I want to start off saying this. the last ball I hit at the range was extra crispy. I snacked it with a 3wood and I bet that sucker went 225 yards. I tell you that for this. I have been struggling for weeks on end trying to figure out WTH I was not doing correctl. I was overthinking every step of the way. until I started turning that shoulder down again and pushing that club out instead of taking it up I was hitting behind everything. head shifting back with my chin buried in my chest didn’t help either. I can’t tell you how frustrating the last 2 months have been hitting behind the ball time and time again. Trying to figure out the correction And never figuring it out. I was smacking them so well and then all of a sudden I was back to my old ways.
I will say, that before that last ball I had a moment of eureka with about 15 balls left and some I hit with crispy satisfaction and a few were duds but that last one almost made me cry. Still don’t know if I can duplicate that last ball I hit but I think I know what I did to do it. cant wait to get back to the range to see. turn that shoulder to the ball, get them hips moving, keep that head from moving backward, try to keep that left arm straight. ( I have a slight issue with that but I am working on it) and smack it with that extra crispy feeling That is as satisfying as it can be. on a side note. I will be playing more golf. It’s important I play well to get invited to play. not many people are going to invite an old guy that can’t hit the ball. But imagine an old guy that smacks it so good he out smacks the young whipper smacker. When they ask me how I hit it so far and straight I can tell them that Saguto made me do it😬
Hey, Tom. I so feel your pain. I really do. It fell apart for me a few weeks ago but hopefully its coming back. Can't tell you how many times I take 2 steps forward and 3 steps back. There's one group of guys I play with from time to time and I'm the worst of them. And I shouldn't be. But, I just haven't gotten there, yet. And I play worse around them because I want to impress them. That in and of itself mentally ruins my game. I say, if you can, just go out, play and have fun. Play your own game and work on your own things. Let being impressive be the byproduct and not the focus. It's hard to do - I struggle with it, too. But, I'm just keeping my head down, working on drills (2.8, 2.9 part 1,2,3) and hoping the good stuff transfers to the course. It's so easy to get in the old mindset out on the course and that invites in all the old swing demons.