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Hey everyone, first time poster here!
My first question is about driver vs. irons. I'll have to give a little background so I can ask a better question though.
My drives have been decent in the past, but have lacked distance. One day while golfing with my brother, I smacked a drive which felt wonderful. He had recently bought a GPS device so I was excited to find out how long my drive was. By the time we walked to my ball from the tee, the device said mu drive was 220.
( How discouraging. Here I "smashed" my drive and it was a pitiful 220. Granted I'm 5 8" and about 190 at 36 years of age, I should be able to put it out there further with my TM R7!
I then started filming some of my swings at the range with my wife the past year or so and with the help of comparison next to a pros swing, I've discovered some glaring differences.(no kidding, right?) Here are a few things that I've identified and are in the process of working on ....
1. Stance was way too narrow. What I believed was a shoulder-width distance was actually not so.
2. My right shoulder is not turning as much as my left, thus hindering my turn. My shoulders look like a parenthesis on my backswing!!!
3. I was standing too straight with no spine angle with weight too evenly distributed rather than more on the back.
4. My head is moving ALL over the place during my swing.
So after a little work on the range on these things (trust me, there's more that needs to happen) I was hitting my drives 25 - 30 yards further this past weekend!!!!!
What I discovered was that I've made all these changes with my drives, but didn't think to try to carry all of these things over to my irons. My irons are now my weak spot as far as distance. (for the time being!!) When I'm about 120 out, I have to reach for my 9. You can see that the longer my approach shots get, the harder it is to hit an accurate shot into the green while holding it.
So my question is --- Should I use the same posture, setup for my irons? I feel silly even asking this, because I think I know the answer!
I realize that the ball will move back in my stance as my irons get shorter, but I would assume I should keep everything else the same?
Thanks much in advance everyone. I appreciate any advice you could throw my way. I will try to hit the range as soon as I can to test this.
Brian
My first question is about driver vs. irons. I'll have to give a little background so I can ask a better question though.
My drives have been decent in the past, but have lacked distance. One day while golfing with my brother, I smacked a drive which felt wonderful. He had recently bought a GPS device so I was excited to find out how long my drive was. By the time we walked to my ball from the tee, the device said mu drive was 220.
( How discouraging. Here I "smashed" my drive and it was a pitiful 220. Granted I'm 5 8" and about 190 at 36 years of age, I should be able to put it out there further with my TM R7! I then started filming some of my swings at the range with my wife the past year or so and with the help of comparison next to a pros swing, I've discovered some glaring differences.(no kidding, right?) Here are a few things that I've identified and are in the process of working on ....
1. Stance was way too narrow. What I believed was a shoulder-width distance was actually not so.
2. My right shoulder is not turning as much as my left, thus hindering my turn. My shoulders look like a parenthesis on my backswing!!!
3. I was standing too straight with no spine angle with weight too evenly distributed rather than more on the back.
4. My head is moving ALL over the place during my swing.
So after a little work on the range on these things (trust me, there's more that needs to happen) I was hitting my drives 25 - 30 yards further this past weekend!!!!!
What I discovered was that I've made all these changes with my drives, but didn't think to try to carry all of these things over to my irons. My irons are now my weak spot as far as distance. (for the time being!!) When I'm about 120 out, I have to reach for my 9. You can see that the longer my approach shots get, the harder it is to hit an accurate shot into the green while holding it.
So my question is --- Should I use the same posture, setup for my irons? I feel silly even asking this, because I think I know the answer!
I realize that the ball will move back in my stance as my irons get shorter, but I would assume I should keep everything else the same?
Thanks much in advance everyone. I appreciate any advice you could throw my way. I will try to hit the range as soon as I can to test this.
Brian
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