
So now that the golf season is starting to wind down for us that live in colder weather, I thought it would be neat to see what everyone learned about their swing and / or game this year.
Starting the season I was fighting a bad flipping problem I thought I would never fix which left me hitting my driver about 200 yards on a good hit. I finally stopped doing that, although i'm not really sure how I did it. About half way through the season I started studying sean foleys approach and tried to model my swing after that and it seems to fit me really well. I had always been a very bad driver of the ball but I had a eureka moment while at a mini golf course that has saved my driving. I was mini golfing with a friend and they had a dumpy driving range there but I saw it and thought I could hit a few balls. So i went over there pulled out the driver and realized the (rubber)tees they had were about 3 inches too tall so the only way to hit the ball was to stay way back on my right foot and hit way up on the ball. Well long story short I have adopted this to my real game and i'm hitting probably 70 percent of my fairways and when I miss its now by 10 yards at most and not 40.
I started the season shooting low 80's on a very tough course and my last two rounds I've shot 72 and 73 so I feel like I've made drastic improvement over this summer.
The main things I learned though
- The flatter my swing the straighter I hit the ball but the shorter I hit it also.
- The steeper my swing the farther I hit it but I can't hit a fairway to save my life.
- Stay back on my right side longer and I hit my driver dead straight.
- And I learned if I commit myself to practicing my putting more than I want to I'm actually a pretty good putter.
- I also have a lot better understanding of lag now and I'm working that into my game.
I would love to hear anyone else's eureka moments.
Starting the season I was fighting a bad flipping problem I thought I would never fix which left me hitting my driver about 200 yards on a good hit. I finally stopped doing that, although i'm not really sure how I did it. About half way through the season I started studying sean foleys approach and tried to model my swing after that and it seems to fit me really well. I had always been a very bad driver of the ball but I had a eureka moment while at a mini golf course that has saved my driving. I was mini golfing with a friend and they had a dumpy driving range there but I saw it and thought I could hit a few balls. So i went over there pulled out the driver and realized the (rubber)tees they had were about 3 inches too tall so the only way to hit the ball was to stay way back on my right foot and hit way up on the ball. Well long story short I have adopted this to my real game and i'm hitting probably 70 percent of my fairways and when I miss its now by 10 yards at most and not 40.
I started the season shooting low 80's on a very tough course and my last two rounds I've shot 72 and 73 so I feel like I've made drastic improvement over this summer.
The main things I learned though
- The flatter my swing the straighter I hit the ball but the shorter I hit it also.
- The steeper my swing the farther I hit it but I can't hit a fairway to save my life.
- Stay back on my right side longer and I hit my driver dead straight.
- And I learned if I commit myself to practicing my putting more than I want to I'm actually a pretty good putter.
- I also have a lot better understanding of lag now and I'm working that into my game.
I would love to hear anyone else's eureka moments.