I'm the last person to give swing advice, but from your description it sounds like you're just pulling the ball a bit - if it's not hooking, just going straight to a point slightly left of where you think you're aimed.

I would suggest using clubs to check your alignment - one on the ground for your feet, and ideally a friend would check your hips and shoulders for you. You may just be aimed slightly left of where you think you are.

Do this. And if you're aligned correctly, then see if you're coming just slightly over the top on the way down.

Did you just start pulling or has this been a problem for awhile? You're swing could be totally fine and you're clubs just not the right lie angle.

If you are hooking or not, checking your alignment is probably the first thing you want to do. This is one of the most common problems. I believe it was Jack that said "Golf is 50% alignment, 40% mental and 10% swing"

Check out this link: It really helped me understand how and why you hit the ball left or right and how to correct it. You might have to sign up or something but the 3 part series was very helpful to me.

http://www.highlanderschoolofgolf.co...&%20Stance.htm

Quick rules question:

A lot of the standard mid to low level courses have a problem keeping sand in their bunkers or ever raking them. Thus they are either 30-40% void of sand or completely hard as a rock. Is there a rule that allows you to take relief from these awful situations? I don't feel like breaking my club and when I do try to hit them my club face bounces & I skull them 50% of the time even though I'm a good sand player.

Or just go and get the lie angle checked? There's a good chance the lie angle is perfectly right.

Could easily be an allignment problem or he is actually overdrawing the ball and not realizing it.

His swing plane could be too flat or too far from the inside leading to a slight pull.

Post video!!

i don't understand why people still try to hit the sand if it's rock hard. it's a bit of a problem at my course, but in those situations i pretty much try to hit the ball flush like a pitch and get it out of there

Sorry for sounding like one of the grey-haired distinguished gentlemen of R&A, you are in a hazard, live with it.

But if it is a major problem, the commitee could declare some of the bunkers as ground under repair, but something at the back of my head says that they should remember to declare the bunkers as through-the-green first, as you otherwise can't drop out of the bunker anyway.

The largest problem areas are when there is just a bit of sand or hard sand. Almost all of the bunkers around here have rocks and shells in them, so when they mix with the sand after the consistent rain, it becomes really hard but with some give to it, so if you hit it behind it at all with a normaly pitch swing, it grabs your club and you aren't going to get it out of the bunker. I guess I'll just work on putting it back in my stance and making sure I hit the ball, with a typical pitch swing.

I'm not looking for a work around, just wondering if such a rule existed.

I was just watching a Barkley interview. And apaently he's a 20 handicap. I can't believe he's better then me... :/

If anybody wants to watch, pretty f'in funny imo.

http://watchmovies.com.net.sc/nba/15...re.Bigmac.html

tl;dr alert, as I'm a little pumped.

I just had the most unreal range session. I went to work on my contact, and after reading the "Encyclopedia Texarcana" in the Hogan thread, and reading some other tip sites online, I self diagnosed my hitting off the toe problem as a result of 2 major things: a weak grip, and standing too far from the ball about 2", with my arms too straight at address.

I started to work with the "9 to 3" drill the encyclopedia describes with my 7i, and like it said I was amazed by how far I was hitting the ball doing this. I was also making solid contact. So after about 10 balls i took a full swing.... and hit it further than i ever hit a 7i in my life, ~170 yards (range is slightly downhill). I pulled my 5i, worked a few 9-3's then took a full swing, and it 1-hopped off the 200 sign. At that point I had to sit down.

I continued to work through my bag the same way, hitting a few 9-3's and then full swings, and made pretty solid contact through all clubs, with a few still out towards the toe. I was also hitting 3-4 clubs longer distance wise than i ever have. The 25' net they have at ~225y I was hitting into with my driver last time I was out there on the lower half. I cleared it a few times tonight, and hit my 3w and 5w into it. It was just unreal.

