Taking golf lessons....again

[packerzrule]

Maybe try taking her to one of the simulator bars? Lower stress, reasonably private bays.

I would have to rent out a private bay. She's that self conscious

 

[Hank Kingsley]

Golf is fun but I don’t fret about being the shits.

I do have one thing in my pocket that I guarantee not many of you do have, and that’s a hole in one. It wasn’t an intentional hole-in-one, but a hole in one it was.

I was playing a par three at the local links, shanked my tee shot, watched it flying towards the trees where it hit a stump. It was cut low to the ground and rocketed perfectly without a bounce straight across the green after it landed right into the hole.

Players on the adjacent green we’re expecting free drinks. I told them to fuck off.

 

[black francis]

From the shaft??

Yes. I personally didn't do it but had a professional do it for me. Much better control and accuracy

 

[NEhomer]

My wife pisses me off. Over the years, I bought her 2 real nice set of clubs so she could start going with me. She's gone once!!! She keeps saying she wants me to work on her swing in our backyard and doesn't want to go to the range until her swing improves. Da Fuq??

Same, nice clubs but I think she was mostly in it for the cute skirts. Cripes.

 

[black francis]

Same, nice clubs but I think she was mostly in it for the cute skirts. Cripes.

More women should be

 

[fknhippie]

After reading @foster4prez stats with his new irons, I should quit golf....however

Had another lesson yesterday, green lights on all the things we've introduced into my swing and now I'm working on an inside to out swing path.

My problem with that, is now that I have more forward lean (they call it shoulder tilt, I call it hip bend) at address, the ball is really far away and I'm hitting it off the toe. I'm going to play a few holes today and move the ball closer...if I can without standing too upright.

 

[foster4prez]

After reading @foster4prez stats with his new irons, I should quit golf....however

Had another lesson yesterday, green lights on all the things we've introduced into my swing and now I'm working on an inside to out swing path.

My problem with that, is now that I have more forward lean (they call it shoulder tilt, I call it hip bend) at address, the ball is really far away and I'm hitting it off the toe. I'm going to play a few holes today and move the ball closer...if I can without standing too upright.

Doesn't matter how far you hit it if it doesn't go straight.

 

[fknhippie]

and another lesson is in the books.

Yesterday we worked on holding my wrist hinge until the club is parallel to the ground and my hands are in the middle of my trail thigh.

That is really uncomfortable and very hard to do. The couple of times I did it right, my sand wedge (54 deg) went over 110 yards. That's about 30 yards further than I usually hit it.

Went to the course after the lesson to work on it. On the second hole, side hill lie, I forgot the other part of my downswing...turn...and buried the club into the turf. Now my lead wrist hurts like a MFer.

Anyone have a tip on how to hold that hinge easier?

 

[fknhippie]

I have another lesson tomorrow.

I've been working on holding my wrist hinge longer. I don't have a place I can hit balls for practice, but I do have a mat that shows where the club is striking the mat. I think the key for me is to get the trail elbow inside my hip closer to my thigh. I usually have it touching my side on the downswing.

I'll work with the coach if my hunch is right and do some practice in the simulator.

 

[All-Star Benchwarmer]

Anyone have a tip on how to hold that hinge easier?

I just saw your thread and am going to follow and cheer you on. My golf bag is a Callaway driver from 2006, Ben Hogan blades from 2000 (2i - sand wedge) and a putter. I shall live my best golfing life through you.

 

[fknhippie]

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I just saw your thread and am going to follow and cheer you on. My golf bag is a Callaway driver from 2006, Ben Hogan blades from 2000 (2i - sand wedge) and a putter. I shall live my best golfing life through you.

Thanks, but it's not going to be pretty.

 

[All-Star Benchwarmer]

Thanks, but it's not going to be pretty.

That's why God created beer carts!

 

[MTVike]

and another lesson is in the books.

Yesterday we worked on holding my wrist hinge until the club is parallel to the ground and my hands are in the middle of my trail thigh.

That is really uncomfortable and very hard to do. The couple of times I did it right, my sand wedge (54 deg) went over 110 yards. That's about 30 yards further than I usually hit it.

Went to the course after the lesson to work on it. On the second hole, side hill lie, I forgot the other part of my downswing...turn...and buried the club into the turf. Now my lead wrist hurts like a MFer.

Anyone have a tip on how to hold that hinge easier?

I wish

 

[NEhomer]

and another lesson is in the books.

Yesterday we worked on holding my wrist hinge until the club is parallel to the ground and my hands are in the middle of my trail thigh.

