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46 minutes ago, sirchunksalot said:

I went to the range today since the weather started out below freezing and warmed up to 67 degrees after going to pick up groceries. It was a beautiful day to be out enjoying the sunshine and warmth.

I'm going to describe my session how I did to my wife after getting home. Imagine sitting down at a table with a coloring book of sugar skulls. Something like this:

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Now you've been blindfolded, given a pack of unsharpened crayons with 128 colors to choose from, and you have to use your non dominant hand. That's what my swing felt like today.

It was better than my last session, I did have about 7-10 good shots with my irons and my driver was good on all but two shots. It was a clinic on how to hit shanks, fats, and thins. I hit one so bad it marked the back side of the hosel. 

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I've honestly lost the ability to hit a golf ball and today was the first time I've been embarrassed to have people around me on the range. 

It's not all negative, my mental game didn't abandon me and I'm extremely proud of that. It's going to be a challenge getting back to a serviceable game, but the fun of golf is the challenge. We're starting to save for a set of lessons because my wife and I agree that I need professional help. It'll get better, it's just going to take time and a lot of effort on my part. 

 

Yeah, don't fret over it.  We've all had bad sessions, and it sounds like you haven't been out much lately to "get in the groove."  I had a day last week where I hit some shanks on the range; I thought I fixed that, but lack of concentration on my swing instantly brought it back.  It also brought back poor drives with my driver... same issue, different club.  Next time out playing... all was good.

I've found a good training aid for shanks is a 2x4 just outside the ball down the target line with enough room to strike the ball without hitting the 2x4.  I used an old club for this!!  Your downswing HAS to come from the inside to not hit the lumber.  

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Another range session today. Originally went with the intention of getting new videos to send to Jayson but after watching them myself, I'm having a bit of reservations. I see some improvement, but I definitely need to keep working on the change he wants me to implement. I don't really think it would be beneficial to get a similar analysis to my last videos. Add on the fact that I'm striking it surprisingly well, I'm hesitant to potentially introduce another feel or thought until I'm more comfortable with the current change. 

So instead of getting video, I went through the bag checking my gapping. Don't have enough data from just one session, but I see two potential gaps that could cause me some issues. Will be something for me to keep an eye on in the future if I need an excuse to justify some new clubs. 

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5 hours ago, RichL85 said:

Another range session today. Originally went with the intention of getting new videos to send to Jayson but after watching them myself, I'm having a bit of reservations. I see some improvement, but I definitely need to keep working on the change he wants me to implement. I don't really think it would be beneficial to get a similar analysis to my last videos. Add on the fact that I'm striking it surprisingly well, I'm hesitant to potentially introduce another feel or thought until I'm more comfortable with the current change. 

So instead of getting video, I went through the bag checking my gapping. Don't have enough data from just one session, but I see two potential gaps that could cause me some issues. Will be something for me to keep an eye on in the future if I need an excuse to justify some new clubs. 

What if you are doing something wrong for what he wants you to do or it’s a simple tweak that he can make to what you are doing or a feel he can give you.

By assuming it’s going to be the same analysis based on what you see could be hurting your progress. By not sending in the video 

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2 hours ago, RickyBobby_PR said:

What if you are doing something wrong for what he wants you to do or it’s a simple tweak that he can make to what you are doing or a feel he can give you.

By assuming it’s going to be the same analysis based on what you see could be hurting your progress. By not sending in the video 

Agree.  A good instructor can see things that we don't see.

@RichL85 there is the possibility that you are hitting it better because you introduced a compensation for not doing what the instructor wants you to do.

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3 hours ago, Kenny B said:

Agree.  A good instructor can see things that we don't see.

@RichL85 there is the possibility that you are hitting it better because you introduced a compensation for not doing what the instructor wants you to do.

By that account, the entire before lessons swing was a series of compensations. That is what we are working to remove, but I can tell that I'm not getting to where I should at impact. I've said before that I can basically only handle one thought at a time. For my own sanity, I know that I'm better off focusing on making this one change before I go about introducing any additional changes. 

