The OS Golfer's Thread!

[BunnyHardaway]

Re: The OS Golfer's Thread!

Going to need more information on what you're doing...pulling, pushing, slicing, hooking, too low, too high...etc.

As far as my driver goes...I use a 13* regular flex and am hitting it way low and slicing the crap out of it almost every time. My tee shots with irons are often pushed to the right and I have a little trouble hitting them high in the air consistently. I have a really bad slice with my hybrids off the tee also.

My driver swing from the side:
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Irons from the side:

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[Matt10]

Re: The OS Golfer's Thread!

As far as my driver goes...I use a 13* regular flex and am hitting it way low and slicing the crap out of it almost every time. My tee shots with irons are often pushed to the right and I have a little trouble hitting them high in the air consistently. I have a really bad slice with my hybrids off the tee also.

My driver swing from the side:
<iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/rF9RpCbZ3AI" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

Irons from the side:

<iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/VHhNgKR0T9Y" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

JJ - can you get a shot from behind?

From what I can tell, and I'll let authentic take over once I'm done subbing , is you have no true spine angle - you kind of place the club beside the ball, and then swing very quickly with your arms.

The first thing I would do is to get your set up right. Get that butt out a bit (not a bunch) and here's a big tip: Set up with your left arm aligned first (no right hand), then once you have your left arm aligned - push your right knee just a bit. As you can see this brings in the right arm (that should have just been dangling from the socket) kind of behind the club.

It is very, very, hard to slice the ball when you bring the right arm underneath the club's plane. As you can tell as well, it drops your shoulder back - so that great shoulder turn you are making, can place the arms on a great path back into the ball.

The next thing I would do is make you hit 50% shots, with a slight pause at the top (this will help gather things back into balance). You actually have a pretty nice, compact swing. I have seen many over swingers - and you complete your backswing in a good manner.

Keep it simple for now - I don't want to crowd your mind. Listen to Authentic first, then if for whatever reason they are not registering on the range - try my tips. I'm far from a pro, but I have spent 6 years trying EVERY golf method you can think of. I'm still a 11.2 hcp - and am a very poor student in regards to self discipline. But I know what I'm looking at - and know more than I should to hit the damn ball

[authentic]

Re: The OS Golfer's Thread!

As far as my driver goes...I use a 13* regular flex and am hitting it way low and slicing the crap out of it almost every time. My tee shots with irons are often pushed to the right and I have a little trouble hitting them high in the air consistently. I have a really bad slice with my hybrids off the tee also.

My driver swing from the side:
<iframe height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/rF9RpCbZ3AI" frameBorder="0" width="420" allowfullscreen=""></iframe>

Irons from the side:

<iframe height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/VHhNgKR0T9Y" frameBorder="0" width="420" allowfullscreen=""></iframe>

I'll post my feedback in a bit. I noticed that it looks like your clubs might be too long for you though, and you stand a little too straight up.

[authentic]

Re: The OS Golfer's Thread!

JJ - can you get a shot from behind?

From what I can tell, and I'll let authentic take over once I'm done subbing , is you have no true spine angle - you kind of place the club beside the ball, and then swing very quickly with your arms.

The first thing I would do is to get your set up right. Get that butt out a bit (not a bunch) and here's a big tip: Set up with your left arm aligned first (no right hand), then once you have your left arm aligned - push your right knee just a bit. As you can see this brings in the right arm (that should have just been dangling from the socket) kind of behind the club.

It is very, very, hard to slice the ball when you bring the right arm underneath the club's plane. As you can tell as well, it drops your shoulder back - so that great shoulder turn you are making, can place the arms on a great path back into the ball.

The next thing I would do is make you hit 50% shots, with a slight pause at the top (this will help gather things back into balance). You actually have a pretty nice, compact swing. I have seen many over swingers - and you complete your backswing in a good manner.

Keep it simple for now - I don't want to crowd your mind. Listen to Authentic first, then if for whatever reason they are not registering on the range - try my tips. I'm far from a pro, but I have spent 6 years trying EVERY golf method you can think of. I'm still a 11.2 hcp - and am a very poor student in regards to self discipline. But I know what I'm looking at - and know more than I should to hit the damn ball

Lot's of good points to take here. I'll expand on this later, but when a golfer starts to understand that it's a rotation and not just arms, that's when you start to see some improvement. I hardly use my arms. Also, great point about no true spine angle. Your spine angle should stay the same from the take back, to the follow through. I'll give more points later, but a back view would be good to see as well.

[gtyjrocks]

Played 9 today. Shot a 53. All my shots were going left and I couldn't putt. I'm a lefty golfer and I'm 14

[authentic]

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Tournament time for me! Wish me luck! I'll let you guys know how I do.

[Matt10]

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Tournament time for me! Wish me luck! I'll let you guys know how I do.

Good luck, man. Represent OS proudly!

[authentic]

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Good luck, man. Represent OS proudly!

Eh, put up a -7. It was a four man best ball tournament. None of us really shot well at all, and still placed. We didn't use mulligans, when all the other teams used a ton (you had to pay for mulligans).

[Aggies7]

Eh, put up a -7. It was a four man best ball tournament. None of us really shot well at all, and still placed. We didn't use mulligans, when all the other teams used a ton (you had to pay for mulligans).

Every best ball tournament I have ever been in turns into a complete joke with teams -16 winning.

Best my group ever did was -4 in a best ball tournament.

[authentic]

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Every best ball tournament I have ever been in turns into a complete joke with teams -16 winning.

Best my group ever did was -4 in a best ball tournament.

Yeah. Why these tournaments put mulligans in is beyond me. Why not just make it legit? If you can't get at least 1 good shot out of 4....come'on man!

[Aggies7]

Yeah. Why these tournaments put mulligans in is beyond me. Why not just make it legit? If you can't get at least 1 good shot out of 4....come'on man!

I agree it's stupid and really ruins all the tournaments.

[DonkeyJote]

Because most tournaments are for charity and it raises more money?

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[k_mac]

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Spoiler

Never really used a hybrid in my set before, and I haven't had the time to golf in a long time, but I couldn't pass up $49.99 for this. I wasn't sure if I should get the 3 or 4 hybrid. I called my cousin and he suggested the 4, so that's what I ended up with. Anybody familiar with the Nike Victory Red clubs or this one in particular?

[Aggies7]

Because most tournaments are for charity and it raises more money?

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I play all the raffle tickets and such for the charity but do not use the mulligans.

What is the best loft for a driver 9/10/11?

Just for reference right now I have a 9 degree Maxfli driver (bought in a club set and only replaced irons cause I suck so much with driver). I have a horrible slice with my driver. Also will changing loft help my slice.

[DonkeyJote]

Don't get me wrong, I don't think I'd want to use mulligans either. But I get why they are there.

Higher lofts should help a little with the slice, at the expense of distance.

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