The weight shift isn't dead.....Rocco and Brandt win.

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johnnymarlboro said:
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I get the impression you've carried your 10 handicap for as long as you've been tinkering with your swing? Now I'm certainly not suggesting that we as golfers shouldn't try to better our game, but isn't the point really to lower your scoring average? You've got enough clubhead speed to break 80 from the tips at most golf courses. Do you want to be better at golf, or just make your swing prettier? Maybe if you sharpen your short game and putting the rest of the game will get a little easier. Maybe you won't stress on those approaches and drives as much when you know you can get it up and down from all over.



They are short books, but I quite enjoyed "Raymond Floyd, The Elements of Scoring: A Master's Guide to the Art of Scoring Your Best When You're Not Playing Your Best" and "Tom Watson's Strategic Golf". I think they are worthwhile reads, especially for the player who is just starting to think about course management and how to determine the "smart play". Plus "Strategic Golf" has lots of pictures. I like books with pictures. :p
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Thanks, johnnymarlboro! Yeah, I've been stuck at the 10-handicap plateau for a while. But before that I was a 16-handicap. And tinkering with my swing has made it much more effective and brought it down to a 10........
 
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cwdlaw223 said:
Elements of Scoring - Ray Floyd
Smart Golf - Hale Irwin

For golf psychology: Fearless Golf (best golf psychology book by far IMO) & Rotella's stuff

You really need to figure out your miss under pressure and then work from there. If your miss is catastrophic most of the time under pressure, then there are significant issues in your swing that will take time to fix. I generally miss left. I can bring the ball back right to left in my sleep. Thus, I don't try to hit fades into pins tucked to the right with danger right. However, I generally favor moving the ball away from danger for a miss. For example, if there's ob left I might work the ball left to right (depending upon my game that day). I'm much more a one dimensional player and prefer to aim right and bring it back. I don't try to fight my release. I just let it happen and if the face is a little closed that's fine with me. That's how my mind/body works under pressure when it comes to timing. My "minds eye" likes right to left ballflight. I accept my limitations and time constraints. I hate catastrophic misses (ex. duck hook, smother hook, banana hook (all very different and only a hooker would know that)).
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Excellent post, cwdlaw223, thanks for indicating how you think on the golf course. I'll definitely check out your book recommendations too!
 
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before you know it you're gonna be an old man and still have the same looking swing and same scores. stop with this wild goose chase of information that you think you need. get off the range and go play golf. if you can't play then sit yourself in the short game area and dig a short game out of the dirt. i refuse to believe a guy with your athletic ability cant figure out how to break 80.

you're welcome.
 
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Lifter said:
Thanks, Cloran, I appreciate anyone and everyone trying to help me with my game!
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I apologize. I got the (apparently mistaken) impression that you were here with ulterior motives. Clever how you masked your true intent behind that veil. What a stupid I am for not realizing your true intentions sooner.

I recommend you read "Putting My Way" by Michelle Wie.
 
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Cloran said:
I apologize. I got the (apparently mistaken) impression that you were here with ulterior motives. Clever how you masked your true intent behind that veil. What a stupid I am for not realizing your true intentions sooner.

I recommend you read "Putting My Way" by Michelle Wie.
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Given the state of her long game thats probably the Wie book I would bye as well.
 
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One thing to not make the putt from there. It's another thing to miss the entire hole without even scaring it.

If that was me I would have a new putter in my bag by sunset, never putt with shades on again, and spend at least a minute pretending to tap down an invisible spike mark that I will swear caused the humiliation.
 
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Cloran said:
I apologize. I got the (apparently mistaken) impression that you were here with ulterior motives. Clever how you masked your true intent behind that veil. What a stupid I am for not realizing your true intentions sooner.

I recommend you read "Putting My Way" by Michelle Wie.
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Cloran,

I don't have some sort of hidden agenda. People who have read my posts the last couple years know me very, very well. I'm here to learn. It's abundantly clear that I'm not trying to tear anyone down. In fact, Brian recently wrote a very eye-opening post the other day (located here: http://www.brianmanzella.com/golfin...-isnt-dead-rocco-brandt-win-4.html#post244207 ). And I'm very thankful he did that. Fascinating stuff.

A few weeks ago, cwdlaw223 wrote the following:

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I get the feeling that Lifter truly wants to learn and he pulls from various sources. Very easy for the written word to be misconstrued at times. We need people to respectfully question. Lifter seems like a good example....
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I thought that was very insightful. Particularly the fact that I borrow from a number of different sources.

But don't we all? I've only recently become aware that there are so many professional golf instructors participating on this site. Which is awesome!

However, I do think some folks are taking certain things way too seriously. After all, this is not war and peace. We are discussing golf on the Internet here, people! Thank God mgranato can get us all to laugh every once in a while.
 
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