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- Thread starter Tarheel
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It's all in your form when you swing the club. You need to keep your wrists and arms locked and keep your head down at the ground.
don't raise your head or unstiffen your arms till atleast acouple seconds after you hit the ball.
I play but I'm not an expert, I just play occasionaly.
don't raise your head or unstiffen your arms till atleast acouple seconds after you hit the ball.
I play but I'm not an expert, I just play occasionaly.
No, but this reminds me of a funny story. My friend and I went out a few weeks ago and we got out of the car to valet park. He walked up to this guy who was wearing a golf shirt and said, "Are you the valet parker." The guy got all pissed off and made a big scene. I tried to explain to him that his shirt looked like that of a valet parker. He didn't take it very well. Pansy.
HumorMe
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Try closing the club face a little and swing your club like a pendulum (straight back and straight through to the finish. Also finish your swing high (follow through) and don't quit just because the ball left the tee. A lot of problems with ball flight can be corrected just by finishing your swing.
If your follow through swing finishes inside (which means you are coming across the ball, a slice will follow.) Try keeping your right elbow tucked behind the ball before contact. Weight shift and club head speed and timing creates power.
Take a few lessons and practice, practice, practice. I've been playing for 36 years and only had 2 lessons. Right now, I am playing with a 5 handicap.
Good luck!
If your follow through swing finishes inside (which means you are coming across the ball, a slice will follow.) Try keeping your right elbow tucked behind the ball before contact. Weight shift and club head speed and timing creates power.
Take a few lessons and practice, practice, practice. I've been playing for 36 years and only had 2 lessons. Right now, I am playing with a 5 handicap.
Good luck!
crimson coal
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Toe your club in a bit till you get those lessons.
crimson coal
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Oh....and don't open your shoulders......lol
the easiest fix is to imagine a clock laying on the ground around the ball (with 12 o'clock directly behind the ball). You want to pull the club back low and slow halfway between 1 and 2. At the top focus on swinging inside out not outside in.
none of this will help...lol there are a million things that can cause a slice.
none of this will help...lol there are a million things that can cause a slice.
MrMuscle the return
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lol WODIN plays golf.
I can just picture it, a sasquatch wearing chekkered pants, golf shoes, teal shirt, and a wool vest over.
I can just picture it, a sasquatch wearing chekkered pants, golf shoes, teal shirt, and a wool vest over.
If you're hooking the ball then you're standing too close. If you're slicing it then your standing too far away.
Line up with front food on the center of the ball, Step out shoulder width apart. Crouch down into a half squat taking a dump stance. Straighten your foreward arm. Swing from your waist and hips. Follow through and keep your head down.
Invest in a lesson package and you'll be fine.
Line up with front food on the center of the ball, Step out shoulder width apart. Crouch down into a half squat taking a dump stance. Straighten your foreward arm. Swing from your waist and hips. Follow through and keep your head down.
Invest in a lesson package and you'll be fine.
MarthaStewart
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I'm hoping to get to the point where I can play everyday.
I'm in one of the few golf paradises out there.
I left two sets of clubs in the states - one I am still supposed to pick up, but I think I might just leave it there - it is more of a hassle to get them then they are worth.
I have a set here, so I should be set (need a driver though). Bubble shaft Firesole woods and I think Cobra irons. They are nice enough - always wanting nicer clubs.
I have a bad slice too - if you are slicing, it means that the club face is coming through the ball open.
There is no one single solution to it - there are many things that could be causing it.
It could be that your hips (and shoulders) are opening up prior to your hands and the clubhead getting to the ball - as a result, the clubface is open.
It could be that you aren't properly rolling your wrist over at the top, and therefore bringing the clubface through the ball open.
You could be standing to far away, as a result the clubface comes through the ball... open.
You could be taking the clubface back over your head in an arc that isn't pointing to where you want to hit the ball... resulting in... the clubface coming through the ball open.
If the ball sometimes just shoots to the right, but doesn't arc and curve, then it could very well be misalignment and the last option that I mentioned there.
If you always have severe arc, then it is likely some combination of the above.
A lot of those come about from trying to kill the ball.
