Sandpiper3
Golf Course Designer
- Aug 9, 2006
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I know some of you are going to tell me to f*** off on this one, but its legit if you look at it properly.
How hard do you short hitters find it to stick to your gameplans and keep your swing smooth and not try and get that extra few yards and such from shots?
Im saying this as by a stretch, I am the shortest player on my golf team. By comparison to players of my calibre playing from the tips at my level, I am a short hitter. Slowly throughout the year ive slowly gotten away from my gameplan of just hitting every fw and punching up to the middle of greens. I have noticed a considerable drop in my fw hit stat as the year has gone on (through my first two tourneys it was at 96%, now it has dropped to 81% through another 2 tournaments). I lengthened my swing, I have definately lost tempo and lost accuracy, and now ive developed a nice little OT move that basically kills what little power I have now anyway.
So even with the changes, the OT got in and killed everything, and am now even shorter than I was before, my best drive hit today was a 30 yard slice that went about 240 total (normally hit it about 265-275 and much straighter, and that is still shortish-mid length for my competition, still avg shortest on my team at that).
I dont really know where the question was in all that, just sort of a rant/blah thing I just sorta needed to write. We have our conference championship coming up this weekend, so all this week im just working on shortening my swing and tightening it back up and just making some solid contact shots that stay a little straighter (for example, hit a 15 yard L to R with a PW today, that definately isnt right:deadhorse.
Before this happened all was well, hitting lots of greens and was right on the brink of shooting a 67, now I have to find that control I had not even a week ago and get that feel back, wish me luck.
Again, have no clue what the point of that was, lmk what you think:laugh:.
How hard do you short hitters find it to stick to your gameplans and keep your swing smooth and not try and get that extra few yards and such from shots?
Im saying this as by a stretch, I am the shortest player on my golf team. By comparison to players of my calibre playing from the tips at my level, I am a short hitter. Slowly throughout the year ive slowly gotten away from my gameplan of just hitting every fw and punching up to the middle of greens. I have noticed a considerable drop in my fw hit stat as the year has gone on (through my first two tourneys it was at 96%, now it has dropped to 81% through another 2 tournaments). I lengthened my swing, I have definately lost tempo and lost accuracy, and now ive developed a nice little OT move that basically kills what little power I have now anyway.
So even with the changes, the OT got in and killed everything, and am now even shorter than I was before, my best drive hit today was a 30 yard slice that went about 240 total (normally hit it about 265-275 and much straighter, and that is still shortish-mid length for my competition, still avg shortest on my team at that).
I dont really know where the question was in all that, just sort of a rant/blah thing I just sorta needed to write. We have our conference championship coming up this weekend, so all this week im just working on shortening my swing and tightening it back up and just making some solid contact shots that stay a little straighter (for example, hit a 15 yard L to R with a PW today, that definately isnt right:deadhorse.
Before this happened all was well, hitting lots of greens and was right on the brink of shooting a 67, now I have to find that control I had not even a week ago and get that feel back, wish me luck.
Again, have no clue what the point of that was, lmk what you think:laugh:.