The shot in this video was horrible. I’ve taken 5+ lessons. I’m on the brink of giving up. Any advice? Swing and otherwise.
by bsheohn
The shot in this video was horrible. I’ve taken 5+ lessons. I’m on the brink of giving up. Any advice? Swing and otherwise.
by bsheohn
44 Comments
I mean if you don’t enjoy playing you probably should. It’s a waste of time and money if you don’t like it. Alternatively… Maybe it’s possible to enjoy something even if you suck?
Golf is hard. The fastest way to break 100 is to practice more on your short game.
Mate switch coaches, your grip shouldn’t look like this after 5 lessons. No use doing anything else before you fix that.
Don’t give up if you are passionate and can handle some disappointment.
Keep in mind you can hit a bad shot 27 times a round or 54 half bad shots and still break 100. It’s just a matter of not going OB more than twice, not double chipping every other hole and not three putting 5 times or so. Basic mechanics / golf fundamentals and common sense will get you there in no time.
Take away expectations and try to enjoy the process. Acknowledge you’ll have good shots and bad shots. How you react to those shots will make or break you. Just by pure volume of golf you can play you’re bound to get some good scores. Golf is 90% mental and the rest is in your head.
Swing doesn’t look that bad honestly, how much time have you spent practicing putting and chipping ?
Surely you’re not giving up after 5 lessons?… you must’ve meant 50? (Genuine q)
If there is one thing for someone like you to focus on, it’s get your low point forward. You hit that fat and lean back. If anything, practice by overexaggerating it. Try and hit 8 inches in front of the ball
Next round play every hole like a par 5. Attempt to get on in 3 and 2 putt. You’ll shoot 90 if you shoot all 5s. You should have some buffer on your par 3s.
Find 1 or 2 clubs you can play well and build a strategy around those.
I play my 7W and 9W great, so I play every tee box with one of them to set up the second shot with one of them to approach in with.
Then I practice 10-50 yard constantly at home, using my PW and 52.
This is an acceleration issue. You aren’t swinging here – you are attempting to guide the ball. Loosen your grip, stop trying to guide the ball, the “swing” is at the end of the swing. Commit to a long finish with a loose grip and your game will improve greatly. This is a mental hurdle that you need to overcome.
DM me if you have questions. There’s no reason to stop now – you have a repeatable swing but it needs some minor tweaks.
I would work on partial drills to help work on a confident finish.
Waist to waist
Waist to shoulder
Waist to full finish
Shoulder to waist (feel the difference when we try to finish the swing low)
Shoulder to shoulder
Shoulder to full
Do this with a PW and then hit some irons. You will flush everything.
Watch golf sidekick on YouTube. He gives the best tips for learning to play your game. You can have a perfect swing and huge distance but if you play like a jabrony then you’re always gonna struggle with your overall score.
Again. Learn to play YOUR game.
Dont worry, i cant break 130 so theres always someone worse than you
Yea get a new coach. My coach hasn’t taught me anything and I’m 4 lessons in. I learned more through YouTube and one lesson from a random golf coach. Only reason I keep going back to my first coach is I already paid for lessons in a bundle. So can’t get my money back. He literally hasn’t touched my swing. He just tells me to hit some balls and show me fucking video of professionals and how they hit it. I’m honestly getting pissed right now typing this. Such a horrible useless coach. So mad I spent money
Option 1. You should quit. Screw this game, you’ll always be chasing something.
Option 2. Keep plowing, and live with it.
Have a short break and then play golf without scoring…and I mean without scoring, even in your head.
Just go and hit the ball, drop a second ball and hit that too, just play a few rounds literally without scoring.
Celebrate the good shots and ignore the bad.
We get caught up in measuring our lives.
Golf is there to enjoy! Have fun!
