First of all a quick introduction, my name is James and I'm from Australia and I came across this forum by simply typing in a few swing 'symptoms' into Google and voila, here I am!
A little background information, I used to be a fairly decent player, I never got to scratch but my handicap fluctuated between 1 and 2 during my teens and early 20's. When I was about 22 my career took me away from golf and I literally didn't pick up a club in about 8 years. Anyway the urge became too strong to resist and I headed to eBay and picked myself up a set of clubs and decided to start playing again.
I have only played half a dozen rounds since my return and the results have been frustrating to say the least, I get the occasional comments from those who know me 'oh your swing hasn't changed a bit!' but I cannot play to save myself! To say my ball striking is inconsistent is the understatement of the century...
The most significant thing I have uncovered so far is the vast majority of my shots result in a divot pointing way to the right of the target, I'm not talking just to the right of the target, I'm talking anything up to about 15 degrees right, even with short irons. Anyway I'm hitting pretty much every bad shot known to man but these are a few of the symptoms -
- Pronounced inside to out divot path.
- Much higher ball flight than normal, I'd call it a 'weak' flight.
- Normal shot seems to be a high pull hook.
- I'm catching a lot of iron shots fat.
- Just occasionally I'll hit a huge push to the right, often it will also be thin as well.
Now I'm completely lost, I've always been more of a feel player than a technical player but I noticed a number of posts on this forum that seems to suggest that all of the above symptoms could be caused by 'underplaning'. I have linked a Youtube video of my swing (apologies for the angle) and would greatly appreciate if someone would critique my swing and perhaps suggest where I should be concentrating on. It has been suggested to me that my pivot might be stopping, is this indicative of underplaning or perhaps a separate issue? I certainly don't have the extension that I used to.
Not wanting something for nothing, can someone point me in the direction of one of Brian's videos that you think might be beneficial in my case? 8 years away is certainly a long time but it's so frustrating knowing that I used to be able to play this game to an acceptable level but now I'm effectively useless! Thanks heaps for any suggestions.
YouTube - 7 iron
A little background information, I used to be a fairly decent player, I never got to scratch but my handicap fluctuated between 1 and 2 during my teens and early 20's. When I was about 22 my career took me away from golf and I literally didn't pick up a club in about 8 years. Anyway the urge became too strong to resist and I headed to eBay and picked myself up a set of clubs and decided to start playing again.
I have only played half a dozen rounds since my return and the results have been frustrating to say the least, I get the occasional comments from those who know me 'oh your swing hasn't changed a bit!' but I cannot play to save myself! To say my ball striking is inconsistent is the understatement of the century...
The most significant thing I have uncovered so far is the vast majority of my shots result in a divot pointing way to the right of the target, I'm not talking just to the right of the target, I'm talking anything up to about 15 degrees right, even with short irons. Anyway I'm hitting pretty much every bad shot known to man but these are a few of the symptoms -
- Pronounced inside to out divot path.
- Much higher ball flight than normal, I'd call it a 'weak' flight.
- Normal shot seems to be a high pull hook.
- I'm catching a lot of iron shots fat.
- Just occasionally I'll hit a huge push to the right, often it will also be thin as well.
Now I'm completely lost, I've always been more of a feel player than a technical player but I noticed a number of posts on this forum that seems to suggest that all of the above symptoms could be caused by 'underplaning'. I have linked a Youtube video of my swing (apologies for the angle) and would greatly appreciate if someone would critique my swing and perhaps suggest where I should be concentrating on. It has been suggested to me that my pivot might be stopping, is this indicative of underplaning or perhaps a separate issue? I certainly don't have the extension that I used to.
Not wanting something for nothing, can someone point me in the direction of one of Brian's videos that you think might be beneficial in my case? 8 years away is certainly a long time but it's so frustrating knowing that I used to be able to play this game to an acceptable level but now I'm effectively useless! Thanks heaps for any suggestions.
YouTube - 7 iron