That is really uncomfortable and very hard to do. The couple of times I did it right, my sand wedge (54 deg) went over 110 yards. That's about 30 yards further than I usually hit it.

Went to the course after the lesson to work on it. On the second hole, side hill lie, I forgot the other part of my downswing...turn...and buried the club into the turf. Now my lead wrist hurts like a MFer.

Anyone have a tip on how to hold that hinge easier?

I have another lesson tomorrow.

I've been working on holding my wrist hinge longer. I don't have a place I can hit balls for practice, but I do have a mat that shows where the club is striking the mat. I think the key for me is to get the trail elbow inside my hip closer to my thigh. I usually have it touching my side on the downswing.

I'll work with the coach if my hunch is right and do some practice in the simulator.

....seems like your teacher is making things anything but simple.

What's your handicap and your goal for it? If you're trying to get to scratch then by all means, keep at it but simplifying the swing usually brings about better results for us commoners.

Anyway, good luck.

 

[fknhippie]

....seems like your teacher is making things anything but simple.

What's your handicap and your goal for it? If you're trying to get to scratch then by all means, keep at it but simplifying the swing usually brings about better results for us commoners.

Anyway, good luck.

Thanks.

I don't know if he's making it complicated, or if I developed a really bad swing when I had all my shoulder problems. I have no expectations of being a scratch golfer, but I would like to strike the ball better and hit it straighter than I am.

At times the coach will pull up videos of pro golfers so I can compare my swing to theirs...just to get an idea on how it should be done. Last week i asked him do you have any videos of people with a worse swing than mine. He said yes, and he pulled up a video of me swinging a couple of years ago. That made me laugh.

 

[fknhippie]

I have another lesson tomorrow.

I've been working on holding my wrist hinge longer. I don't have a place I can hit balls for practice, but I do have a mat that shows where the club is striking the mat. I think the key for me is to get the trail elbow inside my hip closer to my thigh. I usually have it touching my side on the downswing.

I'll work with the coach if my hunch is right and do some practice in the simulator.

I was wrong.

I'm still not getting far enough forward in my downswing, my hips are, but not my sternum. After the lesson I worked on it and by the end I was able to do a half swing with my LW 70 yards....my full swing doesn't go much further. Maybe i should do more half swings and keep the ball flight lower.

Went to the course and had some nice drives and second shots, had about a 70 yard shot left on a par five and I'm thinking "I got this" and immediately duffed the shot.

 

[All-Star Benchwarmer]

Went to the course and had some nice drives and second shots, had about a 70 yard shot left on a par five and I'm thinking "I got this" and immediately duffed the shot.

My high school golf coach told me once "if you could hit two good shots back to back, you'd be a decent golfer."

 

[Wazmankg]

Chasing more distance, for a bogey golfer, doesn't seem like the best use of practice time to me but to each his own. I watched a clip of Gary Player recently where he said that if you are a 12 index and you hit your drives and 2nd shots, then turned the rest of it over to him, that would turn you into a 3 index overnight. Unfortunately most public course don't have adequate facilities for practicing the short game, but that's where you'll get the most bang from your buck.

 

[NEhomer]

Chasing more distance, for a bogey golfer, doesn't seem like the best use of practice time to me but to each his own. I watched a clip of Gary Player recently where he said that if you are a 12 index and you hit your drives and 2nd shots, then turned the rest of it over to him, that would turn you into a 3 index overnight. Unfortunately most public course don't have adequate facilities for practicing the short game, but that's where you'll get the most bang from your buck.

I agree about not getting a tremendous score card payoff from a little more distance but Gary's little scenario works just as well in the opposite direction. If I'm a twelve and Player hits drives and second shots and lets me do the rest, I'll also drop to a 3.

The full game is the frame that everything else rides on and the longer the course, the more impactful a solid full game becomes. Again, I'm not disagreeing with the notion that a 12 cap club player will get the greatest benefit from short game skills.

 

[Wazmankg]

I agree about not getting a tremendous score card payoff from a little more distance but Gary's little scenario works just as well in the opposite direction. If I'm a twelve and Player hits drives and second shots and lets me do the rest, I'll also drop to a 3.

Good point. I hadn't considered that, but you're probably right given a good pro only misses around 5 greens per round on average and is likely not missing them by much.

The full game is the frame that everything else rides on and the longer the course, the more impactful a solid full game becomes. Again, I'm not disagreeing with the notion that a 12 cap club player will get the greatest benefit from short game skills.

Right.. that's right around what I am when I'm playing a lot and while I'm not long the reason I'm not a low single digit was never because I'm not long enough.