Take more lessons. More practice. Focus on keeping the ball in play. Focus on 150 and in, but especially 50 and in. If your driver doesn’t stay in bounds 80% of the time, don’t hope for the 20%. Keep that in the bag on the course and work on it at the range. Got a 7i that goes 150 and stays in play pretty much all the time? Great. That’s your new tee club on all par 4s and 5s. On par 4s, you should be pretty much on the green in 3 shots. Practice lag putting and 3-6 foot putts religiously. Avoid any and all hazards. OOB is your mortal enemy for lower scores. With all this, you should be in bogey golf territory in no time. Like playing right around 90. You’ll have blow up rounds and you’ll also have rounds where you’re sniffing high 80s. Eventually, you’ll be hitting driver and keeping it in play so you’re regularly on those par 4s in 2, not 3. Good luck, OP! Keep grinding!
You’re really weakly picking the ball off the floor, there’s no power in your swing.
You’ve only taken 5 lessons, take more. Practice more and play more.
Personally, I think your grip is strong but without knowing your shot shape, it’s difficult to say what your grip should look like.
Someone said that you should try and hit 8 inches in front of the ball, try that. It’ll get some meat behind the ball when you hit it. Compress the ball, by hitting down on it, you hit it higher – not by scooping it.
Chipping more than driver and putting. For most drivers are penalties waiting to happen! Play short Courses where you can use woods and short irons. Learn to get up and down. If you are going OB and getting on the green in 4 you are playing courses that too long. Start on par 3 Courses where you can learn your irons, chipping and putting. 7200 yard Courses are for College and Pro players.
Golf coaches are forever! Even tiger woods got a coach
Golf is a long-term game. You have to mentally prepare yourself to enjoy the process.
A couple of easy things to fix short-term:
1. Be really strict on making sure that left knee only goes forward (travels in a direction perpendicular to your target line). It’s being bent back (more parallel to your target line) and that is an element of weight-shifting that will cause fat shots.
2. You are casting. Just do some shots without releasing your wrists at all (like a punch shot) to reinforce no casting.
Both of those things will quickly help you get crispier shots.
5 lessons? I have had one lesson, been playing for 30 years and have dropped to as low as a 4 handicap and ballooned back up to an 18 at one point. I’m currently in a complete swing overhaul and hitting the ball horribly. This game is incredibly frustrating but also so worth it when you play well. Stick with it. Keep suffering. You will become a stronger person because of it.
If you aren’t having a good time, you should stop keeping score. It takes a few rounds to really get it out of your head, worrying about how many strokes you are taking. But for me personally, it made the game 100 times more fun when I was feeling the same way.
Dear OP its not your swing. I’ve seen people with worse swings break 100. So what exactly is the issue if you wanted to take a stab at being vulnerable?
My guess would be short range chipping and putting will do the trick. But you’re probably like me and whacking the ball is the bit you enjoy the most
Don’t be obsessed with score. Just go out for some rounds and simply try to hit good shots.
You’re just hitting fat a bit. A little flippy maybe. Get a new coach. If shit ain’t working you can always find another help with contact.
Took me 5 yrs to break 100. Once I started going for the fun and worked on my swing consistently and really focused on what I was doing and only made small adjustments that’s when I started doing way better. That and working on my chipping and approach from 80 yds in I cut 25 strokes off my game. If you can’t hit driver don’t hit it. Use a 4 iron off the tee.
With that basic swing you should be able to break 90. Period.
I have playing golf since 1962. I know a couple of things. Your overall posture and swing is good.
First fix your grip.
Second, on your takeaway, stop the sway of your lead (left) hip back away from the target. Try moving your knee more toward the ball in the backswing than away from the target. It’s a subtle move. But watch a YouTube video of Tiger or anyone you prefer.
Third, go to the range. with that same swing tempo, take your 7 iron and bring your arms back to 9 o’clock (in other words, half way). Concentrate on hitting that 7 iron straight. Make sure the logo on your glove is pointing towards the target at impact
It’s also important to at some point buy some impact tape at the golf store. Put it on the face of your 7 iron. Take shots. Looks at the results. Are you hitting the sweet spot routinely? Or are you hitting it closer to the heel or the toe? The lie angle of the club may need to be adjusted to fit your swing.