In other words, there is a compensation being made because I'm not quite where I should be, but it's less of a compensation than it was before my last lesson. I'm about 60% of the way through making that transition and getting that new movement down and I know it will set me back if I try to introduce something else along with making this change. If anyone is capable of making 3 or 4 changes at a time, that is awesome. I wish I could do that, but I know from experience that I am better off making one change at a time. Too many thoughts going on and I end up not doing any of them right. That's just me. 

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1 minute ago, RichL85 said:

 I've said before that I can basically only handle one thought at a time. For my own sanity, I know that I'm better off focusing on making this one change before I go about introducing any additional changes. 

In other words, there is a compensation being made because I'm not quite where I should be, but it's less of a compensation than it was before my last lesson. I'm about 60% of the way through making that transition and getting that new movement down and I know it will set me back if I try to introduce something else along with making this change. If anyone is capable of making 3 or 4 changes at a time, that is awesome. I wish I could do that, but I know from experience that I am better off making one change at a time. Too many thoughts going on and I end up not doing any of them right. That's just me. 

 

 

... I wish every golfer embraced this. As the old Master Teacher in NC told me when I first started teaching "When you are giving students information, give it out be the teaspoon and not the shovel". Most "flaws" are a combination of compensations like coming over the top can very well be a product of taking the club too far to the inside on the backswing. The untrained eye may think you need to fix the over the top move when getting the shaft on plane should take care of that but it can be addressed later once the student has a backswing on plane. 

... Add to that the brain can only concentrate on one thing at a time. Sure it can rapidly alternate between multiple thoughts but of course that means you are not giving any of them 100%. So good for you Rich and keep working on one thing at a time. 👍

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14 minutes ago, RichL85 said:

By that account, the entire before lessons swing was a series of compensations. That is what we are working to remove, but I can tell that I'm not getting to where I should at impact. I've said before that I can basically only handle one thought at a time. For my own sanity, I know that I'm better off focusing on making this one change before I go about introducing any additional changes. 

In other words, there is a compensation being made because I'm not quite where I should be, but it's less of a compensation than it was before my last lesson. I'm about 60% of the way through making that transition and getting that new movement down and I know it will set me back if I try to introduce something else along with making this change. If anyone is capable of making 3 or 4 changes at a time, that is awesome. I wish I could do that, but I know from experience that I am better off making one change at a time. Too many thoughts going on and I end up not doing any of them right. That's just me. 

I agree that we can't make that many changes at a time.  

What I was saying is that it's possible that while you have been working on the one thing that your instructor wants, your body made an adjustment (because the change felt weird), and that hasn't allowed you to completely get the new movement down.  Your instructor will notice this and get you back on track.  OTOH, your instructor could validate that you are progressing just fine, and that's good!!  Maybe worth another video.

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My course will not be open for at least another 10 or so days, depending on weather, and the range hasn't opened yet, either. Starting to go a bit stir crazy! 

But, it's been nice enough the last two days to get out to the putting green, practice bunker and today I was even able to hit some pitches off some very soggy turf around the pitching green. It's all good practice for me anyway since my course is likely to be pretty wet most of the early season. I'm guessing it will be like 2019 when it wasn't fully dry until July or so.

Focus lately has been getting more of an athletic posture for every shot, including putts. More of a direct hinge from the waist with some anterior pelvic tilt feeling. Gets my pressure more toward the front of the feet without being in the toes, which seems to help me turn a bit better and gives me a lot more room on the downswing. 

I found a few range balls plugged in the short game area so I did get to hit a few full swing irons and hybrids yesterday out on to the range to end my session. Some good, some bad hooks (normal), but my last hybrid from a tee was pured. Felt great to hit and see ball flight for the first time since October. Just need to the weather to cooperate now!

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1 hour ago, edingc said:

My course will not be open for at least another 10 or so days, depending on weather, and the range hasn't open yet, either. Starting to go a bit stir crazy! 

