Last post mentioned that I had cleared the cobwebs of ignorance/doubt from my head and that, "this time," I was on my way to doing it all well.
The old job called me back a couple of days and I didn't get out to test my understanding.
Strangely, I wasn't missing being out or playing. Perhaps my feeling of satiation has something to do with that. If I end having "figured it out" it will be time for the next activity and perhaps a new blog. We shall see.
It was a strange day today and I worked on a modest project for one of my golf buddies who have problems picking up ball markers and such. A tool was needed and I made one up today. Then I was off to the range.
One of the issues that I was having was my take away and my tendency to roll the wrists and then let the club find its way behind my back. Usually with the driver and longer clubs. From there it gets really ugly.
To avoid this the hands have to go back without moving away from the body. That feels very vertical and from there only a wrist cock is needed. The take away is done with the shoulders, of course, and when the shoulders stop and wrists have hinged, no need to get the hands higher.
With this approach there is a lot more distance between head and hands than before. More width is considered to be good by all the gurus.
The motion seemed very simple and different from what I was doing. I could do it with all clubs.
The down swing was just an unwind. I did have an tendency to do a little right to left action on the swing. I think I was trying to hit the ball hard and that caused me to pull left with the shoulders. But this was causing a Bruce Lietzke type of ball flight -- it would start a touch left then gently fade back to center. This is a very comfortable ball flight to me. I'd be happy to hit it all the time. Setting up a bit open is comfortable and with a bit of fade back, I'll very happy.
The driver strikes were off the top of the club face, I'm usually thin, so this was an interesting development. They seemed to be flying out like a knuckle ball. There was no sensation hitting the drive, just the flight as the club came through. I had no need to manipulate the club to hit the ball. This is new too. So, lots of different, good things seem to be happening. The distances looked long, but the tees were up and as long as the strikes were good, I really don't care about the distance.
I took this technique to the pitching area. Pitches were coming out lower with more spin. Direction control was quite good. The club seemed to be coming through the strike area properly, id est, there was no toe or heel or fat/divot issues.
Weather willing, it's a 9 am tee time tomorrow and there will be confidence in the head as well as the Pro Vs in the bag.
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