Hi guys, I played today and genuinely hit a proper mixed bag of shots.
Some were pure and most where chunky, is there anything in my swing that can show this, or any drills/feels to fix this?
The first video was pure, 2nd and 3rd were chunky?
by stan_taylor1
3 Comments
Two things seem to affect your consistency: setup and head position. At address you’re a bit tall with not enough forward tilt, which can push the club away early. Cue: tilt your chest forward a bit and let your wrists loosen so the swing starts from inside. Your head drops forward too much in the backswing, hurting balance and making shots chunky. Cue: keep your head steady-imagine balancing a book on your head as you swing-to help you rotate through. Tempo feels a touch slow for a wood; keep a steady, comfortable rhythm to help contact stay clean. Fixing these should also help with a slice by keeping the club on a more inner path.
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You look like you have a “reverse C” lean-back, especially on the third shot. How would you say your weight is distributed on your setup? 50/50?
Chunky shots are to some degree a skill issue. You can absolutely just practice this on the driving range or even on a mat. Get a can of foot spray if you’re on a mat because mat’s tend to hide fat shots. Spray a line about 2 inches behind the ball. Practice hitting the ball without hitting the line. You can also do some drills where you move the ball around in your stance and practice hitting ball first. So move the ball all the way off the front foot and feel how much you have to shift to get the club on the ball first. Move the ball all the way to the back of your stance and feel how much you have to hang back to hit ball first. Just spend time practicing that.
Finally, you should really focus on some testing on this. So with the footspray painted line on the matt, do 10 shots with your full routine. Step out of the box, take practice swings, everything you would do on the course, and test how often you hit the ball without hitting the spray line. Try to improve that number week to week. As you get better, move your spray line closer to the ball. Realistically a shot that hits the ground within a half inch of the ball is a functional shot, so the closer you can get to hitting 10 out of 10 shots without touching that spray line, the better off you’ll be