Artfulgolfer, believe me when i say this, keep reading that mental stuff, and videos do help a ton. Ive played this game (well, technically since i was like 7, but just hacking at balls on the range with my pop) for 4 years, and i went in year succession handicapwise year1 ended around 16-17, then 10, then 6, now im at a 1 going into this coming season. 6 to 1 in one year was UNBELIEVABLY tough, my goal was to get to a 3 at the highest, i didnt think i had a chance to get to 1.
I only started getting lessons in the middle of this past summer, and i got down to a 3 on my own. Ive been in touch with a mental coach in florida, which helped a ton, but i think there comes to a point where your guna have a to find a really good pro to get down below 2 (lucky for me i believe so far ive found that pro). I started playing on Ping Karsten I's, very nice clubs, but i only had a partial set unfortunately, then i got handmedown wilson staffs (a very good set, still have them). Didnt start the big ho'ing really until this year and wasnt even allowed getting new clubs until i was below a 4 (parents "idea" of once id be taking the game seriously enough to invest all the $$ into it).
I firmly believe in clubs dont make the player, but they help, and by no means is a club guna get into my bag just because its sweet new thing out there, ill admit ive started takin up on STS
, but it takes an unbelievably perfect something to get into my game bag, only thing that has changed over the winter has been the shafts in my driver and 3w, even though ive picked up some other stuff
People underestimate how much REALLY good info is out at the touch of our fingertips, but they get overwhealmed because they just cant figure out which parts are good/bad for their own swing. Once you figure these out, and subscribe to say 2-3 mental newslettres (im subscribed to 5
), youll be getting all the info you need weekly in your inbox.