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Old May 3rd, 2008, 09:18 PM
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i went to the range today with my new irons. the ball slices no more!!!!!! my shots go straight as an arrow. since my clubs are blades, i really knew when i mishit it from the feedback of the club. i'm more confident with my irons. i thinned and hit it fat sometimes maybe 40%. my driver still needs some work. if i do a full swing, its a slice ball. but if i do sort of a stinger shot(3/4 swing) then the ball goes straight or sometimes straight with a fade. maybe 4/10 slice. my short game is really good because i practice at my house all the time. so i think if i just improve more with my irons and get decent with my driver i can hit the course with confidence.
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Old May 3rd, 2008, 10:51 PM
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Keep it up you get better, You be like me one day with a -15.3 Handicap
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yeah i dont really have a handicap yet so hopefully i can hit the course more often
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i went to the range today with my new irons. the ball slices no more!!!!!! my shots go straight as an arrow. since my clubs are blades, i really knew when i mishit it from the feedback of the club. i'm more confident with my irons. i thinned and hit it fat sometimes maybe 40%. my driver still needs some work. if i do a full swing, its a slice ball. but if i do sort of a stinger shot(3/4 swing) then the ball goes straight or sometimes straight with a fade. maybe 4/10 slice. my short game is really good because i practice at my house all the time. so i think if i just improve more with my irons and get decent with my driver i can hit the course with confidence.
Do you have fairway woods? How do you hit those?

I found that as I learned to hit the fairway woods straighter, longer and with more control, it translated to more control with the driver.

I actually worked on hitting the hybrids and 5W off of a tee before I started gettign confident hitting it off of the ground/rough. Just 3-4 months ago, the only thing I was hitting from the rough was the hybrid but now I can hit the 3 Wood, too.
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i have a 5 wood, if i do a full swing then i hit it straight with a fade sometimes slice but if i do 3/4 swing then i can hit it straight
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i have a 5 wood, if i do a full swing then i hit it straight with a fade sometimes slice but if i do 3/4 swing then i can hit it straight
Pretty much do the same type of swing for more control.
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Old May 5th, 2008, 12:18 AM
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Re: good improvement at the range but still...

i think when i do my full swing, im really over swinging. going beyond the slot that it should be pointing towards the target. but i figure if i can somehow get it CONSISTENTLY straight by doing the control swing, eventually my body will become use to it that i can slowly start swinging back a little more to get more power. i can get maybe 250-260 with my control swing when using my driver.
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[quote=lbanks21;406575 but i figure if i can somehow get it CONSISTENTLY straight by doing the control swing, eventually my body will become use to it that i can slowly start swinging back a little more to get more power. i can get maybe 250-260 with my control swing when using my driver.[/QUOTE]

Jim McLean 8 Step Swing - 1 - Jim McLean Golf Schools International

That's a good distance. How did you measure it?

You can check your library if this video is there "The 8 Step Swing" by Jim Mclean.
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Old May 5th, 2008, 11:44 PM
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the range that i go to has yardage signs. but then again i might be adding an extra 10-15 its sort of hard to tell for sure.
thanks for the link, checked it out and i'm definitely gonna bookmark this
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keep working the full swing. great work.
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by next week i'll try to get some videos of my swing up on the forum
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