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Greg Norman:Quote:
Originally Posted by TahoeJ
"Having made that point, let me say that you should never intentionally try to swing the club in a horizontal or vertical way. Never try to fit your swing to the club in your hand. After all, it's tough enough to master one golf swing without having to manipulate a dozen of them. Just remember to narrow your stance. The clubs themselves will cause you to do the rest.
http://www.worldgolf.com/newswire/br...ng-Your-Driver
i seem to recall a similar conflict between various authors and instructors. some have said the swing should be basically the same for all clubs, some have said they are very different between driver, mid and long irons, and sort irons.
makes me a bit nervous because i can only practice with my 56* wedge here unless i go to the range, so i'm getting reasonably efficient with that. even if the swings are diffent, though, all the practice at home has definitely helped me slow my swing down and relax, which is the first thing i have to get past.
You hit the ball with your driver on the upswing. You hit the ball with your other clubs on the downswing (and it's not just ball placement making the difference). That's why you really have two different swings. Should they be very, very, very similar? Of course - but not really the same. I don't care what Greg Norman says - he had a different swing with his driver too.
Not to mention, show me a single pro golfer who doesn't have a shorter back swing with his wedges than a 3-iron or driver.
Fair enough. I agree.Quote:
Originally Posted by TahoeJ
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Originally Posted by 4matic
Good ol' 4matic. Vehement in his objections until someone who knows something comes along and corrects. Damn Orientals.
I don't think Norman's comments and TahoeJ's are actually mutually exclusive.
And TahoeJ's comments make me think I am hitting down on the ball with my driver. I impart backspin sometimes for god's sake. I squeeze my irons rather than sweeping them, so I am sure that is one added reason my driving fellates macaques.
You think the discussion I made was vehement? I chose to end it cordially like a gentleman. You're the thin skinned wimp that doesn't know when to quit. Ever.Quote:
Originally Posted by guroo270
Any drive will generate backspin, but if your drive is actually stopping dead or jumping back instead of rolling out then- yes, you probably are hitting down. No way that should happen.Quote:
Originally Posted by commonlaw
Total guess, as well, but- without grooves to impart backspin, compressing the ball downward with a driver means you have to be 100% square at impact or the ball will necessarily squirt out to the side, so now you've got backspin and sidespin on anything less than a perfectly struck ball.
That's why on driver you need to have the spine tilt to encourage the hitting on the upswing. Most players I observe have the ball too far back in their stance on driver.Quote:
Originally Posted by commonlaw
Just trying to get a rise out of you here, bud. I'm off to Philly. Enjoy my absence.
Yeah, its about that bad. Very little roll if any. Hitting down, not clearing hips and coming over the top = backspin and a loss of probably 50 yards (air and ground aggregate). Which is why my driving is so important to remedy. Hitting 250 with a driver, only hitting the fairway once in awhile so I may as well hit the 230 3 iron. I should be driving around 290 easy.Quote:
Originally Posted by Steven S. Dallas
Tee the ball as high as you can , this will force you to sweep the driver .
this is where the superdeep really helps - with my old burner I would hit a few sky-balls a round, but with the crazy deep face that is almost impossible... I use a 2-7/8" tee, but barely stick it in the ground.Quote:
Originally Posted by skiballs
Yeah, or hit under it :) Need to use the tallest tees at the range.Quote:
Originally Posted by skiballs
High driver ball flight? Could be narrow stance, ball position, swing plane, loft or shafts with a low kick point. Irons? Here's what I'm using. Matches my newly acquired driver.
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Think top spin forehand to the back right corner .Quote:
Originally Posted by commonlaw
I dunno, that's an awful lot of right hand...Quote:
Originally Posted by skiballs
j/k - nice analogy!
That's actually pretty apt and will give'r a shot next session.Quote:
Originally Posted by skiballs
thanks muchQuote:
Originally Posted by jfost
This site's really been helping me
www.revolutiongolf.com
you get a free video tip every day from a top instructor. Got one yesterday from Jim Mclean that fixed a fade I've had for years, my iron shots are 100% better now.
i'm sorry, but i'm not sure what this means. my last round i left my driver in the bag except to clear the huge ravine and 18 to clear water on one side and out of bounds on the other side. as it turned out, i was teeing off with my 4 iron and hitting it straight and as far as my partner was driving, which isn't saying much. i haven't practiced enough with my driver to be confident and there is very little rough to find your ball in. if you miss the fairway by more than a couple feet on several holes, your ball is gone.Quote:
Originally Posted by skiballs
was supposed to play this morning but switched to the afternoon to get another lesson on the driving range and a putting lesson.
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Originally Posted by sidewall
cool, i love sites like this. i also like the guy who does the video jug vids --Rickard Strongert
it's a tennis analogy... ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by spook
ok. so trying to push the driver head out and over (releasing the wrists/forearms) coming up from below with the face slightly (or feeling) open? i had an instructor tell me something similar. he put a ballin front and to the right of the tee (if you were standing behind the tee) and told me try to hit the teed ball in that direction to make sure i was swinging inside out.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tye 1on
Alright, fellow hacks, recommended a couple of drivers for me to sample. I'm a bogey+ golfer and haven't had one in a bag for about a decade, preferring the reliability of my three wood. Played last week and hit a buddy's TaylorMade Burner on a couple of holes and pretty much hit it perfectly the times I hit it. So I'm going to give that one a whirl, also thinking trying the Ping G15... And out of ideas thereafter... Suggestions?