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Hey guys,

I haven't played any golf since my beginning golf class in college about 8 years ago. Anyways, I'm going on this little 3 day golf outing with some friends in a few days. Decided I better hit the range and see if I could even hit a ball still. Being the computer geek that I am I took my camera along. I'm hitting a 3 wood in the video and it appears that I'm pulling each shot very badly. I wasn't however, I guess it was the camera angle or something. Any tips or suggestions. I slice my driver but hit the 3 wood and irons pretty straight. I also caught a lot of my irons very thin and didn't get much height on any of my shots.




thanks,
Txcoach

If you are flexible enough to leave the left heel on the ground during your backswing, I would do it. That might clean up the direction change at the top a bit (it really does look like a pull!), and might help give you solid contact more consistently also. BTW, the swing is very nice for a self-described beginner!

This was my second day at the range and improved a lot from one day to the next. I didn't even notice the left heel thing until I got home and watched the video. I think it makes my upper body twist a little bit. I've done a lot of researching and watching videos (youtube) the last few days. I did notice that my hands appear to be on a slightly different path on my down swing.

Looks like you bring the club back pretty far past your head, maybe shorten it up a bit. Also, you bring the club up quick at the beginning of your backswing. Maybe sweep it back and keep your arms straight longer, if that makes sense.

From the top of the swing your right shoulder works out towards the ball. It causes you to come 'over the top' and sets up a need to pull the club back to the left. Notice how your hands work out closer to the ball from the top? They should work under their backswing position, not over it. This is a common fault. You can search for the term 'over the top golf' and you'll see what I mean.

Instead you want to ' bump' your left hip slightly to the right of the target and start the right shoulder down before you start to unwind it. This will drop your right elbow down into your "right hip pocket" (as Trevino says). Now your hands can work more out to the target through the ball, instead of to the left. You can safely cross your forearms over through the ball to get rid of the left elbow 'chicken wing' and the slice curve (the left elbow should point more to the ground in the finish, helping you square up the clubface). You might even start to hit some draws.

If the club comes loose when you do any of these moves go get a lesson on the grip. Specifically, get the right hand looked at. If it is turned too far to the right and under the club (another common mistake) and you cross you forearms over you'll hit everything low left. It may take 2 or 3 buckets to start seeing changes. Be patient when you do these changes - take lots of slow motion practice swings until you get the timing (sequence of moves) down - then gradually speed it up. If you lose your balance that's a sign that you have reached your speed limit.
Hope this helps,

Thanks for all the help guys. The good thing about being a teacher is having summers off. I'm off to the range again!

What Peter said.

Going back to the top, you're not too bad but you should try to keep that left heel down a little more. It will help stabilize your lower body and help keep the lower body from getting ahead of the upper body which is at least partly causing the over the top move and a significant outside to inside path as you come through. You can see how significant the out to in path is by your divots which all point well left of the target.

As someone else said, not that bad for someone who's played so little golf.

Thanks guys,
I played golf this past weekend at Wood Forest in conroe, tx. Only about my 3rd time on a course and I shot a 108. Hit the ball fairly well. Thanks