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san clemente
Joined: 1/14/2008
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Posted: Aug/04/2008 10:55 PM PST
Hey CP want a bunker tip, one few guys will tell you. get good at hitting bunker shots about 10 yards with an open blade you will need to swing pretty hard to do it. Now either open or close the blade to
change the distance the trick is to use the same stance and swing speed every time. If you can hit the ball within 6 feet either short
or long people will think your a wizard it isn't that tough also you can practice explosion bunker shots by burying your ball in tall grass it works great go try it.
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Miami
Joined: 2/20/2008
Posts: 3
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Posted: Sep/07/2008 5:54 AM PST
Well for me, I personally improved about 12 strokes by 1st changing my grip, going to the range and finally buying a set of easy to hit irons and drivers, I bought the Nike Slingshots and Nike Sumo 2 Sasquatch driver the 5900 model and boy what a diffrence in drives
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Joined: 9/15/2008
Posts: 7
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Posted: Sep/15/2008 10:19 AM PST
Quote: Originally posted by AirDevil76 I have been playing a lot of golf this year (multiple rounds per week) and continue to struggle. I cannot seem to get any consistency in my shots even though I'm taking lessons. What I would like is to know how (what steps, training program, etc.) you took to improve your game?
My trick is practicing on the course and off, and participating in giving communities which you can interact with and get yourself in the right mindset for the game when it comes time to tee off
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North Carolina
Joined: 8/16/2007
Posts: 104
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Posted: Sep/20/2008 6:12 AM PST
I would advocate patience. We moderns think that if we pull the right lever (take lessons, practice, play constantly) that the right result will immediately appear (now taking for granted our high-speed internet, microwave cooking, instant economic improvement after the upcoming presidential election, etc).
But golf is hundreds of years old, and enjoyed by millions. A mere fraction of a fraction of a fraction of players get immediate, meaningful results in scores and consistency. Most everyone surges, plateaus, surges, plateaus, literally for life. Find a really good player, low handicap, in his elderly years. What's he doing? He's out there, all excited about his new driver or irons, still trying to bring down those strokes.
So, for me (maybe because I don't play well at all), improving my game means adjusting my expectations -- not toward defeat, but toward reality. I'd rather ENJOY myself than COMPETE with myself all the time.
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Joined: 8/25/2008
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Posted: Oct/22/2008 7:11 AM PST
I'd been hacking on and off for years without ever taking a lesson. A few lessons have really made a big difference.
I think what holds a lot of us back are misconceptions on how to hit the golf ball. A good pro can spot where you are going wrong and it's like switching on a light. A bad pro can set you off in the wrong direction.
I'm still in the 20's with my handicap but I'm sure I'll come down to about 15 soon as I'm now making progress.
The biggest single difference for me was how the pro showed me the release of the hands where you forcibly close the club head through impact. I was kind of flipping my wrist up through impact instead of coming over (a bit like hitting a fore-hand in tennis). This created an additional 25% in distance immediately, and a fantastic solid feeling that I'd never felt before, which means I can now swing less forcibly and think about swing mechanics, timing and rythmn. I'm quite surprised when watching others play how many of them do the same as I used to do, and yet how little you find out there in the golf tips about this part of the impact.
I was also hitting fat regularly, perhaps one out of two shots. The pro showed how my right shoulder was coming up on the back swing and showed me how to overcome it.
A good pro can do wonders! If you're not making progress with one, change to another!
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Joined: 8/16/2007
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Posted: Nov/25/2008 12:08 PM PST
Quote: Originally posted by John_R7 CP,(or anyone) to improve your putting try reading 'Putting Out Of Your Mind' by Bob Rotella. It is an EXCELLENT book that doesn't get technical on the stroke but concentrates on the mind side. This guy is in tow with many top pro's including Open back to back winner Padraig Harrington. I am sure he is from your side of the pond and has many Americans past and present on his books. On the main point just try to ingrane a decent, consistent swing and work from there.
