So I've been working on Tom's methods and practicing a lot over the last couple of months. I continue to fine tune what I am working on but I think I have finally found a combination of feels that are helping me to strike the ball better than ever.
My approach
- Upper arms close to the side at address and throughout the swing
- Start the swing by tilting the lead shoulder down so it feels like I am doing a side crunch
- At top of backswing point my shirt buttons up to the sky while keeping my trail elbow as close to my side as possible and my trail palm facing up to the sky
- Start downswing by putting most of my weight on the outside of my lead foot
- During the downswing keep my trail elbow as close to my side as possible and point my trail palm to the ground all the way past the ball. I like to feel like my arms are moving a bit inside out and I am hitting the back inside quarter of the ball and swinging to right field
- Keep my head back until the ball is gone.
The hardest thing for me is to keep my head back until striking the ball. If I hit a bad shot, 9 times out of 10 is that I let my head move forward on the downswing.
I am hoping to post a video soon of my method in the hopes that it would help others.
Hit them long and straight this weekend!
Doug S, I have a putting tip that has done wonders for me.
I've figured out that, everything bad in my putting, happened in the backswing.
what I discovered was, shortening up my backswing to like 3" on a 10 foot putt, fixed everything. You will be surprised how hard and far you can hit it. Not a pop but, a hit and follow through swing.