You’re a bit too close to the ball, so your hips have to be way ahead of your arms and chest, and then you throw thru impact. This is what tiger talks about as the “olé!” swing. When timed well, this swing slings draws. When the face is not shut quite enough it’s a push block right.
Puttin_4_Bird
you start out on a good line and then the ball begins slicing about 100 yards out. You could be misaligned closed at either the feet, hips, or shoulders; this would also explain the blocks going right . if overcorrected you get your pulls. good luck
FranticGolf
Where is the ball setup in your stance? Too far back you won’t have time to square the club face. Make sure it is around the instep of your left foot.
Pathogenesls
Look where your hips are to start, notice how they get closer to the ball?
_goofballer
Looks like you’re losing your posture a bit maybe? Look at how far your back/shoulders move away from the ball as you come through to impact
Diabeetus46
I had the same issue. I moved back and lined my left foot up with the ball. Haven’t missed a fairway in 3 rounds.
BigTeeSlice
So, that particular swing looked pretty good. You probably had your club face a bit open relative to the path.
I’s all just variations of path to face orientation. Once you groove a consistent swing path just work on squaring up the face.
Martygolfer
Work on the path. The rest looks really good. Check out YouTube for some path drills. Keep up the good work
Ravenous234
You’re contact skill is good. Your face angle skill needs work.
SimpleJackfruit
I will say that your take away is a bit inside so when you get to the top. You start coming slight back on plane but over the top by the end of the swing. From there your body just compensates whether your face is open or not. Hence the pulls or the push fade.
tacojoe007
If those are your ball flights with good contact it’s because your path is slightly out-to-in, so when you close the face (relative to target), you’ll have a straight pull, square face will have a slight fade, and open face will have a slice.
Your current swing is good for hitting a fade if you work on the club face control. If you want to hit straighter or draws, start your takeaway back flatter, it will help the club come more down and inside to get a straight or in-to-out path at contact.
Baltimorebobo
Seems like a really good swing that could be fixed by lessons.
Key-Beginning3969
Shaft is wrong flex. Probably not stiff enough. Or the bend profile is not suited to your mechanics. Very nice swing.
Azfitnessprofessor
Maybe the ball alignment
parisiMa3
Nice looking swing! Maybe have a local pro take a look at your grip and alignment
turbo_chook
Isn’t it crazy you can tell this guy is a pom
Optimal_Photo_6793
I don’t know anything but you could try adjusting your tempo, ball slightly further forward in stance, drop arm angle down slightly at top of back swing (pretend you’re holding one of those training balls between your biceps). Your arms come ever so slightly apart at the top of your swing suggesting your approach is getting closer to being ‘over the top’ even though it’s still looking good. I think dropping that angle ever so slightly will help.
ProGolfHouse
A path overly in-to-out will cause these misses, not easy to see from this angle because you are not recording the video from the hand path line but that is what’s happening
SOUPER_Juicy
Try to bow your wrist
I fought it for years because I felt like it slowed my swing down (it probably did which might have also helped)
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its the haircut
You’re a bit too close to the ball, so your hips have to be way ahead of your arms and chest, and then you throw thru impact. This is what tiger talks about as the “olé!” swing. When timed well, this swing slings draws. When the face is not shut quite enough it’s a push block right.
you start out on a good line and then the ball begins slicing about 100 yards out. You could be misaligned closed at either the feet, hips, or shoulders; this would also explain the blocks going right . if overcorrected you get your pulls. good luck
Where is the ball setup in your stance? Too far back you won’t have time to square the club face. Make sure it is around the instep of your left foot.
Look where your hips are to start, notice how they get closer to the ball?
Looks like you’re losing your posture a bit maybe? Look at how far your back/shoulders move away from the ball as you come through to impact
I had the same issue. I moved back and lined my left foot up with the ball. Haven’t missed a fairway in 3 rounds.
So, that particular swing looked pretty good. You probably had your club face a bit open relative to the path.
I’s all just variations of path to face orientation. Once you groove a consistent swing path just work on squaring up the face.
Work on the path. The rest looks really good. Check out YouTube for some path drills. Keep up the good work
You’re contact skill is good. Your face angle skill needs work.
I will say that your take away is a bit inside so when you get to the top. You start coming slight back on plane but over the top by the end of the swing. From there your body just compensates whether your face is open or not. Hence the pulls or the push fade.
If those are your ball flights with good contact it’s because your path is slightly out-to-in, so when you close the face (relative to target), you’ll have a straight pull, square face will have a slight fade, and open face will have a slice.
Your current swing is good for hitting a fade if you work on the club face control. If you want to hit straighter or draws, start your takeaway back flatter, it will help the club come more down and inside to get a straight or in-to-out path at contact.
Seems like a really good swing that could be fixed by lessons.
Shaft is wrong flex. Probably not stiff enough. Or the bend profile is not suited to your mechanics. Very nice swing.
Maybe the ball alignment
Nice looking swing! Maybe have a local pro take a look at your grip and alignment
Isn’t it crazy you can tell this guy is a pom
I don’t know anything but you could try adjusting your tempo, ball slightly further forward in stance, drop arm angle down slightly at top of back swing (pretend you’re holding one of those training balls between your biceps). Your arms come ever so slightly apart at the top of your swing suggesting your approach is getting closer to being ‘over the top’ even though it’s still looking good. I think dropping that angle ever so slightly will help.
A path overly in-to-out will cause these misses, not easy to see from this angle because you are not recording the video from the hand path line but that is what’s happening
Try to bow your wrist
I fought it for years because I felt like it slowed my swing down (it probably did which might have also helped)
But I can tell you I’m a converted bower now