I've been hitting the ball pretty well the last couple weeks except with my 3 iron and driver. A week ago I hit every fairway with my 3 wood. I wwas left with long second shots but in good shape.
So being smart and all I decide to take a lesson on Thursday for help with my long irons (3 was awful, 4 iffy) and driver. Pro says I should open my hips more and encourages me to start my swing with a really aggressive hip opening move. He says basically the Tiger move but like a normal person would do it not a superhuman.
Now, I knew I needed to open up more and had been working on it he was just explaining it in a different way and tried to get me to take a little pause at the top of my backswing to wait for my hips to start their move. Makes sense right?
What's the result you ask? Day after the lesson I shot the worst round of my life. Today I spent two hours at the range and nearly screamed in frustration. I can barely make contact with the ball. I'm now slicing my 7 iron--I never miss with my 7 iron. I alternate between a wicked slice and horrible topping the ball. I feel like I'm chopping the club like I'm on the ESPN lumberjack challenge.
So the question is now what. To I try to get my old move back or stick with the new one until it works? To make things worse the few times I've pulled off the new move right it is straighter and longer than ever. Like a perfectly straight 180+ yard 7 iron.
DH
So being smart and all I decide to take a lesson on Thursday for help with my long irons (3 was awful, 4 iffy) and driver. Pro says I should open my hips more and encourages me to start my swing with a really aggressive hip opening move. He says basically the Tiger move but like a normal person would do it not a superhuman.
Now, I knew I needed to open up more and had been working on it he was just explaining it in a different way and tried to get me to take a little pause at the top of my backswing to wait for my hips to start their move. Makes sense right?
What's the result you ask? Day after the lesson I shot the worst round of my life. Today I spent two hours at the range and nearly screamed in frustration. I can barely make contact with the ball. I'm now slicing my 7 iron--I never miss with my 7 iron. I alternate between a wicked slice and horrible topping the ball. I feel like I'm chopping the club like I'm on the ESPN lumberjack challenge.
So the question is now what. To I try to get my old move back or stick with the new one until it works? To make things worse the few times I've pulled off the new move right it is straighter and longer than ever. Like a perfectly straight 180+ yard 7 iron.
DH