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Originally Posted by solesavage
I feel you though, I had my first eagle on a par 4 pitch shot over 100yrds as well. I saved the ball and dated it
take your regular stance and everything ... get ready to hit the ball ... STOP! look at your left hand and identify your pointer and middle finger's knuckles ... you should be able to see them and if not, turn your left hand to the right about an inch so they are visible at address ... swing away ... you may notice your clube head slightly close ...Originally Posted by Bastitch
This intrigues me. Can you post an example of what "knuckles" you're talking about.
Originally Posted by JPioneer
About to go golfing at midnight
Got to look out for them security guys
I've seen something similar in Golf Magazine....if anything I could imagine turning your left hand in would help make sure your hands are not fighting each other and are working in unison to help keep the club face square.Originally Posted by Bastitch
This intrigues me. Can you post an example of what "knuckles" you're talking about.Originally Posted by moneyisthemotive
holy mother @%#!%%% !%@#!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i have never been so happy in my entire life playing a sport ... golf is the greatest game on earth ... i love steal shafts and balls and cups and rough and grass and sand ... FINALLY, after almost two years i have got my drive dead @%#!%%% straight and long as hell ...
i was a banana driver all my life ... at about 175-200 yards my ball would turn right ... i didnt even look at my driver for the past 6 months and hit my 3 wood off the tee ... but after watching the Golf Channel last night I finally fixed my drive ... it's such a simple fix i cant believe i didnt find it sooner ...
Fuzzy Zoeller was on the GC giving tips and one of his tips for slicing was looking down at your grip and identifying your left hand's knuckles (for rightys) ... he said most likely a slicer will not be able to see his knuckles at all at address, and sure enough i couldnt see !%@# ... he said rotate your hand so you can see two knuckles and swing away ... that was it ... i hit the ball so far and so straight today i couldnt believe it was me swinging ... i hit a 520 yard par 5 in 2 going driver 4 iron! the people i was playing with couldnt believe how far i could hit the ball being my size (5'11, 150) ... i am HYPED to play again soon so i can just crush the ball ... i broke 90 for the first time ever without any mulligans or drops ...
Originally Posted by youngmoney
for me personally ive come to the conclusion i dont need to practice
i played twice in the past month...smh at me...but my last 2 rounds ive shot 74 and today 75...
i mean its ridiculous. i lifted yesterday for the first time in a while...so im sore as hell on the first tee...bam first drive 350. and no im not lying
so im even par going to #5...hit my ball o.b. make a QUAD... shoot 42 on the front...so im thinking to myself i just wanna go home...my dad...who never beats me shot a 40...so he was bragging
blah blah blah "im on you like glue"so im like ok dad..ill flick the switch...i go par birdie birdie par birdie...and finish out with pars to shoot a 33 on the back...missed a 5 foot birdie putt on the last but i couldnt be aggresive with it cause i could 2 putt to win all the money
so yea...had alot of fun today...and i shot this with a prostaff golf ball btw
Originally Posted by fraij da 5 11
Man closest I had come to an eagle was on my approach from like 60 yards out on a par 5 from my 3rd shot over a little knoll onto the green... Took a bounces off the knoll and another bounce and hit right off the base of the pin and headed about 5 feet to the left for the birdie putt
Eagles man
I've been playing for about 13 years and have only had one legitimate eagle, and one with a mulligan. I had a legitimate chance at an eagle on a par 4 but choked on the putt. Was about an inch from the fringe and I grounded my putter on my stroke and barely got the ball to move 5 feet. Missed my birdie putt too.Originally Posted by Jwill JR
Originally Posted by fraij da 5 11
Man closest I had come to an eagle was on my approach from like 60 yards out on a par 5 from my 3rd shot over a little knoll onto the green... Took a bounces off the knoll and another bounce and hit right off the base of the pin and headed about 5 feet to the left for the birdie putt
Eagles man
Ive been playing golf seriously for about 2 years, played here and there for about 6 months before that..so 2 1/2 years total, maybe a lil more..and Ive only had 3 eagles. Yesterday's being the 3rd. I kinda feel like I wasted the Eagle because I still shot about the same as what ive been. I just wish it wasnt so hot here, I want to play 36 holes on sat and sun, but no way I can do it in this heat. Going to start tring to get 18 in real early in the morning, then maybe another 18 twlight. I am tring to get down to a 4.4 or better, so I can try to qualify in the Local USGA pub link championship within the next 2 years..