 

When I lived in CT, I felt the same way. They pulled the pins and closed the course at Thanksgiving and opened back up at Easter. Such a long stretch without playing. Made me nuts! when I first moved to TN I played every week throughout the entire year just because I could. Now I take February off. I don't need to play when it's less than 40 degrees anymore. But the simulator is always willing to be turned on. Put the heater on in the garage and swing away. 

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1 hour ago, Tom the Golf Nut said:

When I lived in CT, I felt the same way. They pulled the pins and closed the course at Thanksgiving and opened back up at Easter. Such a long stretch without playing. Made me nuts! when I first moved to TN I played every week throughout the entire year just because I could. Now I take February off. I don't need to play when it's less than 40 degrees anymore. But the simulator is always willing to be turned on. Put the heater on in the garage and swing away. 

We have been abnormally lucky this past year. Golf into December last year and courses open end end of March. We are so screwed next year 🤦‍♂️

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1 hour ago, Tom the Golf Nut said:

When I lived in CT, I felt the same way. They pulled the pins and closed the course at Thanksgiving and opened back up at Easter. Such a long stretch without playing. Made me nuts! when I first moved to TN I played every week throughout the entire year just because I could. Now I take February off. I don't need to play when it's less than 40 degrees anymore. But the simulator is always willing to be turned on. Put the heater on in the garage and swing away. 

Definitely tough in New England.  Occasionally in CT we would get into December but still cold.  Spring was a crap shoot.  Most courses have been open there for a few weeks.

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Was able to get some more swings done in the yard today.  Feeling smooth going back (sort of like Morikawa, but not as slow) and I feel like its getting me to a really good spot in the backswing.  Then I think a large focus of the early season is going to be on checking my elbow position at the top and through the downswing.  

Most importantly, I just need to go hit some balls! 

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5 hours ago, Tom the Golf Nut said:

When I lived in CT, I felt the same way. They pulled the pins and closed the course at Thanksgiving and opened back up at Easter. Such a long stretch without playing. Made me nuts! when I first moved to TN I played every week throughout the entire year just because I could. Now I take February off. I don't need to play when it's less than 40 degrees anymore. But the simulator is always willing to be turned on. Put the heater on in the garage and swing away. 

CT is my home state - I loved the Masters because that’s normally when golf started back up. 🙂

You should try Wisconsin.  There were years when it was not until June and the season was almost always done by Halloween. 
 

My teacher has been working on my left knee mvt in the downswing. I will admit that it’s been frustrating. Went to the range today and it started out…frustrating. But I stuck with it. 
 

Turn the core back, Start the down swing with the left knee. 
 

Suddenly I was hitting these beautiful flushed, high irons, left of target but shot after shot and I quickly adjusted by throwing my super speed stick down as an alignment tool. 
 

Sadly school called because my grand daughter was sick and I needed to pick her up. I whacked a couple of drivers and left. 
 

 

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Beautiful day here in Alabama. Had to get out to the range to enjoy some sunshine. Working through trying to shallow out my swing at the moment. Decent range session led me to want to hit a couple more shots when I got home. Well, I guess I really just need to leave the woods upstairs...

 

 

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So I’ve had a new driver (G425 LST) for about 2 weeks now and have not hit it once. Instead for the last 3 weeks I’ve been hitting 100 balls or so every other day in my net with the rest of the bag. Not using the Mevo flightscope just a good ol can of spray powder to focus on contact through the bag. Really working on finding a consistent setup routine and ball position to give me better center face strikes. Wow what a difference practice makes. Much better impact and even picked up a few mph swing speed. Finally pulled out the flightscope yesterday to redistance my clubs. Started at 147yd avg 9i and gapped about 11-12yds per club though my 3h. So overall consistently gained about 5-6yds carry distance per club.

Now have to work on the woods!

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I hit a small bucket on the way to work today, nothing like a crisp morning and the range to yourself to get your head in the right place for a long day of meetings & project work. Working a lot on a bigger hip turn to reduce pressure on my lower back, today was definitely a step in the right direction.

