Riley24

My constant fight in my swing is to find the balance between too much and too little. When I’m swinging good, I’m moving good, when I’m moving good I’m getting a good move off the ball and am able to recenter to the ball.

I love it! The fact that I helped lead someone into better swings is really an honor.

Yes. Just learning from their YouTube channel has been the most helpful source for me.

One small thing that took my game from average to good was timing of tempo. I was always taught to swing slow, but when do you start swinging fast? I’m a former baseball player so the over the top slice is something I’m always fighting against. AMG really got me to understand that the first and last quarter of the swing are the only parts of the swing that should be ballistic. When the club is above your waist it should be syrupy. This has helped me substantially to be able to hit a push draw and not a pull slice.

One small thing that took my game from average to good was timing of tempo. I was always taught to swing slow, but when do you start swinging fast? I’m a former baseball player so the over the top slice is something I’m always fighting against. AMG really got me to understand that the first and last quarter of the swing are the only parts of the swing that should be ballistic. When the club is above your waist it should be syrupy. This has helped me substantially to be able to hit a push draw and not a pull slice.

My biggest weakness is without a doubt putting. With that being said, after purchasing the Odyssey Double Wide Arm-Lock I have been rolling the ball significantly better. While my aim still needs to improve, I have found myself with a better sense of speed control. The fear of clanking putts makes you sometimes put some more pace in the putter head. With the arm lock, I feel a lot more consistent speed as I am not miss hitting putts as much as I was before with conventional putting. Let me know if anyone has similar experiences with either Odyssey arm locks or arm locks in general!

In 2023 I went from a 22 handicap to a 15 handicap, shot a 39 on a par 36 front nine, and was steadily inclining. Being in New England means that if you aren't going down south to golf in the winter, you are either not swinging or you're hitting on artificial turf mats. I shut down for a month as 2023 was the most golf I've played in my life (I also just became a homeowner so I was a little consumed). Last year I started hitting a draw on my ball and increased my consistency ten fold while getting my shanks to almost zero. When I came back after the month I started hitting a fade and started shanking the ball again. My focus today and for a couple weeks now, is being softer at the top of my swing to allow that club to come from the inside again so I can get my ideal push-draw back again. I know I can get back to it but it's going to take work just like it did to drop my handicap by seven in one year.

I'm a baseball guy. Ted Williams is my favorite player of all time (even though I never saw him play in person). I see so much Ted Williams in Ben Hogan. They pushed the needle in their sport with their excellence. Their pursuit of perfection through mechanics really makes my brain start firing. When I started reading about Ted Williams, I would always have a bat in my hand or interlocking my hands trying to feel what he was saying. Now that my baseball career is done and my golf life has picked up I find myself always having a club in my hand and practicing golf swings in a restaurant bathroom (really weird when someone walks in). Hogan's swing was so majestic. Not many have gotten close to the level of technicality that Hogan did. I don't resonate to everything from Hogan's swing book, but I think reading it makes your capacity to swing understanding grow.

Hi guys! New Hampshire guy here. In my bag I am rocking: Driver- Taylormade R9. Stiff 9 degree 3 Wood- Taylormade R9 5 Wood- Taylormade R9 Irons- Burner 2.0 (4-PW) Wedges- Vokey SM7 50 degree -Taylormade Milled Grind 56 degree -Taylormade Milled Grind 60 degree Putter- Ping Ally or Odyssey arm lock

I’m in! Looking forward to participating.