+1Originally Posted by youngmoney
for me personally ive come to the conclusion i dont need to practice
i played twice in the past month...smh at me...but my last 2 rounds ive shot 74 and today 75...
i mean its ridiculous. i lifted yesterday for the first time in a while...so im sore as hell on the first tee...bam first drive 350. and no im not lying
so im even par going to #5...hit my ball o.b. make a QUAD... shoot 42 on the front...so im thinking to myself i just wanna go home...my dad...who never beats me shot a 40...so he was bragging
blah blah blah "im on you like glue"so im like ok dad..ill flick the switch...i go par birdie birdie par birdie...and finish out with pars to shoot a 33 on the back...missed a 5 foot birdie putt on the last but i couldnt be aggresive with it cause i could 2 putt to win all the money
so yea...had alot of fun today...and i shot this with a prostaff golf ball btw
So I played 18 today at Delta View in Pittsburg, and we had about 30 minutes to hit some balls at the range before our round. I changed up my left hand to have the "v" of my hand like it is in the first picture and it worked pretty damn well.Originally Posted by eaalto
I've seen something similar in Golf Magazine....if anything I could imagine turning your left hand in would help make sure your hands are not fighting each other and are working in unison to help keep the club face square.Originally Posted by Bastitch
This intrigues me. Can you post an example of what "knuckles" you're talking about.Originally Posted by moneyisthemotive
holy mother @%#!%%% !%@#!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i have never been so happy in my entire life playing a sport ... golf is the greatest game on earth ... i love steal shafts and balls and cups and rough and grass and sand ... FINALLY, after almost two years i have got my drive dead @%#!%%% straight and long as hell ...
i was a banana driver all my life ... at about 175-200 yards my ball would turn right ... i didnt even look at my driver for the past 6 months and hit my 3 wood off the tee ... but after watching the Golf Channel last night I finally fixed my drive ... it's such a simple fix i cant believe i didnt find it sooner ...
Fuzzy Zoeller was on the GC giving tips and one of his tips for slicing was looking down at your grip and identifying your left hand's knuckles (for rightys) ... he said most likely a slicer will not be able to see his knuckles at all at address, and sure enough i couldnt see !%@# ... he said rotate your hand so you can see two knuckles and swing away ... that was it ... i hit the ball so far and so straight today i couldnt believe it was me swinging ... i hit a 520 yard par 5 in 2 going driver 4 iron! the people i was playing with couldnt believe how far i could hit the ball being my size (5'11, 150) ... i am HYPED to play again soon so i can just crush the ball ... i broke 90 for the first time ever without any mulligans or drops ...
Anyway, I can't remember the last time I've had a regular slice on my shots. I really worked on having an in-out swing path on my drives and it's obviously transferred into my other swings as well. Once I got a heavier shaft with lower torque in my driver, I am hitting slight fades. I bombed the green on a dogleg par 4, and 3 putted for par today....
Bastitch wrote:
I hit 4 fairways on the front 9, which is what I usually do in 18 on a good day. It would have been five, but I went LONG on a fairway on a hole I shot my first birdie on a par 4.
It didn't reflect in my score today, but progress is progress.
Thanks for the tip.
Did you ever get your new irons? If so, how are they working out for you?
I hit 4 fairways on the front 9, which is what I usually do in 18 on a good day. It would have been five, but I went LONG on a fairway on a hole I shot my first birdie on a par 4.
It didn't reflect in my score today, but progress is progress.
Thanks for the tip.
Did you ever get your new irons? If so, how are they working out for you?
They're good. I'm still in an adjustment period, but I'm getting more and more comfortable with them.
For those that don't know, I used to play with an old Tour Edge set from like 2002 that was +1 2up that I bought off a co-worker when I first started playing golf last September. I now play with a set of steel TM Burner Plus 09's that are standard length and lie angle.
I'm getting about 15-20 additional yards on each club, so I'm making that adjustment in my game. One of the hardest adjustments I didn't expect to have to make was getting used to the weight distribution on the clubs themselves. But I like them a lot. I'm pleased with the distance and the feel. I know if I went with graphite, I'd add another 10 yards, but I'm strong enough to get to most long par 3's without breaking out a hybrid.
Quick WITB these days:
Nike SUMO 2 5900 Tour Driver
Tour Edge Geomax 3 Wood
Adams iWood 2 Hybrid
Adams iWood 3 Hybrid
TaylorMade Burner Plus 09 4-AW
Callaway Big Bertha 04 SW
Adams Puggelli 60 degree LW
Tour Edge Backdraft Mallet Putter
I have an Odyssey White Hot XG SRT 2Ball putter in the mail right now that I got of RockBottom for 65 shipped last week. After that, I think I'll be okay with my bag for a while.
If someone told me a year ago that I'd be obsessed with golf the way I am, I would have laughed in their face. I don't even want to calculate how much money I've poured into this stuff.