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- May 5, 2009
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I'm not complaining as I apprciate what some people are trying to do, and that is mostly help.
Admittedly, I am stubborn and do not particularily think random advice should be thrown around.
My scenario is that my ballstriking has suffered immensely as of late. I mean terrible!
Until lately I have not really even been a golfer but more of a ballstriker. I would prefer to spend time on the range hitting balls on the TrackMan. After years of this and understanding my flight tendancies and I was able to go out and shoot a semi decent score.
Somehow, and this is very surreal to me. I hit some type of pinnacle. I went out and shot an amazing 67 with two bogeys on a tight 6700 yard course I never played before.
Every part of my game was on, except for one of the bogeys on a par 5 with only 200 left and barely missing the green in two. The other bogey was not anything bad IMO.
Right after that I went and shot a 93, but have only slipped and slipped some more, but not just my scoring. My ballstriking is terrible!!!
I cannot hit driver at all and I've hit 15 shanks in a row with my wedges. Litterally in one day out of 200 shots or more I never hit one that resembled any avg. shots I typically hit on a usual day.
Anyways at the start of another day and giving myself some time to get back into my swing I started off actually making good contact and distance.
I worked my up to driver and the same, good contact and decent distance but I was spraying the ball crazy.
I DID NOT CARE.
My expectations were low and happy my swing started actually "feeling" okay.
Anyways one guy continues to watch me over and over commenting on how far I hit it, ( even though I'm still 30 yards shorter ). He even has me hit his driver!
Okay?
Well I straightened it all out that day and felt like I was swinging well and on the road to some sort of recovery.
My shots were okay long and straight in play.
He comes back and decides to break my swing down and insists I swing a certain way to make him happy.
Well, I very kindly expressed I had some issues I was working on and did not want to complicate my swing with anymore thoughts but I would consider his suggestion once I freed up some other swing thoughts as there were too many.
I was kind, smiled when I talked and even said take care when he left later.
The next time I saw him he did not say hi and whispered something to his friend while looking over at me. They both carefully watched and I went about my business.
Whatever? I'm okay, if he wants to be an A55. But are people that hell bent on other people smoothing their ego with ill informed swing advice?
In another situation where I wasn't contemplating snapping each club in my bag from pure frustration I would have kindly obligued his advice.
But this time I cannot afford to take advice from everyone who throws advice around like it was free gold. I am in fix mode and seemingly at this time making head way and I really felt his advice was not technically sound and seemed off base at best.
There is no way he read me. I was kind! I even joked my swing was so far off that starting in a better address would throw off all my compensations I had in my swing right now.
I want to be nice and have people feel helpful. But right now I cannot afford bad advice!
I will not quit but the urge is there!
Admittedly, I am stubborn and do not particularily think random advice should be thrown around.
My scenario is that my ballstriking has suffered immensely as of late. I mean terrible!
Until lately I have not really even been a golfer but more of a ballstriker. I would prefer to spend time on the range hitting balls on the TrackMan. After years of this and understanding my flight tendancies and I was able to go out and shoot a semi decent score.
Somehow, and this is very surreal to me. I hit some type of pinnacle. I went out and shot an amazing 67 with two bogeys on a tight 6700 yard course I never played before.
Every part of my game was on, except for one of the bogeys on a par 5 with only 200 left and barely missing the green in two. The other bogey was not anything bad IMO.
Right after that I went and shot a 93, but have only slipped and slipped some more, but not just my scoring. My ballstriking is terrible!!!
I cannot hit driver at all and I've hit 15 shanks in a row with my wedges. Litterally in one day out of 200 shots or more I never hit one that resembled any avg. shots I typically hit on a usual day.
Anyways at the start of another day and giving myself some time to get back into my swing I started off actually making good contact and distance.
I worked my up to driver and the same, good contact and decent distance but I was spraying the ball crazy.
I DID NOT CARE.
My expectations were low and happy my swing started actually "feeling" okay.
Anyways one guy continues to watch me over and over commenting on how far I hit it, ( even though I'm still 30 yards shorter ). He even has me hit his driver!
Okay?
Well I straightened it all out that day and felt like I was swinging well and on the road to some sort of recovery.
My shots were okay long and straight in play.
He comes back and decides to break my swing down and insists I swing a certain way to make him happy.
Well, I very kindly expressed I had some issues I was working on and did not want to complicate my swing with anymore thoughts but I would consider his suggestion once I freed up some other swing thoughts as there were too many.
I was kind, smiled when I talked and even said take care when he left later.
The next time I saw him he did not say hi and whispered something to his friend while looking over at me. They both carefully watched and I went about my business.
Whatever? I'm okay, if he wants to be an A55. But are people that hell bent on other people smoothing their ego with ill informed swing advice?
In another situation where I wasn't contemplating snapping each club in my bag from pure frustration I would have kindly obligued his advice.
But this time I cannot afford to take advice from everyone who throws advice around like it was free gold. I am in fix mode and seemingly at this time making head way and I really felt his advice was not technically sound and seemed off base at best.
There is no way he read me. I was kind! I even joked my swing was so far off that starting in a better address would throw off all my compensations I had in my swing right now.
I want to be nice and have people feel helpful. But right now I cannot afford bad advice!
I will not quit but the urge is there!