Then you are going to need to concentrate on chipping and short shots from 50 yards in. Dial-in your wedges.
Dude, seriously with that basic swing you are closer than you can imagine!
Put more weight on your front foot. Look up Saguto Golf. You are close to a breakthrough.
Right there with you bud, think my best score was 108. You have a nice swing for someone who can’t break 100. Keep at it you’ll get there.
First time I went out and played after laying off about 12 years, and only playing 10 times before that. I lost at least 25 balls on that first outing when I started this last July. Then I started playing more regularly and I’m broken 93 times and my last few outings but the 100 still pop up here and there. I just started focusing on beating the last round I played. So if I shot a 102 my goal was a 101 the next time.
His others have said it’s more about the enjoyment of the game and the challenge if you don’t enjoy it then it’s probably not for you. But I think you do like it or you wouldn’t be frustrated.
How long have you been playing? Where are you losing strokes? Are you playing from the right tees for your skill level or are you playing to your ego?
As soon as you break 100 you’ll progress faster than you’d ever think. That gap and the gap from 80s to 70s are the biggest in golf imo
Find three friends who play similarly and go with
2 v 2 scrambles. You’ll never have a crappy round again.
You’re thinking about it all wrong. There isn’t some magic tip that’s gonna make you better. At the end of the day, does it really matter if you shot 100 or 85? Enjoy the process of getting better. Enjoy getting out and playing. If you’re not enjoying the sport, what are you doing? You need to get over yourself and let go of expectations. Your relationship with golf is not transactional.
Here’s some advice… if your grip looks that strong, either you’re not taking the coaching on board, or you need a new coach.
There’s not a lot wrong with. your body mechanics; just leaning a little on the right foot. Put 2/3 of your weight on the left foot, and things should start coming right quickly.
You need to disassociate score from enjoyment. If you can’t enjoy being outside, playing a game, with your friends, and exercising without scoring well then yes you should quit. But if you can’t enjoy being find joy in the one good shot, one lucky chip, or deep putt you made there’s no point.
Golf is going to continue to be this hard whether you’re trying to break 100, 90, par, etc. there’s always going to be a milestone mountain to climb. You just need to enjoy the journey to get there.
So im pretty decent can shoot in the 80s almost every time, 70s when I focus. I play with my two friends all the time who have only broke 100 once or twice in about 100+ rounds over 2 years.
Thing is we have fun together. I congratulate the shit out of them when they make or hit great shots. Have patience. Also I always let them know when they have the shot of the round, amongst us all. They enjoy themselves and I as well. Don’t stress on being good but work towards that goal.
It’ll eventually start to click and your iron shots and short game will have you in the 90s
What was the point of showing us your swing? Breaking 100 has probsbly more to do with course management and knowing what shot(s) you can hit verses your swing. We talking about 100…not 70…
Drive your hips faster before making contact. You want your hips to rotate fast enough that your d*ck is facing towards your target before you make contact with the ball. Also your left elbow is bending early. I’ve been golfing since I was 4 and played in college at Oklahoma state for 4 years and played on the korn ferry tour for 2 years. If you need any help or questions feel free to message me. Always happy to help!
10% of golfers break 100. Take the pressure of yourself, reps reps reps is the only way to get better. Takes a couple years to really settle in. One adjustment at a time.
Lol I wish I were close to breaking 120 and I still have fun
Swing looks pretty decent to me. Must be your short game that needs improvement. Try practising shots around the green and from the bunker and see if that helps.
My tip would be to stop putting pressure on yourself to hit 100 and just have fun out there.
Take a step back, embrace the ups & downs and the craziness of golf, and the improvement/enjoyment will gradually come.
What tee are you playing from?