William Tipton
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- Apr 24, 2013
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Went to the range yesterday and dragged the wife along as a witness so when I get in my mind to change something she can remind me it was fine and to leave it the hell alone
Hit a small bucket. I have one stall I like to get in because you have a line of flags/markers that run down one side and a few one the other with a big sign dead in the center on a tree at the end of the field to shoot at as the green. Perfect "fairway" for working on long shots.
I told the wife to watch and I'd try to hit a nice draw and it would work great. And then Id try a fade, something that is VERY hard for me, rarely ever works and then seemingly only by accident. But it worked perfect every time but one.
I also hit a few draws and fades where I would take the ball outside my marked fairway and bring it back in, which also went off perfect. I had the same results the last few rounds of golf I played too where I had to either draw or fade around some trees to either get back on the fairway or onto the green.
I am nearly positive that the instructor that i ran into a few weeks ago has been the reason for it working now because he made me understand how my slight over the top swing (nothing too bad, just enough to make shots a bit less predictable) had to be straightened out if I wanted to get serious about playing golf.
Once I got that worked out Im finding that keeping the rest of the swing simple (ie getting the clubface back to impact square, etc) that I can get shots off like I want them instead of wailing at the ball and just praying for the best
Hit a small bucket. I have one stall I like to get in because you have a line of flags/markers that run down one side and a few one the other with a big sign dead in the center on a tree at the end of the field to shoot at as the green. Perfect "fairway" for working on long shots.
I told the wife to watch and I'd try to hit a nice draw and it would work great. And then Id try a fade, something that is VERY hard for me, rarely ever works and then seemingly only by accident. But it worked perfect every time but one.
I also hit a few draws and fades where I would take the ball outside my marked fairway and bring it back in, which also went off perfect. I had the same results the last few rounds of golf I played too where I had to either draw or fade around some trees to either get back on the fairway or onto the green.
I am nearly positive that the instructor that i ran into a few weeks ago has been the reason for it working now because he made me understand how my slight over the top swing (nothing too bad, just enough to make shots a bit less predictable) had to be straightened out if I wanted to get serious about playing golf.
Once I got that worked out Im finding that keeping the rest of the swing simple (ie getting the clubface back to impact square, etc) that I can get shots off like I want them instead of wailing at the ball and just praying for the best