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I sure hope one of my senior golf partners decides ( in his words ) " I've had enough, time to call it quits " to reconsider. He certainly is one of the nicest golf partners I've had the pleasure to play with in many years. At the start of this season he was playing off an eight handicap then for some strange reason it all went south, so to speak.
He told me that in his mind's eye he sees every shot going right to left and he sets up that way, our last game he hit three balls OB in the first four holes ( all hooked ). He took a couple of lessons last week, he said he hits them fine on the range but once on the course he can't resist swinging hard at every shot. He told me no matter how well he sets up to the ball he is convinced that he is going to hook it and also said there is nothing he can do about it.
It's rather obvious something has gone wrong with Peter's swing, I watched him hit a shot from behind ( 185 yard approach, good lie, #4 hybrid ) his setup looked really good, his takeaway was smooth, the result was awful. He pull hooked it about thirty yards off line into the pond in front of the green, his comment, " oh well, I knew I was going to hook it anyway ".
Pretty sad indeed, this guy has ( had ) a very nice swing and had no problem playing off his eight handicap when we first teed it up together at the start of the season. He said no matter what he does he can't resist trying to hit the ball hard and that I'm afraid is the reason he is pounding everything left,,,,,,,no answer in sight,,,,,, any ideas ????
He told me that in his mind's eye he sees every shot going right to left and he sets up that way, our last game he hit three balls OB in the first four holes ( all hooked ). He took a couple of lessons last week, he said he hits them fine on the range but once on the course he can't resist swinging hard at every shot. He told me no matter how well he sets up to the ball he is convinced that he is going to hook it and also said there is nothing he can do about it.
It's rather obvious something has gone wrong with Peter's swing, I watched him hit a shot from behind ( 185 yard approach, good lie, #4 hybrid ) his setup looked really good, his takeaway was smooth, the result was awful. He pull hooked it about thirty yards off line into the pond in front of the green, his comment, " oh well, I knew I was going to hook it anyway ".
Pretty sad indeed, this guy has ( had ) a very nice swing and had no problem playing off his eight handicap when we first teed it up together at the start of the season. He said no matter what he does he can't resist trying to hit the ball hard and that I'm afraid is the reason he is pounding everything left,,,,,,,no answer in sight,,,,,, any ideas ????
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