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

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!
 
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
 
8 over out today which is ok off 18 but 15 over back in. Off the t most of the round was ok with misses being playable then it just went to **** the last 4 holes. Not sure if it’s fatigue or the bad back I’m struggling with but really frustrating. Handicap will likely head up as it’s only low because I went a bunch of rounds around 12/13 over when I figured out golf but that seems so long back so will likely drop off
realistically im likely playing around 22 at the moment. Short game is alright just a couple of completely miss read puts , irons today apart from a few shots were really decent and drive was acceptable for some of the round

We’ve got the last round we can submit cards tomorrow so it will be what it will be tomorrow morning.

Out of curiosity how long have the others in this thread been playing for to get more consistent good scores, I’ve been playing a year now. Best front 9 was 2 over so I’ve got it somewhere in the bag lol
 
JustBen said:
Out of curiosity how long have the others in this thread been playing for to get more consistent good scores, I’ve been playing a year now. Best front 9 was 2 over so I’ve got it somewhere in the bag lol
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That's a good question - My scores have been all over the show this year - poor overall year for me handicap wise....

I suppose consistancy is what we are all searching for.

A repeatable golf swing etc... .For me - keep the doubles off the card and I usually score ok.... But that's hard to do - I've only had 1 round this year without any doubles....
 
Out yesterday on the course for a knock around with friends...... First time on the course after my lesson 10 days ago. Funnily enough both my other friends have recently started going to see the pro I've been seeing for years and both have been impressed with the results after just a couple of lessons.

So after my lesson, I'm trying to think of keeping my bum against a wall as I was moving towards the ball on the downswing, and also trying swing more "round" myself...rather than up.

Driver was excellent yesterday - like literally the best I've hit it all year - strike consistency on all my shots was excellent, middle of clubface etc - really happy with initial results. Plenty of winter work to do but happy to see some very positive signs.....
 
Went out today for the last full round of the season before the matts and temp tees come into play and scored my best of the season.
Odd round really 4 pars going out which is decent for me but also 2 doubles, one treble and 2 singles leaving me 9 over par which is line with my handicap really then the back 9 for the first time ever I've had back to back birdies leaving me with 2 birdies, 3 pars 3 single bogeys and 1 double leaving me 3 over coming back in for a total of 12 over par playing of 17 (18hcp course brings it down 1)
The double on the way back was the easiest SI on the course and not the first I've made a mess of it.

So best score so far after many high scores.

Only swing thought today was keeping my right arm connected to my body, nothing else.
 
Had a mix of golf recently, and basically all down to putting...

Sunday I played the normal place in Bristol, easy course and I was striking it well but ended up with 88, +18, I think 8x 3-putts though!, 38 putts total (with 1 pick up hole as 0 putts, so through 17). On the one hand the course is so easy that high-80's isn't great (CR means my 16.1 index gives me 12 shots) on the other hand being in the 80's on an 'off day' is quite a nice feeling still :p

Yesterday I played The Kendleshire in Bristol, tougher course and again striking it well but this time I could putt! Or in fact on the first hole I didn't need to as I chipped in for Birdie, and they say no good round starts with a birdie :p Played super solid golf, some asterisks as the 9th was closed (for the unofficial comp we put it down as a net-par for everyone) and being unofficial there were gimmes involved, but shot 83, +12, on a course where my 16.1 index got 18 shots. +4 front nine (well, +3 on the front 8 :p), back 9 I messed up the 14th and 16th for two blobs and +8.

27 putts! One 3-putt, two 0-putts (one pickup, one chip-in). The 3 putt was a par 5 where with my new 'conservative' club estimates I misjudged the club/wind and put myself 40+ feet away, just caught it well basically, can't complain too much. With a loooooooong downhill putt, left the first a bit shot, just missed the second but it ended up 6-7 foot past and then sank the uphill 3rd. Not actually too unhappy with that.

So yeah, 42 points, calls of bandit ringing in my ears, happy days :D
 
knock around the shorten winter course today - decent weather.

