from earth mover to air shot

[sham]

Hi guys, first post so please be gentle with me, a little personal info first, I'm 58, fat,unfit,but have a good sense of humour,lowered my self imposed handicap to 18 after a purple patch last autumn , shot 89,90,90,91,93 ,Driver is hot hitting the short stuff 90% of the time, fairways so/so, all short irons s/w up to 7i are spot on, 6i to 4i either topped or I move a ton of earth, lower body is stable, no sway, dipping, chicken winging, I'm having trouble getting the right knee flex, nothing seems to work.
My rounds are being destroyed by duffed shots and I'm losing my hair fast.

Any ideas on how to fix this problem? , please take in to account a crab has more hip movement than me, also financial restraints block any idea of lessons, I live in hope someone can put me on the right track.

 

[birdie_man]

Where do you misses go?

Trajectory?

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If you duff things you almost definately need Lag....that's the "secret" to solid, compressed shots.

 

[sham]

Birdie_man, my misses are on line but topped or chunked, when I do connect they are on target but short, all my irons are high and short.
I had a heartattack 2 yrs ago that robbed me of 40 yrds on each club, I am getting some yardage back now but not all.

By lag do you mean hands ahead of the ball at Impact?.

Thanks for the intrest.

sham.

 

[bts]

Sounds like you're trying to "get the ball in the air" or "scoop", rather than "move the club from the start to the end" or "swing".

 

[sham]

You could be right guys,I'm leaving an awful lot of weight on the back foot so I may be hitting on the upstroke causing the topped shot or trying to compensate and digging too deep to avoid the topped shot,MMmmmm certainly given me something to work on.

Thanks guys.

 

[birdie_man]

YES.

Lag- hands ahead of ball at Impact. And keep your head back at the same time....some ppl try for Lag and lurch forward in an attempt to hit down.

This is what you need.

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Shouldn't be too hard cause it sounds like your clubface is fine.

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