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 FINALLY!  I got to the range for my first time this year and man did it feel great.

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Grabbed myself a jumbo bucket and started with some chips and pitches.  I’m proud to report that it took at least 35 shots before I took out driver.  I then proceeded to hit way too many drives.  But at least I got properly warmed up.

Happy to see that by the time I got to driver I was basically at my usual speeds, which is great to see this early in the year.  It was really windy for a while, and on top of that the balls ranged from atrocious, well used, questionable, and a few relatively shiny ones so I’m not taking much from ball flight other than I had a stretch of good loose feeling drives that all cruised mostly straight to the same area on the range, about 5 in a row that felt awesome.  

Otherwise I was really just happy to get out and swing.  Hopefully I’ll be posting in How’d you play soon.

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Practiced short game today. Putting is usually a relative strength of mine but last few rounds my speed judgement has been iffy. Also struggled out of the sand letting the bounce hit and bounce up instead of gliding through the sand under the ball, seemed to have fixed that in this practice session. Chipping is miles ahead of where I was 6 months ago before my lesson! 

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Mediocre range session today.  Flashes of good contact, but on the whole everything was just a tiny bit heavy today.  I smoothed it out a bit by dialing way back on tempo and being more deliberate, but I just wasn't striking the ball well today.  The rest of the swing felt alright though I could tell I was rushing my back swing today.  I think the next session is going to be heavily focused on tempo and drills.

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Holy week means very little chance to even think about golf for me.  Through in a 24 hour intestinal thing from Thursday night until last night and it's not a good week at all. 😞

 

However, I did get on the course with my golf team on Weds, before I started feeling sick.  One of the kids in the group I was following dropped out after 6 and they all wanted me to take her turn in the rotation (they were playing a scramble.)  Why not I thought - Was just grabbing random clubs out of their sets to hit and "we" made three pars on the last three holes in our "scramble." I hit three really good irons - the kids were impressed (so was I.)

 

I did get to hit some shots into the net this morning - worked with that stupid lag shot thingy - I don't like hitting full shots with  it because the ball can go anywhere.  But I worked on half swings - hitting the ball solidly into the bullseye on the net and then on to a three quarter follow through.  I took several swings but I was doing it perfectly at the end.  Hit one full seven iron after that and flushed it.

 

Can't wait until Monday - I have a friend coming to town the end of the week and have two rounds scheduled with him - off Monday and will hit the range. 🙂

 

 

Taylor Made Stealth 2 10.5 Diamana S plus 60  Aldila  R flex   - 42.25 inches 

SMT 4 wood bassara R flex, four wood head, 3 wood shaft

Ping G410 7, 9 wood  Alta 65 R flex

Srixon ZX5 MK II  5-GW - UST recoil Dart 65 R flex

India 52,56 (60 pending)  UST recoil 75's R flex  

Evon roll ER 5 32 inches

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I thought I was going to get out and play yesterday. I got to the course and it was packed. Looked like a tournament, but it wasn't. Family's coming to town for Easter and every one off for Good Friday filled this bad boy up. Nobody on the range so I made it a practice session. Worked my way up the bag from the Gap Wedge. Then worked my way backdown. Probably about  6 or 7 shots with each club on the way up and on the way down. The chipping green was crowded. Of course that's what I wanted to work on the most. Then onto the putting green. Practiced 4', 6', small breakers, and 20' big breakers for lags. The challenge was not to leave until I made two 20' big breakers. That turned out to be a bigger challenge than I thought. The second one came much quicker than the first.  The speed had to be perfect. I had to aim 10 feet high of the cup. It was a quicker slope and the slope picked up after the cup. Actually a fun challenge and I took me a while. 

