeed! Chin is up high, just got humbled a bit after coming off the horse a bit high last week. Been working on relaxing a lot lately at the range. It really helped. My biggest stance issue is my shafts are too short and grips too small. Being a tall dude with a high ground to wrist distance, I really should have .5"+ on my clubs. Not having good fitted clubs makes me want to bend my knees or push my arms away from my chest to get the club closer to the ball. It takes a real conscious effort to not bend the knees so much and get in close to the ball and that effort often tenses up the muscles. Definitely have been hitting better since I loosened up and just went with it. New clubs are all ordered with an extra half inch though!! That is... when I get new clubs. :roll:Riv : Keep your chin up-- WE ALL screw up now and again !! Golf is a humbling game . !!
Keep working at it
RELAX don't TENSE UP your forearms or put a death grip on the club. Try a nice smooth swing with good alignment to the target spot .Often trying to kill the ball can really mess up a game and lead to the infamous "snowman " score on any given hole
Above all have fun with it
Warp
Indeed. But come the end of October, I am dropping golf like a bad habit until at least May (and only then, mid-week at best).
This is just another reason why golf is a great compliment to skiing. When the ski season is finally (and reluctantly done) the golf season has already started and when the golf season is done, the ski season has started. 52 weeks a year, you're set!
This is just another reason why golf is a great compliment to skiing. When the ski season is finally (and reluctantly done) the golf season has already started and when the golf season is done, the ski season has started. 52 weeks a year, you're set!
Backswing definitely gets out of control every once in a while. What I have found that helps is gradually building up a practice swing. Start with a quarter, then a half, and then a full practice swing. Then I address and take one more quarter+ rotation and let it rip. Really slows me down and builds the rotation muscle memory over the "swing" muscle memory. At least that is my theory, all I know is it works!Glad to see a bunch of hackers on this site now.
Steven has taken up golf - oh my. Cats and dogs will be living together next and hell will freeze over. :lol: Seriously, Riv - enjoy it. And for Pete's sake, slow down that backswing......
Golf is a great complement to skiing - not in the big muscles/footwork sense like hiking or tennis, but in the idea of getting all the moving parts going in the right direction. Both golf and skiing require a lot of precision, and that may be why it has a cross-appeal.
Speaking of my drawing incident tonight with the 9I, I just realized that I often draw my lower irons, get pretty straight hits on my 6 Iron, and slice my drive (sometimes 3W but no where near as bad or often). That sound typical? I figured I would have the same type of slicing issue with all my clubs but my tendencies are different depending upon which club I am swinging.
Warp---as far as that maybe goes---I haven't gone out and bought a new set of irons or anything. I mean, so far I haven't really replaced any of my original set (besides a PW I left at a driving range, oops) but am just filling in the holes. That maybe changes to a definite when I start replacing clubs
Speaking of my drawing incident tonight with the 9I, I just realized that I often draw my lower irons, get pretty straight hits on my 6 Iron, and slice my drive (sometimes 3W but no where near as bad or often). That sound typical? I figured I would have the same type of slicing issue with all my clubs but my tendencies are different depending upon which club I am swinging.