Question on Distance

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d0n

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I recently started taking lessons with a new instructor (it is too far to drive to New Orleans for a lesson.) He has me working on slowing down my back swing, a full turn and following through. Apparently my backswing was way to fast and my swing has been stopping at or shortly after impact. We have been working on it for 2 weeks or so. I've been striking the ball better and better as I work with him and practice.

Today we were playing a round and my distances were WAY off... The shots were on line (straight) and some had a slight draw. I wasn't swinging out of my shoes just trying to swing about 90% and smooth. Previously I was using my 8i for shots in the 140-150 range. Today I was carrying the ball 160yds on full swings. My gap wedge went from 100yds to 120 on full swings with HIGH ball flight. All of my clubs (except hybrids and drivers) are experiencing similar increases. Needless to say, I didn't have a very good round because I was flying everything or chickening out on full shots for fear of flying. Even going down in clubs didn't help as I carried the 9i 150yds.

Is is possible to pick up this much more distance just by turning through the ball, getting my weight shifted left, and finishing the swing? The distance increases are pretty cool but I was happy with them where they were. Anybody else have this happen to them? Did you get used to the distance? Do you do 1/2 or 3/4 swings to compensate or simply go down to a higher lofted club?
 
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Maybe you've gone from having a very poor pivot to a having a very good pivot, and are now able to transfer much more energy into the ball.

That has to be a good thing overall. I mean, hitting a 7 or 6 iron where you would previously need to hit a 5 or 4 iron can only help your game once you adjust to your new found length.

Maybe you'll want to re-tool your set; more wedges in the bag, and/or slightly adjust your lofts and/or learn to hit different distances with your existing wedges.

Congratulations.
 
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i went through something similar this summer. my 8i went frm around my 120 club, when my index was 28.0.
towards the end of the summer, my 8i went up to around my 165 club, and there wer occasions were i flew greens from 145 with my 9i.

i dont think you should be complaining about gaining distance :rolleyes: all you need is to go to driving range, and hit loads of 7i's and see how far they go on average. from that you can gauge how far the rest of your clubs go
 
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GolfVn said:
Show-off(s). :p. Wish I have 80% of your distance.
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I didn't mean it to show off, I was just wondering if this was common or it was just perhaps a fluke and I was just having a weird day yesterday. I'm a high handicapper (17 now) and it's hard enough to keep the ball in play. Now I'm hitting pretty straight but I've gotta worry about over flying my target. Don't get wrong, it's kind of a neat problem to have but it didn't help with my scores yesterday. The instructor tells me that this is normal but I need to get used to a full swing before I worry about toning it down or doing anything but a full swing. The worse part about the distance is doesn't seem to be transferring to my driver or longer clubs. If it did then that would be really cool. I guess in do time that will come around too.

Another issue I noticed is an occasional fade that works it's way in. Again, not a bad problem to have, but not a good helper to my score card when it unexpectantly sneaks in to a shot. I guess working on getting comfortable with a complete swing and then getting used to the distances is what I'm going to have too do. I assume the fade will become natural and I can then work it in too. Someone needs to invent something for golf like in The Matrix (The Matrix the Movie) whereby golf instruction can just be uploaded into our brains and we can instantly go play.
 
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Oh yea, one good thing I wanted to mention. The instructor really likes the way I keep my hands in front of the clubhead at impact. I didn't fess up that the real reason for that was Brian's "Confessions of a Former Flipper!!!"
 
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d0n said:
I didn't mean it to show off, I was just wondering if this was common or it was just perhaps a fluke and I was just having a weird day yesterday. I'm a high handicapper (17 now) and it's hard enough to keep the ball in play. Now I'm hitting pretty straight but I've gotta worry about over flying my target. Don't get wrong, it's kind of a neat problem to have but it didn't help with my scores yesterday. The instructor tells me that this is normal but I need to get used to a full swing before I worry about toning it down or doing anything but a full swing. The worse part about the distance is doesn't seem to be transferring to my driver or longer clubs. If it did then that would be really cool. I guess in do time that will come around too.

Another issue I noticed is an occasional fade that works it's way in. Again, not a bad problem to have, but not a good helper to my score card when it unexpectantly sneaks in to a shot. I guess working on getting comfortable with a complete swing and then getting used to the distances is what I'm going to have too do. I assume the fade will become natural and I can then work it in too. Someone needs to invent something for golf like in The Matrix (The Matrix the Movie) whereby golf instruction can just be uploaded into our brains and we can instantly go play.
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like i said, it just takes some getting used to thats all
 
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Chris Sturgess said:
Are you hitting your driver 30 yards farther too?
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Nope, I've started pulling the heck out of the driver. Unfortunetly the only club I care about getting more distance with is the one that sucks more than ever. At the same time, the hybrids are pulling too. I think I got a timing issues or a mental block but I'm going to work on that later. I'm actually pretty skilled at playing from the trees and other fairways. Actually I can make some great golf shots when I'm not in my own fairway. Besides I can play bogey golf by teeing off with a 5i especially now with the new 220yd 5i distance.
 
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Well, with the driver this probably relates to the heated hitting up vs hitting down debate. I would assume that you are now hitting down more on your irons which of course delofts them and makes them go farther. If that were not the case wouldn't the driver go farther too. Do your 3 iron and 5 iron go near the same distance? That would be another sign. Pulling is another symptom of a descending angle of attack. So I would check that out if I were you.
 
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