I agree. "Putting Out of Your Mind" is excellent. I was having a miserable time early last spring with my putting. I practiced a lot but nothing improved. I dreaded walking on the green. Even two-footers were knee-knockers for me. I read this book and really worked on the mental side and immediately I started putting better. The more confidence I gained, the more fun I had on the greens. By summer, I had pretty much eliminated 3-putts. Pre-Rotella, I was averaging 36 or more putts per round. Now I am at 32 and have had several rounds in the high 20's.
But the main thing is, where I used to dread putting, I now really enjoy it. I feel like I can make any putt 15 ft and in and anything under 5 ft is almost automatic (green conditions allowing of course). Most of my regular partners have seen my improvement and went out and bought the book. It may not work as well for everyone, but for $15 bucks, it's sure worth a try.
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Joined: 8/16/2007
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Posted: Mar/06/2009 9:55 AM PST
Quote: Originally posted by AirDevil76 I have been playing a lot of golf this year (multiple rounds per week) and continue to struggle. I cannot seem to get any consistency in my shots even though I'm taking lessons. What I would like is to know how (what steps, training program, etc.) you took to improve your game?
Range work, good practice, is FAR more important than playing, especially if you have significant fundamental faults.
Learning the golf swing is like learning a musical instrument. You must learn the fundamentals and then grind to ingrain the new movements. There are no shortcuts. If you try to play tunes before you are ready, you can accidently ingrain permanent faults. If you try to play the course with poor fundamentals, you can accidently ingrain permanent faults that will be very difficult to unlearn. There is a reason most amateurs never improve!
So take lessons-- and leave the lessons with drills that he wants you to practice. Exactly like in music, the new movement must be learned by first rehearsal in slow motion, then hitting balls only a few yards, then farther. Go back to slow motion or tiny distances when you revert to bad habits. Learning the golf swing is usually an iterative process, lesson, drills, lesson, drills, lesson. Finally your pro will say, "you have it!" That sounds like a lot, but actually the process is FAR less expensive than a single golf golf club.
Ask any accomplished golfer (start with that PGA pro) and he will tell you he got there by grinding-- hard work, ENDLESS persistence on the range doing drills-hitting whole buckets with just a 6i.
If you are not willing to do that, decent golf is out of reach for you. Try fishing.
Larry
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Italy
Joined: 8/16/2007
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Posted: Apr/16/2009 12:59 PM PST
agree 100% Larry!
AirDevil76, finding the right instructor is tricky business because most of them just patch some mistakes creating other problems and the poor mediocre amateur remains confused and mediocre. The right pro can change your world with a few lessons.
The first objective should be GOOD MECHANICS and clean the impact through the ball. To help me finally understand the swing fundamentals, I also found a fantastic instructor from Canada: Shawn Clement. You can find him on You-tube and go from there. It's exilarating when you finally get how simple a correct swing is...and how "passively" most of positions, angles, cocking, planes happen, once you do a couple of things right...such as stay balanced! Check him out! I live in Italy, I think I have a good instructor, but thanks to Shawn I dropped a lot of shots, and most of all, they SOUND totally different!
Second: take your instructor out on the course. It's money well spent. He can detect and correct mistakes you make when you are actually playing, reading the ball and the conditions of the course, including strategy. All stuff that can kill your score! Also: study the way HE plays and hits HIS shots...from the rough or from the lousest lies! Listen to how his shots sound different and try to get THAT sound out of your impact.
Last but not least: CLUB FITTING!!! you can spend centuries on the range and millions in lessons, but if your club and shaft do not fit your body, swing speed, launch angle, shot distance etc...you'll always struggle. What you hear from your golf buddies and read on club ads is most probably completely wrong on you and your correct way of choosing the right club for your swing...and a professionally fitted club costs exactly the same as the ones they try to sell you!
HAVE FUN!!!!
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in your head
Joined: 3/21/2009
Posts: 52
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Posted: Apr/17/2009 9:51 PM PST
when I stopped using fish heads as ball markers my game got better,
my hands weren't so slipper so I got a better grip on the clubs. It brought my score down 6 shots per round!
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Joined: 4/06/2009
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Posted: May/04/2009 11:17 PM PST
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