Golf Thread

[TheCSSDoctor]

I was similar at one point - almost 10° out to in swing path with driver and would hit either big pulls if I squared the face up or a pull fade/slice when I held on and didn't release the club through the ball

I have done a lot of work on it, but still had a path 2-3° out to in but my face control was all over the place and I have had a 2-way miss

For me, it was getting too narrow at the top of my swing, so my coach has got me working on more width in the back swing

During the lesson we saw my path move to a couple degrees in to out and a lot better face control saw me hitting little draws

Been to the range twice this week and saw some promising signs during the second visit, but it is going to take time to bed in as it feels unnatural still to be trying to push my right arm so far away from the body

 

[RobHu]

It's mad how far you can drift between lessons. Over the last few months my coach has been getting me from way OTT to neutral to positive swing path. Then we worked on shutting the face to hit a draw. All good for a while, then about a month ago my swing just completely disappeared, toe strikes, thins, fats, massive pulls you name it!

...turns out in my efforts to drill the in to out path I'd slowly shifted my setup to the point I was setting up to irons like a driver with my head way behind the ball and was shutting the face down way too much. Those two fixes and suddenly I can hit the ball again!

 

[SKILL]

Played twice over a long weekend cause I'm a sucker for punishment

First was on Friday at Pyford Lakes, a bit of a pre-holiday meetup with the group I'm going to Turkey with in a few weeks. Weather was 'ok' for the first like 12.5 holes but then it came in, wind ramped up massively and the rain came for a hole or two, we were the first group out and proper golfers so we played all 18, everyone else bailed after 11. Then decided that the 'team comp' bit should be over 11 holes cause they're all wusses, boo.

It was a shambles format, first time I've played that, but in the back 9 with the wind and rain I was struggling mentally I think, I was hitting good tee shots and we used a bunch of them but then nothing after that was any good at all. Think a combination of the weather and my general dislike of non-individual formats.

Then yesterday was a long delayed round with my stepdad and nephews, I kinda enjoy that but being the only 'serious' golfer there I'm way better than them and does get a little bit frustrating. I never play well cause I have to wait ages between shots etc but hey, nice to be out and although there was some moisture it wasn't too bad really, I've lost a bunch of weight and can actually wear waterproofs that don't restrict my movement anywhere near as much, that helps a lot!

 

[TheCSSDoctor]

I had taken the day off today to play in the 5 club challenge ran by the group I play with on Saturday

Front 9 was okay shooting +2 gross (1 under my handicap) but then we got held up on the back and I lost my rhythm and had a run of 5 straight bogeys from 10-14 and didn't score on the last for a poor 31 points overall

The wind was strong today and we got hit by a shower on 13 to add to the 'fun'

7th hole is a 160yd par 3 and as I had 6i (180yd carry club normally) as my longest iron I wasn't sure I could even reach the green into the wind, but I just managed to reach the front edge. Later on the back 9 I absolutely flushed my 6i and it only went 125yds, so that hopefully helps give an idea of how strong it was

The winning score was a ridiculous 42 points from a 14 handicap, and there was no way I was shooting under par in those conditions with only 5 clubs to get anywhere near that score today

Saturday winter league starts this weekend, so hopefully I will play a bit better with a full bag of clubs lol