Don't bring your swing back as far and don't try to kill the ball and you will see that you can hit the ball straight.
slowly work your way up to full swings again, focusing on the control and not the distance and you can correct the issue.
But like everyone said, in the end, you need at least one pro lesson so that they can tell you exactly which issue it is.
Oh and grip - but usually the grip pressure issue results in a push or pull and less of a arcing curved shot.
I'm in one of the few golf paradises out there.
I left two sets of clubs in the states - one I am still supposed to pick up, but I think I might just leave it there - it is more of a hassle to get them then they are worth.
I have a set here, so I should be set (need a driver though). Bubble shaft Firesole woods and I think Cobra irons. They are nice enough - always wanting nicer clubs.
I have a bad slice too - if you are slicing, it means that the club face is coming through the ball open.
There is no one single solution to it - there are many things that could be causing it.
It could be that your hips (and shoulders) are opening up prior to your hands and the clubhead getting to the ball - as a result, the clubface is open.
It could be that you aren't properly rolling your wrist over at the top, and therefore bringing the clubface through the ball open.
You could be standing to far away, as a result the clubface comes through the ball... open.
You could be taking the clubface back over your head in an arc that isn't pointing to where you want to hit the ball... resulting in... the clubface coming through the ball open.
If the ball sometimes just shoots to the right, but doesn't arc and curve, then it could very well be misalignment and the last option that I mentioned there.
If you always have severe arc, then it is likely some combination of the above.
A lot of those come about from trying to kill the ball.
Don't bring your swing back as far and don't try to kill the ball and you will see that you can hit the ball straight.
slowly work your way up to full swings again, focusing on the control and not the distance and you can correct the issue.
But like everyone said, in the end, you need at least one pro lesson so that they can tell you exactly which issue it is.
Oh and grip - but usually the grip pressure issue results in a push or pull and less of a arcing curved shot.
I hate golf with a passion but I do enjoy going to the driving range & attempting to hit some balls with my 13 yr old son. That's always good for a couple of laughs. What's wierd is that the last time we did this my son started goofing around acting like he was Happy Gilmore. Well I about shit my pants when he took his 3 step approach to the ball (Happy Gilmore style) and he drilled 4-5 shots in a row almost 200 yards that were straight as an arrow. When I asked him "how in the hell did you do that" he just shrugged his shoulders & started laughing. Still can't believe he can hit it like that. Meanwhile I'm standing over there next to him ready to wrap my driver around a pole or something because I'm so pissed off from hitting grounders, slices, etc. But like I said, I hate golf.
MarthaStewart
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A fellow here that I am good friends with was out at the course (Mid Ocean) and ran into Adam Sandler with his wife (girlfriend at the time).
The fellow that my friend was supposed to play with didn't show, so they put him in with Adam.
From what he said, Adam is really nice, and in terms of golf - plays pretty much just like Happy Gilmore. And considering the odd style, is surprisingly good.
The fellow that my friend was supposed to play with didn't show, so they put him in with Adam.
From what he said, Adam is really nice, and in terms of golf - plays pretty much just like Happy Gilmore. And considering the odd style, is surprisingly good.
MarthaStewart
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Y_Lifter said:
Not sure - I haven't been through one here yet. Been through 5 in the states.
I hear that it started last month and goes until October, but the really August and Sept are likely when we will see something if anything.
Apparently hasn't been anything bad in a few years here - worst storms being in the winter of all things since they came out of nowhere.
MarthaStewart
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Y_Lifter said:
Houses here are built to take a beating. All the power lines are underground, and the houses are made of concrete about a foot thick... maybe more.
People here are pretty laid back about it when they come. You just don't go into work and you hang out inside.
primetime21
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I used to have a slice as well. Usually when you try compensate you would end up trying to pull the ball more. But that usually leads to en even greater slice. What you should try to do is aim out towards the slice (so if you slice it to the right, aim towards the right). Swing in that direction (from inside to out) and you will eventually stop the slice and probably get a little draw.
of course it would be alot easier to show you, as opposed to type it to you.
of course it would be alot easier to show you, as opposed to type it to you.