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:cobra-small: 3 wood, Aerojet Max UST Helium Nanocore R Flex

:cobra-small: 5 wood, Aerojet Max UST Helium Nanocore R Flex 

:cobra-small: 7 Wood, Aerojet Max UST Helium Nanocore R Flex 

:cobra-small: 5 Hybrid King Tec MMT R Flex

:cobra-small: Irons, Tour UST Recoil 95 R Flex (6 - Gap)

:cobra-small: Wedges, Snakebite KBS Hi- Rev2.0 54* & 60*

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Range day. Worked a lot on my lesson work and coming along. Takeaway is better but transition stil OOT. Submitted another lesson. Driver was a mess. First time in a while. Also on the range with my best shoulda with my super and my 3H. Only 7 yards difference in carry. It has me thinking on if I should change things up at the top. Loft difference is only 2 deg. 
 

wedge pitch practice was money. Super confident now between 30-75 yards with pitches. 

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3wHL: :callaway-small: Rogue ST LS 75x  Tensei AV Blue w/ xlink

7w: :callaway-small:Apex UW 21* MMT 80S

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4-AW: th.jpg.d6e2abdaeb04f007fd259c979f389de6.jpg  0211  with KBS Tour Stiff 2.5* up 3/4" long, Soft stepped, MOI matched

Wedges     :cleveland-small: Zipcore 

Putter: L.A.B. Directed Force 2.1 69*/35" in blue 

 

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Perhaps in anticipation of hopefully getting a chance to test the Modus 115s, but more because of a growing dis-satisfaction with the TT Score LT's performance in wind and in my longer irons I decided to swap the TT Elevate Tours from my RSI 2s to the 639/699 pro in my five and six iron.  Spent the weekend dry swinging on a mat in the back yard in between dad duties for Easter -- Focused on tempo and drills to build some feel.  Brought both to the range this morning and was immediately happier with the trajectory and feel.  Felt much more comfortable hitting my five iron and not feeling like I had to baby it.  Distance was back to where I expected to.  I spent the rest of the session hitting the five, six, and my wedges.   I focused exclusively on tempo.  It seems like my swing begins and ends with tempo.  If it's smooth I make good controlled contact.  If it's aggressive bad things happen.  I think I need to work more tempo only sessions into my practice.  I'm also going to swap out the rest of the Score LT's for the Elevate Tours as soon as the shims from Golf Works show up. 

Had a meeting to go to after the range session so after it I tried to hit up a faster putting green at a range nearby.  Putting green closed so I played the little par 3.  Played two balls, one for real and one that I used to practice any mishits.  Not too bad 2 over with the for real ball and the second ball didn't get much use.    

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Driver

311062546_PXG_LogoSmall.jpg.1ff58b767d1fb1cdfeac9a387718766e.jpg  0811XT -- Tensei CK Orange 60

Woods

PXG_Logo Small.jpg 0211 3W -- Tensei AV Raw Blue

Hybrids

image.png.374545efa45a29aed00287677e783604.png  0317X 2&4 -- Tensei AV Raw Blue 

Irons 

:srixon-small: ZX7 4/AW -- C-Taper Lite 110

Wedges

:cleveland-small:  RTX Zipcore 56 Mid @55° -- TT DG Spinner

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Down in the basement hitting into the net while my son was re-gripping a couple clubs.  Had a few "aha!" moments where he pointed out a couple setup flaws.  Need the weather to get better so I can get in a couple range sessions and see if it all translates.

My striking has always been pretty poor.  Owen showed me the tee drill where you place the tee a few inches ahead of the ball and try to hit the tee.  Couldn't do it for the life of me.  He pointed out that I play the ball rather back in my stance and that the club is basically vertical at address.  Once I adjusted and kept my hands in front of the club head I was able to clip the tee with ease.  (Hopefully this isn't another workaround of some kind)

Between that and him pointing out my recent lack of upper body movements, I'm excited to see how it all comes together.

I'm also looking at my putting a little more critically.  Been trying left hand low this season, mostly because I'm left handed but swing righty.  I'm coming to realize that I'm neither holding the club properly nor setting up right.  This might be the situation where I finally break down and get a lesson.  I just can't get out of my own way sometimes

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Visited the range for a small bucket today, only brought my 6i-8i-PW ... and mainly focused on my 'back like Finau, thru like Fleetwood' swing thought.

