Re: After playing for 20 years I've played my last round today.

Blu & who ever is keen,

just got thru a terrible time with the shanks (playing off 15). drop me a note if you keen to hear how I got over it. If it works for you then will post here as i am no guru but just found an answer to the shanks that was killing me.

tummy27@hotmail.com

Firstly I realised ALL my shanks were my club's hosel hitting the ball first (duh...) sound dumb to some of you but from here I realised what I needed to do to correct it.


WHizzzzz

Re: After playing for 20 years I've played my last round today.

lunging because he want that power....i have this issue as i felt I was losing distance and had to force it a bit. It's hard to admit esp if you are considered a big hitter then suddenly you seem to lose power, the 8 iron doesnt go 150yards so you start lunging......accurate?

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Hey, in that case, can I apologise unreservedly for my earlier brusqueness and harshness, Arny660?

No hard feelings, I hope..?

Re: Shanks - not something I believe I've suffered from, though I do know that I've had them occasionally fly off at funny angles, but I'm convinced that when this happens to me, they come off the toe, not the hosel. Does this sound plausible?

Normally, I just give myself a good bollocking and get on with the process of topping the next one 20 yards...

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Yes Whizz I think the hardest part of golf,is maintaining you're rhythm pros in tournament's use to watch Faldo on the practice field,hoping his great rhythm would rub off on them.
I played yesterday from tee to green I was very good,hit 11 green's had 34 putt's.I just cannot get the 3 footers,my friend offered to give me a book on putting,can you imagine a book of 200 pages on putting alone.

How can you read about "feel",even my caddie(compulsory here ) tells me left lip when its a straight putt,she said it is because I push my putts.

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where is this coming from? Maybe something I said taken wrong, if so, sorry.

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Bulldog, no hard feelings at all. I have changed my password so it won`t happen again. As I said earlier this is an excellent forum - the best I have come across and I have learned so much from it. Cheers, Arny.

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I was looking for some information on Internet regarding golf and I came across your website. If I may be so bold as to do so, here's some feedback from an outsider looking in.

First, I will address the question posed on this thread.


Before you quit, ensure that your weight isn't too far for forward -- which can cause shanks. A good drill for this, and one that I often recommend to my clients, is put two golf balls under the toes of your shoes, to ensure that your weight isn't placed on the toes of your feet -- this actually works. Another drill, is to place two balls one vertically in front of the other -- with perhaps three quarters of an inch of separation. This will force you to concentrate on the first ball, and if you're going to shank you will have to hit both balls. Once you stop shaking, it's a matter of time before your confidence comes back. Also, have you considered the F-2 wedges, which are supposed to eliminate shanks. And finally, you might want to consider quitting golf for a little while, and come back with a clearer head -- if you're not having fun with the game what's the point?

Now back to those observations I was talking about:

There was a post regarding how it can be that Lorena Ochoa, and Tiger Woods both used or eight Iron from the distance of 150 yards. I thought, perhaps, Tiger wasn't using the full swing, Orchoa was hitting from an elevated tee, the wind was behind her, or perhaps they even have a similar distance for that one club. The esteemed members from your site, suggested quite unbelievably, from Martin Levac

"The number on the club represents a distance relative to other clubs within the same set. This number does not represent an absolute value. Not all 8i are the same loft or length. There is no standard loft or standard length for any club"

Are you kidding me? Are we to believe that some clubs in some sets, that a four iron in one set, goes as far as eight iron in another set?

When Tabarrett - posted that his swing bottoms up behind the ball, some took issue with his handicap and whether or not his swing was actually bottoming out behind the ball. If you doubt the veracity of someone's claim simply ignore the post. Chances are though, others are struggling with the same issue and may find your comments helpful.


On that same issue, BrianM. posted and I quote

"just don't do it" as though that didn't occur to the author of the thread!

In closing, I think your moderators owe a duty of care to those who read these forms; at the very least these forms shouldn't suggest that the authors are professional golfers -- you give us a bad name!


