ClubSpinDoctor 0 Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 I'm not even bad with the driver, it's hitting the ground/topping the ball occasionally with irons that's ruining my scores. I was on the driving range last night but hitting off a flat mat doesn't really replicate the conditions that cause the problems, like long grass, small ditches etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 44872 Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 Windmills, loop-the-loops etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 71 Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 I'm not even bad with the driver, it's hitting the ground/topping the ball occasionally with irons that's ruining my scores. I was on the driving range last night but hitting off a flat mat doesn't really replicate the conditions that cause the problems, like long grass, small ditches etc. True what you say about the mat. Find some fields is the other way and take a bag of cheap balls (steal them from the driving range). Topping is 9/10 caused by your head coming up. You should be still staring at where the ball was on the follow through and don't try and hit too hard. Go to the course at 7 and do a round...Lunch and then another round. Two rounds a day works miracles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meenzer 15526 Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 If there is a practive putting green on your course use that for at least half an hour before you go on the course...The putter should feel like and extension of your arms...Sleep with it by the bed...Call it "Mrs. Parky"...She won't mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 30610 Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 Telling a beginner to use a one iron? There's a reason that no one has them in the bag any more, not even the pros can play with them. Did you stop playing golf in 1975? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holden McGroin 6583 Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 Two rounds a day? Im knackered after two per week ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 44872 Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 Two rounds a day? Im knackered after two per week ! Parky has a golf buggy with a private reg. Just FYI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 71 Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 (edited) Telling a beginner to use a one iron? There's a reason that no one has them in the bag any more, not even the pros can play with them. Did you stop playing golf in 1975? Easiest club off the tee. I however should have said 3 wood. Nobody started using one irons till the 90's btw. Faldo put them in the limelight. I take it your golf knowledge is on par with your footie... Modern 3 irons give the same distance as old 1 irons if you want to go conservative off the tee. Edited July 30, 2014 by Park Life Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 30610 Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 You never watched Jack Nicklaus play? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 30610 Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 And who's this fella with the one iron? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 71 Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 Parky has a golf buggy with a private reg. Just FYI. Stop it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 44872 Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 Aye, my dad had a 1 iron in his bag in the 70s and 80s, and I'm sure for years before that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 71 Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 And who's this fella with the one iron? That's off the fairway tho...Different matter altogether. Undoable to the average golfer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 71 Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 Aye, my dad had a 1 iron in his bag in the 70s and 80s, and I'm sure for years before that. Love a one iron. On a links course in Scotland using a driver is akin to suicide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 30610 Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 That's off the fairway tho...Different matter altogether. Undoable to the average golfer. It was still a long way before the 90's though. Knowledge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 71 Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 It was still a long way before the 90's though. Knowledge Accepted. The one iron actually uses similar muscle memory to the other irons and so quickly gives better results than a driver with regards to consistency. People suffer with drivers cause the swing is totally different and the muscle memory less which hits the confidence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClubSpinDoctor 0 Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 I'm wanting a round today but my new pitching wedge still hasn't arrived. It's been out with the courier since this morning according to the tracking page. Annoying Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChezGiven 0 Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 Windmills, loop-the-loops etc. That's an entirely different game us players like to call 'crazy golf'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChezGiven 0 Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 Anyway, 'swing dont hit' is the only advice i have. When i realised that hitting a golf ball was a bit like making love to a beautiful woman (you let your hips do the work) i realised i could knock my balls a good distance up the fairway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClubSpinDoctor 0 Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 Just got back from a round there. 119 today, going in the right direction! Parred consecutive holes as well, including a par 5. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beatty 24 Posted August 2, 2014 Share Posted August 2, 2014 (edited) I've taken up golf again after a half decade hiatus. Hit the driving range half a dozen times in the last fortnight and completed two rounds at local pitch and puts. Definitely back into the addicted phase of my interest. Spent an hour this morning getting acquainted to my driver again. Took 10 balls or so to realize that I was using my right had far too much on my downswing resulting in every single ball being pushed out high and to the right. Kind of sorted it and I'm starting to believe that I won't be too far away from finding a consistent swing in the coming weeks. Heard on the way home that Sergio Garcia holed 7 birdies in a row to take the lead at the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational. That is one man who I'd love to win a major one day. Edited August 2, 2014 by beatty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 35079 Posted August 2, 2014 Share Posted August 2, 2014 Anyway, 'swing dont hit' is the only advice i have. That's up there with your 'dab don't wipe' dictum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken 119 Posted August 2, 2014 Share Posted August 2, 2014 Nice to see Alex back ! But please... change your avatar. Your current one does not compute. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beatty 24 Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 Shot 13 over at my local club today. Only a 9 hole course and went round with +2, +1, +2, par, par, par,+2, +3, +3. Long irons cost me shots throughout and my pitching really held it together, including landing a chip an inch from the hole for my first par and then holing in from 30 yards for my last par. Putting was pretty below standard, although I've changed my grip and for the first time ever grounded my putter on the last green.Had my first golf lesson yesterday and the coach made a significant change to the angle of my back swing. Was the main reason why my shots were going out to the right (see my first post in this thread). I did hit 100 balls on the range before teeing of today in the hope of embedding the new swing and they went well, but I crumbled out on the course and swung too hard. Only realised on the last hole, proceeded to hit a sweet 9 iron off the tee with a slight bit of draw only to be a club short, duff my chip out of the rough and then fucking 3 putted from 10 feet. Wishing I'd had a few lessons to start the summer now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 30610 Posted September 26, 2014 Share Posted September 26, 2014 Ryder Cup Friday! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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