This was something I've touched on several times last year on this thread and it really has been successful for me. It's not yet an ingrained, natural swing and other times, I'm getting too wristy & handsy and has lead to a few messy results out on course play. 

But today was a good range sesh and just much more confidence inspiring. New grips and extended lengths are positives as well, especially when I feel like I'm coming up out of the swing too early, I'm still making flushed/solid contact. 

Driver: :ping-small: G410 SFT 10.5*

3W: :cobra-small:  Speedzone 14.5*

Hybrid: :titelist-small: TS2 19* & 21*

Irons: image.png.ec9b0a77ef708074b5547162186659f4.png  Forged Tec One Length (5i-GW)

Wedges: image.png.3c33ed301e51199de9e62f474f52b6e0.png T22 55* & 59*

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Another productive wedge practice session yesterday (indoors at a GolfTec - not my ForeSight! 😝) using different wedges and different trajectories to different distances from 15 to 60 yds .. working on some mechanics from recent lessons ...

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This isn't all the shots from the session but _is_ representative of everything I hit - happy with the progress and with seeing most of the shots going reasonably on-line.

Took another lesson lesson this morning, continuing our work on what they call "wrist bends" or in my case *NOT* bending / bowing / flexing / etc the wrists going back nor into impact. I was -rolling- my wrists a lot going back and starting to reduce that, but am still rolling them a lot going into impact which (in part) causes me to close the face too much and hit the ball low-left.

Then tomorrow gonna get out and play ... and see how much of all this good stuff we can actually start to bring out to the course!

And then the following two days after that are bed rest 🤪🤪🤪🤣🤣🤣

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Driver...Callaway Paradym (Aldila Ascent PL Blue 40/A)
5W...Callaway Great Big Bertha (MCA Kai'Li Red 50/R)
7W...Tour Edge Exotics EXS (Tensei CK Blue 50/R)

4H...Callaway Epic Super Hybrid (Recoil ZT9 F3)
5H...Callaway Big Bertha ('19) (Recoil 460 ESX F3)
6i-GW...Sub 70 699 V2 (Recoil 660 F3) 
54°, 60°...Cleveland CBX2, CBX 60 (Rotex graphite)
Putter...Ev
nRoll ER5 or MLA Tour XDream (P2 Reflex grip on both)
...all in a Datrek bag on an MGI Zip Navigator electric cart. Ball often, not always, MaxFli Tour.

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1 hour ago, cksurfdude said:

Took another lesson lesson this morning, continuing our work on what they call "wrist bends" or in my case *NOT* bending / bowing / flexing / etc the wrists going back nor into impact. I was -rolling- my wrists a lot going back and starting to reduce that, but am still rolling them a lot going into impact which (in part) causes me to close the face too much and hit the ball low-left.

Wrist control is so key in the swing. It’s something I suffer with and it causes all kinds of issues. 

Driver: PXG 0811 X+ Proto w/UST Helium 5F4

Wood: TaylorMade M5 5W w/Accra TZ5 +1/2”, TaylorMade Sim 3W w/Aldila rogue white

Hybrid: PXG Gen2 22* w/AD hybrid

Irons: PXG Gen3 0311T w/Nippon modus 120

Wedges: TaylorMade MG2 50*, Tiger grind 56/60

Putter: Scotty Caemeron Super Rat1

Ball: Titleist Prov1

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9 hours ago, cksurfdude said:

Another productive wedge practice session yesterday (indoors at a GolfTec - not my ForeSight! 😝) using different wedges and different trajectories to different distances from 15 to 60 yds .. working on some mechanics from recent lessons ...

20220418_114455.jpg.c583ca74049ad3416037f325b9fbba91.jpg

This isn't all the shots from the session but _is_ representative of everything I hit - happy with the progress and with seeing most of the shots going reasonably on-line.