Still working on the feels from lesson a few weeks ago and showed on front nine - Instead of a small cut (left to right flight) which has been my standard for 20+ years..... I'm hitting it fairly straight and even a small draw suddenly...... It's very very hard to stand on a tee and not see the usual ball flight.....

Saying that when I got going I was only +2 for last 10 holes.... Just weird seeing a small draw. Will keep practising /working on it but driver was excellent again today which has been my struggles all year.

Path is vastly improved from my 6/7 degrees over the top

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Went out yesterday with the usual Saturday group again - we are placing now, but no temps anywhere and bunkers all still in play

Game is a little bit mixed just now after recent lessons - when driver is on, it is a rocket, but I still hit the odd bad one and it cost me a lost ball yesterday, although I also felt my glove wasn't helping as it felt a few times that my clubs were twisting in my hand. After pulling a new glove out of the bag I instantly hit the next shot about 260yds in the cool and damp conditions.....should have swapped sooner lol

Had a couple bad bounces, but shot 82 (31 points) with the lost ball and on the last I found the green side bunker in a spot with little sand under the ball and clipped it way cleaner than I expected and went over the back of the green

Won't be playing for a couple weeks due to other commitments but will still try to get to the range to work on the swing
 
Played this morning 9 holes score wasn’t to bad really, somewhere around handicap . Driver was shocking so just used irons of the te.
Winter tee boxes are strange as you’d think it would make life easier being shorter to the green but it brings in other things …
10th hole a slice with a drive could hit the clubhouse which isn’t an issue normally but now with the tee box forward it would be in the car park so I’m not using a driver just a 7 iron and playing it as a par 4 still
Our si1 hole around 450 par normally they’ve moved it about 20 yards forward however this brings in the water down the right hand side so again I don’t use the driver so still struggle to get there for a chance of birdie

Playing Kirby Lonsdale on Friday with work, be interesting what I do off the tee seems every other round I can hit driver so maybe this one will be fine . Trying to persuade the organisers to do a scramble anyhow as there’s some golfers who if they had a handicap would be nearer 30-40
 
Managed to get a lesson booked midweek so off to Carus Green for that tomorrow to figure out the driver. My eldest is helpful when I hit the driver **** and I say can you tell what I was doing and he normally just responds with something like I don't know but the swing looks awful... helpful son.
 
so lesson was good as always, I thought I was creating a slice by coming over the top and also thought I might have been hitting down a bit on the ball and shifting my weight to far forwards.... so the chap chuckled when I explained I've tried the following:
Taller tees to get the backin the air
ball further to the left
purposely keeping my weight on the left
gluing my arm

Yeh so what I was trying wasn't;t right (surprise eh) my swing path was actually 0.7 right when he asked me to hit a not so hard shot so actually good, he reset my position so ball is a little further in from the left foot as he explained having penned to the heel line can make it go further but is also less consistent so ive got it a couple of balls to the right. Tee height he said is fine either using the orange or the pink tees.

The issues my club club face being open which he thinks is down to my overcompensating of the issues my chicken wing was causing, I have fixed the chicken wing mostly but not got the club face back to where it needs to be and he also said when I try to hit it hard my left shoulder rotates rather than drops underneath a bit.
working on the range with him I was still a bit **** when hitting them hard but gentle really thinking about what he showed me it worked well just not consistent with my hands turning. he has advised to go slow, try speeding up a little every handful of shots and if its go off back to slow. he advised eventually my body would get used to it even at speed.

Asked him if I should use the driver today and he said no.

So today first tee at Kirby Lonsdale onerously I sliced a drive way out haha. think I lost about 6 balls of tees then I went to iron or hybrid of the tee and was alright just struggled on the longer halls.
putting was good don't think I missed anything wishing 5 feet or so and general iron play was good. I'll be out Saturday and Sunday for 10 holes just to keep up with the swing and continue to practise what I've been taught. it's a hard game.
 
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