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I retired and have decided to try to improve at golf. I have ALWAYS had an outside-in swing, but used to hit the ball an average distance. I have never been consistent with my irons, and never had a lesson previous to retiring. After taking some lessons recently and hitting at least three thousand practice balls I have become a bit more consistent, but still not as consistent as I want to become. I also do not get much distance. Maybe 220 yards with a driver and 140 yards with a 6 iron. I am very frustrated with what I see as a lack of progress. ( I have Ping G5s with the stock graphite shaft. )
Does the following "improvement" plan make sense? Any other suggestions? I do spend quite a bit of time reading the posts on this site so I know these issues get discussed a lot, but I'm hoping for a suggestion that works for me that I haven't tried.
1. Continue to use the "inside approach" and try to strike the ball inside of the centerline per TeachingPro's (Kelrosa) advice. I tried the suggestion where I don't look at the ball and just concentrate on keeping the club on plane, but that was not a miracle cure for me. Does anyone have some sort of physical key to use to make certain I swing on the proper plane? I have tried elbow in, etc, etc, but just can't seem to get a key to follow to ensure that I don't swing outside in.
2. Try Greg's "right hand drill" to try to get some additional distance and consistency.
One thing I have noted about my swing, that I have a bit of trouble trying to sort out, is this. When I take a 6 iron ( or any iron ) back until it is just parallel with the ground and start my swing from there I get the same, or more distance, and more accuracy than when I take a full swing. I am wondering if this means that I am not following Greg's "right hand drill" and will see if that fixes anything tomorrow.
Thx,
Does the following "improvement" plan make sense? Any other suggestions? I do spend quite a bit of time reading the posts on this site so I know these issues get discussed a lot, but I'm hoping for a suggestion that works for me that I haven't tried.
1. Continue to use the "inside approach" and try to strike the ball inside of the centerline per TeachingPro's (Kelrosa) advice. I tried the suggestion where I don't look at the ball and just concentrate on keeping the club on plane, but that was not a miracle cure for me. Does anyone have some sort of physical key to use to make certain I swing on the proper plane? I have tried elbow in, etc, etc, but just can't seem to get a key to follow to ensure that I don't swing outside in.
2. Try Greg's "right hand drill" to try to get some additional distance and consistency.
One thing I have noted about my swing, that I have a bit of trouble trying to sort out, is this. When I take a 6 iron ( or any iron ) back until it is just parallel with the ground and start my swing from there I get the same, or more distance, and more accuracy than when I take a full swing. I am wondering if this means that I am not following Greg's "right hand drill" and will see if that fixes anything tomorrow.
Thx,
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