Sincerely,


Strykker

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No you may not be so bold but since you insist, we didn't have an issue with his handicap but like you he failed to state his handicap and then claimed to be a 5 or 6 just like you claim to be a professional.
If you cannot contribute anything of substance, do peddle your wares elsewhere.
IMHO

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Dear Strykker:

It is BrianW by the way, not BrianM.

You are rather selective when commenting on my advice. Let me remind you of what I actually said:

"Just stop doing it! Your clubface will be coming into the ball too low, you must be trying to scoop it into the air. Hit down, aim to strike the ball just above it's equator (20 deg angle wedges up to 6 iron, 10 deg for long irons and fairway woods) on an angle that will hit the ground in front of the ball. What ever you try to do with your body will only be any use if it allows this to happen."

Now that was a bit different than what you decided to edit. I stand by what I said as it is the solution to this guys problem. Please suggest an alternative if you disagree?

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Wasn't the main guy in 'Airplane' called Stryker, or is my memory failing me?

Stryker: I would suggest you might find it instructive to have a look at a random selection of threads, and tally the ones which say the equivalent of, "Wow! This is the most friendly and helpful golf forum I;ve found! Thanks guys!" against those which express similar sentiments to your own.

I think you'll find you are the only one in your category, whereas there are scores in the other. Hundreds, thousands, of golfers have benefitted from listening to the advice of BrianM , Cmays, Takinitdeep, Martin Levac, Timothy Slaught, GregJWillis, et al. I am not aware of anyone claiming to be a professional when they are not.

If you want to help, great! Welcome aboard! If not, don't slam the door on the way out...

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The handicap comment, since I kicked it off:

I think with many players, and notably my brother, there is a mis-understanding of what a handicap is. It is not the same as your best score (eg; I usually score +14-16 over par at the moment, and my handicap is 20). It reflects what you do under pressure in competition (there are many players out there who score well when playing by themselves, but can't do it in comps. There are still more who hit the ball pretty well (my bro) but whose knowledge of medal-play golf would probably result in 10 penalty strokes per round).

Does it gall me a bit when peolpe claim to have handicaps that they don't? Maybe a little, but let me be the first to put my hand in the air and say it's a bit petty of me. It's just my handicap has taken me months of work and effort, and for most people, reflects years or decades.

Lot's of people shoot a round of +9, but it doesn't mean they're a nine HC. Does it matter? Not at all. I hope the OP has been helped with his ball-striking.

*dusts off soap box and puts it away for next time*

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The other threads you refer to are still active. If you must discuss the other threads, it would be polite to do so there and not here. By replying to the other threads instead, you would not hijack this thread. You'd have made sure that your replies are pertinent. But now, your reply is lost deep inside a different thread where the subject is unrelated to the other two. It is only by luck that I have noticed you refer to them here.

By the way, welcome to GTO.

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To Strykker
As you have like most of us on here anonymity, you could be anybody.
When you have questioned poster's credibility on here its of no importance to any of us regular poster's,because you yourself, have yet to have any credibility.
So you're post is a bit pointless.

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Just an update on (my) shanking probs........After taking another 4 days off from the range, I decided to go back this morning and really figure out what the hell is going on......It seems to me that I have been rolling the club open on the takeaway(right hand knuckles facing towards the ground)which I guess I have grooved....It also seems that when I hinge my right wrist straight back which caused a hooded face and a bowed left wrist at the top (Rich Beem)everything was just like normal(no shankie) but when my wrist roll to try and square the face (SHANK)......I don't know but I didn't shank any after going back to my old ways and can semi trust it.

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When I bring the club straight back (9:00)my right thumb is on top parallel the target line causing my left wrist to be flat or and just keep on bringing it back and at the top it's bowed a bit.That's when I have been hitting the ball best.....What's happened lately is opening my right hand at 9:00 my right thumb pad is pointing up and I can't recover from that(makes me want to throw out(SHANK).......But have gone back to what got me to playing decent golf,which is bending or hinging, or slapping or whatever ,the right wrist back....Don't know if it's right but I didn't even think about the shanks when I swung like this.......

Now it's time to get the confidence back