Took another lesson lesson this morning, continuing our work on what they call "wrist bends" or in my case *NOT* bending / bowing / flexing / etc the wrists going back nor into impact. I was -rolling- my wrists a lot going back and starting to reduce that, but am still rolling them a lot going into impact which (in part) causes me to close the face too much and hit the ball low-left.

Then tomorrow gonna get out and play ... and see how much of all this good stuff we can actually start to bring out to the course!

And then the following two days after that are bed rest 🤪🤪🤪🤣🤣🤣

Your results look so much better than some of your descriptions of your play over the last couple of years... chunking, skulling across the green, etc.  Looks like things are coming together!!

Wrists are tricky, which is why I've minimized their use over the years, and it's also why I suffer these days with poor distance... trying to work them back in.

We don’t stop playing the game because we get old; we get old because we stop playing the game.”

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Really good session today.  I had a relatively light day so I spent the morning at the range.

Did 1.5 hours around the chipping green doing a variety of different shots from a lot of different lies including in the bunker.  It was highly productive and it feels like all the hours I've put into that facet of my game have allowed me to trust my stroke enough to do a little experimenting today... moving the ball around in the stance, open, closed, trying to put different spin and heights on it.  I felt like I had full control today.  If I can get that confidence and touch out on the course I'll be in great shape. 

Putting felt a little less successful, but that was more the level of difficulty I gave myself than anything.  At the suggestion of my instructor I didn't put to a hole, but rather to some quarters and ball markers.  I set up 4 of them in a ladder with 1' between the first two, 2' between the middle two, and 3 feet between the last two.  Then I putted downhill towards them from varying distances.  The goal was to either contact the coin with the ball or stop between the one I was aiming for and the next one in line and to do it six times in a row before I moved up the ladder.  It took a while....  Then because I've been listening to the decade golf lessons I set up a 15' putt to a ball marker to work on speed and see what kind of speed dispersion I have.  It wasn't too bad, but it was larger than I would like with a variance of +/- of 2.5' to either side of the marker -- irritatingly tending more towards short than long.  🤦‍♂️  

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Finished up with a small bucket focused again on tempo while doing my pre-shot routine before every stroke.  I had something of an epiphany in setup.  My instructor keeps telling me to close my chest.  It's subtle, just a slight close almost like I'm trying to tuck my left shoulder.  It works, but I didn't understand why until today and it kind of hit me like a ton of bricks. 

Today I'd kind of forgotten about it and was hitting these really weak leaking fades.  I was getting frustrated because I was getting the club on path but I could not get the face squared.  Then I remembered the advice, set up properly, and immediately started hitting the ball so much better that I had to stop and think about why.   I realized that that tiny little bit of open shoulders was starting my shoulders just enough ahead of the club head to mess up how deep my turn was and to screw up the timing enough to prevent me from squaring the face.  I swear all of a sudden a whole series of previously 'inexplicable' misses from the last few months popped into my head along with the clarity of exactly why and how I mishit them.  It was like a cartoon lightbulb.  🤦‍♂️  The moment reminded me why I love this game.  The subtlety & depth is absolutely fascinating.  One tiny adjustment on something that's borderline not visible can have such a hugely outsized affect on the whole game -- and there are uncountable small things that go into every swing.  😀

Driver

311062546_PXG_LogoSmall.jpg.1ff58b767d1fb1cdfeac9a387718766e.jpg  0811XT -- Tensei CK Orange 60

Woods

PXG_Logo Small.jpg 0211 3W -- Tensei AV Raw Blue

Hybrids

image.png.374545efa45a29aed00287677e783604.png  0317X 2&4 -- Tensei AV Raw Blue 

Irons 

:srixon-small: ZX7 4/AW -- C-Taper Lite 110

Wedges

:cleveland-small:  RTX Zipcore 56 Mid @55° -- TT DG Spinner

Putter

Test.png DF2.1 or Link.1 -- Accra

Ball

:srixon-small:  Zstar Diamond

 

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