Grip and Rip

[ezra76]

I'm sick of all these swing thoughts and hitting bad shots. I went back to grip and rip today after a horrid display of ballstriking. Hit 2 drives over 280 and the driver was much better. Frozen ropes, pretty much playing a pull. A guy had a pinseeker thingamajig out on the course and said I had 201 in. I hit a cut 5iron and made it.

This leaves me a big dilemna. I can either say the heck with all these "proper" swing moves and just go up 1 iron in distance as well as 8-10 yds. further on drives. Or I can continue and try to build a "good swing". It sure was nice to hit a gap wedge into a 400+ yd. par 4 again though.

[LyleG]

I have gone back to grip and rip as well. Shot an even par 72 the other day with an eagle on the 535 yard par 5 12th. I feel better this way, feel no pressure and am having a lot more fun. Besides I can hit 8 iron or less into almost every par 4 this way. How hard can that be?

[SilverUberXeno]

To some extent, you're right buddy. The secret is to embed those thoughts so naturally that your grip and rip IS a finely tuned machine. But there are so many different wants to deliver the club to the ball effectively, if you take in ALL the advice you hear everywhere you'll end up playing Bocce instead.

Just remember your known fundamentals for alignment and stuff, and let what you know act. I hit my best drives recently today with only "Loosen right shoulder at address, one piece takeaway, start downswing with lower body". Lob wedge into the 385 par 4. Loved it.

[ezra76]

Originally Posted by SilverUberXeno

To some extent, you're right buddy. The secret is to embed those thoughts so naturally that your grip and rip IS a finely tuned machine.

This may be part of it. I'm delivering the head from the inside and catching it dead center on the sweet spot. Only thing I'm really doing different is setting up a bit closed and really pulling hard with my left side. My shots all fly a bit lower trajectory but definitely longer. I attempted a 200yd. 7iron but yanked it left.

[clemsonhacker]

ive gone back to the grip and rip also

[twofast2s]

last time i did grip and rip my ball sliced into trees amongst forest animals. i need to be more controlled w/ the driver to hit it straight.

my irons however, can be fun when i hit 230yd 5i. but my scores suffer a bit.

[DouginGA]

about 2 months ago I started to slice. Worked on making sure I wasn't swinging out to in. move back foot back a tad. tried moving ball back a bit in the stance. more I tried to fix it the worse it got. two weeks ago went to grip and rip (tho concentrating on good follow thru- i.e. not trying to "steer" the ball), problem seems solved (knock on wood).