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Originally Posted by mr3856a
This is getting spooky, because I could have posted the same thing about myself, word-for-word.
I'm doing it with pitching the ball now as well, and that has turned around, too. I've always been a somewhat poor pitcher of the ball (ok, to be honest, I've always stunk at it - it's the worst part of my game), and the other day I picked one off a fairway lie from 40 yards or so, hit my spot dead-on 5 yards short of the pin, took one big hop and SCREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEETCH - dead stop, 3 feet right of the pin, hole-high. On Saturday, I shot 82 with 2 lost balls and 33 putts, but I got up and down over and over again - I parred the first 6 holes, and mind you, my index is 15.1.
I really feel like this is that one piece of the puzzle you have to have right in order for everything else to fall into place. Like before, I used to take the club back too far inside and hoist it up to the top, and I could keep myself from doing it if I thought about it, but since this change, I'm dead on plane without even thinking about it.
This has indeed been eureka!  |
I have yet to "officially" try this with the shorter clubs, but from swinging a few clubs in the yard, I don't see any major problems on the horizon.
I swear to God it feels like I got just what I wanted for Christmas!
I was watching the Women's Open these past few days and since having this little epiphany, I noticed two things about almost all of the LPGA players:
- They are all "One=plane" swingers, (or at least most are),
- Almost every single one of them sets up as you described.
Watching the Men's tour, I see too much "physicality"; two-plane swings, and all kinds of movement. I guess there's something to it if you have the time to practice those things every day and really burn it into your mind. But the ladies, are not nearly as physical as the men and as such they simplify things and their approach is (to me) a better example of how the average weekend player ought to look at things. Instead of trying to emulate the ridiculous swing speeds and body movements of the men's tour, it is far easier and far more efficient to emulate the LPGA swings.
Take Inbee Park, for example. You couldn't find a simpler swing yet her average driving distance for this tournament was about 268 yds., but her longest were between 280 and 300. Not too shabby for a small person, and she managed to end up 9-under on a 6,700 yd. Open course and her setup is identical to the one you described.
That's more than good enough for me!
All I can say is that if there is a "Golf Tips Hall of Fame", this one gets in on the first ballot!
-JP