Now, as for my soft push, the only club I still hit it to the right with at all was my 4i. I still pulled a lot of shots, which has me concerned, though I did not spend a lot of time trying to line up shots, particularly at first. I even hit a few snap-hooks with the mid irons and fairway woods. So I'm wondering if I perhaps overcorrected some, or that it was a result of getting a bit amped up while hitting.

Either way, it's going to take another range session or two before I feel comfortable going back out on the course, since I have no idea how far i can actually hit these things when i hit them properly, and I do want to work them trough as if i were on the course rather than just smacking away. But still, I never knew I was capable of what I was doing tonight.

DOS,

Good stuff. Can you please link the Hogan thread? Thanks!

Hogan's Magical Device Thread

I picked up the Medicus driver today.

Did the infomercial thing as soon as I got it. He some balls with my driver (sliceomatic), spent 10-15 minutes with the Medicus, picked back my driver...

Wow. Best $170 spent in 20 years.

By the end of the bucket, I went from sliceomatic to low straight line drives. Not consistently yet, but after one bucket? Yeah, it's going to come around nicely with time...

I went and checked out the Top Golf practice facility near O'Hare tonight. It seems like a cool concept for a driving range, but after going there, i wouldn't really recommend it for practice. I'm sure there has to be a lighted driving range nearby that has better mats (or grass), and tees that actually could support the weight of a golf ball.

The idea is cool; you get points if you hit into targets, that were the size of small greens disbursed through out the hitting area. It displayed daily, monthly, and all-time leaderboards, and had a few different games. It was crowded too, i waited 40 min for a tee. If you go with your boys as a night out, or on a date, i could see how it would be fun. That what most of the people there were doing - either on dates, or groups of twenty-somethings hacking around, drinking beer, and talking smack. Full menu, and decent bar too, though a little overpriced. Even had a cornhole tournament going on in the bar area.

I went hoping to find out more about what distance I am hitting the ball, but unless you hit the targets on the fly it was worthless. The ground otherwise was astroturf, and the ball would bounce high or roll into the sunken target zone. Add that to the well well worn mats, and it was like digging out of a hole a lot with swings. I only looked at the mats close to mine between shots, but they looked the same. Nevertheless, I still did not hit nearly as well or as consistently as my last time out.

I am confused.

http://www.golfdriverssale.com/produ...-Golf-606.html

http://www.lumpys.com/lumpys/product...htHandedPutter

Does anyone know why there is such a dramatic price difference? The first one doesn't appear to be a fake/clone...I must be missing something...

dunno, nothing on resellerratings. must be some catch obviously

either a scam shop, used or both

Ya I don't know...but if you look at their other products most of them are normally priced...

Anyone else have an idea?

could be price mistake.
best to ask them if the price is correct.

yes, an R9 driver for $189...$40 less then I paid for my R9 3W at Golfsmith....is 'normally priced'

hmmm yea looking through it all the prices seem funky...does it seem like a reputable site? I'm kinda scared to buy something from there hah

I have a drastic issue with proper striking of my woods.

I am 6'1" and 180. I am 43 years of age. I am a Virgo.

I hit a 3-iron about 190-200 generally, assuming conditions are ideal and I put the right swing on the ball.

Same ideal conditions: driver=maybe 220-230, with a bunch of slice.

I am sure the kneejerk reaction is that I am overswinging the driver, and coming over the top.

But it really seems like the only time I get any true distance off the tee is if I line up for a dead pull, and rip it with a dead pull like 270+.

So what the hell? I am told the swing for your driver ought to be pretty close to the swing for your 9-iron.

Can't...shake....the..................problem.

Arg.

In the next 10 years i have decided, I will go pro. Im just gonna play every day i can.

Drove the green on the 415yd 18th hole at Cottonwood golf club Lakes course in San Diego, but then I was sad to see Watson didn't win when I got inside.

60 degree wedge is impossible to control around the green.
thoughts?
yah 65 is prolly harder but I cant see myself ever using one.

I use my 60 a lot...my course has very fast greens though