Weight forward and keep it forward

I actually posted very similar question before. I missed before where Tom mentions to hip bump forward AND as you start your backswing to focus on keeping and actually increasing the weight forward ratio. I think I was starting with weight forward via hip bump but as I started my backswing I was slightly returning to a centered stance. With focus on a hip bump forward, keeping eyes centered over ball, AND as I start backswing keeping the weight forward and increasing on the top of backswing and follow through. Have better compression and more "ball then ground contact".

Not here to say anyone is wrong but I've seen a recent video where the instructor was showing the differences between irons and driver swing. Pronounced difference was a "weight forward via body shift" on the irons verses head behind the ball on a driver. So I tried the weight forward via a body shift and to be honest my lower back did not agree with that decision. Sticking with the "hip bump" with a focus on keeping it there and not returning to a center stance on the backswing. Slight difference in approach but with big dividends.

Thoughts?

Tom M

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tom miller

Sep 08, 2021

I think I was searching and trying to figure why I rarely leave a divot after the ball. I do strike it well, you can hear the KFC sound. But I know I could strike it better if I hit ball then leave a divot. I watched you video in the "get out an play" around the hip bump and weight forward. That's actually where the "light" came on. I'm starting out with the hip bump then drifting back to a center stance on the backswing. I crush it when I FOCUS on staying forward.

Tom Saguto

Sep 08, 2021

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I appreciate your very kind words, Tom! On the flip side, I don't need to tell you that you can teach until you're blue in the face, but without a willingness to learn, a dedicated work ethic, and a commitment to the process on the part of the student, it would be a fleeting and frustrating endeavor. In this regard, I'm not sure if you truly grasp the magnitude of your accomplishment of breaking 90 in your first year of golf, and doing so primarily through a self-guided learning program supplemented by just a little bit of lesson time. It is beyond awesome.

Going forward, I love your "greediness" with regard to wanting it all - i.e.: the divot - and wanting it now, and I harbor no doubt that you shall have it because of the aforementioned. If I were to direct you anywhere in the school to this end, then based on where you're at it would be the Best Contact Drill in the Get Out and Go Play program. Perhaps you've already seen it, but if you spend sufficient time working through the three parts and mastering each one sequentially, you'll be well on your way to carving crispy little bacon strips of turf after the ball.

Thanks again, keep that FOCUS, and most importantly - have fun out there!

Tom