Thank you for all the feedback. Sorry it took so long to reply I was working on the honeydo lists and that got me off track. I really do believe “The Golf Machine” is the real deal and I have read many of you guys post and they are truly amazing (and sometimes 11 pieces of chicken to many for me to understand) but really good stuff. I must have 30 books on golf (including the golf machine) and some DVD’s. They all give good information, but nothing even close to Lynn’s DVD. The last two rounds I shot 75 (Darkhorse) and 76 (Ancil Hoffman) which are very hard courses in Sacramento. I hit driver about three times a round and usually two of them are terrible hooks. My 3wood goes about 260-275 and I can usually keep it in play. Irons usually put me on the green (Thanks to basic motion) and my putter is solid.
OB Left – Thank you for all your feedback. I have ready many of your post and they are a gold mine. “Forward, Down and Out to low point . Think about the OUT . With an iron , given the more upright plane angle and the loft etc it won’t tend to hit a curve ball as much.......but with a driver, look out.” This seems like why I am doing wrong (among many other things), but I am unsure of the thing to correct it. Impact Dynamic. With the irons I feel like I know where it is, even with the 3 wood, but Driver I have clue. I have the Nunchuk shaft which is supposed to be like a double or triple X. I bought it thinking it was going to stop that bending of the shaft at impact. About 2-3 years ago I use to play a pull /cut and I would just swing as hard as I wanted and it would go a long way, but there wasn’t any feel to it or consistency. (So changing it really screwed me)
JTillery – I agree with you my ball is back to far. I moved it back because if I move it more forward the hook gets worse. This is surely a bad compensation on my part, but I am not sure how to get out of it. Maybe clearing hips faster? Right now I feel like I am trying to get my shaft in front of the ball at impact and have some dragging of the mop. I 100% feel like I am playing defense with my driver. I feel like I have to steer the driver compared to my three wood which seems natural. Side note: I use to play basketball before the knees went out. The calfs have stuck around for some reason (probably to carry my gut around)
KevCarter – Axis tilt? Am I leaning to far back at impact and that is why I am hooking? Should I be putting the ball more forward as JTillery is telling me and clearing the hips more and not leaning back as much? (Thank you for the feedback)
I decided to add two more videos so you can see the down the line view. My own assessment:
• Address – I am not sure how to get the shaft on the same plane with my forearm like Brian Gay does. (I have that video as well) I think it is because I am to tall, and I would have to bend over, which would not be good. Thoughts?
• Back swing a little flat below elbow plane (Working on that)
• Wrist bow at the top. Having a hard time fixing it. When I look over my shoulder in practice swing it looks flat to me, but in the video it doesn’t look as good. I must be compensating during the real swing because something else is out of sorts. Do I just need to work more on flying wedges with the video camera running? What should I see change in my right or left wrist to get me going in the right direction.
• I have some forward tilt and draw back on the swing (working on that for a while)
• I come down on the shoulder plane and I sometimes wonder if that makes it harder with the driver?
Duck Hook:
Straight Shot:
Anyway.. thank you so much for looking at my swing and giving me some help. I feel like I am just starting on my journey to actually know what I am doing. I agree 100% with a comment on the board that I saw. A 5 handicap has no idea what he is really doing.
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