First off. I want everyone to know that I do not surf around from one golf guy to the other. The S&T theory may be typically the same, but the teacher is not. I go with Saguto 100% and unless Tom has someone as a guest I ignore all the rest.
The grip.
Yesterday I was watching the grip video in the new Noodle beta thingy and started from the beginning, the grip. I told myself, Hey I don't grip the club that way so I went to the range to try it. I have watched the original one too, but I have gripped the club like this for a long time, so I am comfortable with it and figured I didn't need to change it.
It's a bit awkward to get that thumb covered but I was more amazed at the automatic hinge you get at the top.
I hit the ball well and it was crispy.
I also want to note that with my grip set up, I almost cover the thumb but I never have that automatic hinge at the top and have to hinge on my own. if I remember.
I would like some feedback on the grip for these questions. With the way, I grip the club, I have to remember to hinge and when I do I smack the ball like I'm its daddy. Always? no, but it's getting better. When I do the grip Tom teaches, I get that automatic hinge and I hit the ball like a crispy kiss at the end of a wet fist! Always? no but, I just started using it. Recommendations, please. I am most willing to change.
While we are on the subject of golf. I want to say something about tempo. When I smack the tarnation out of the ball with crispy delight I always try to hit it even further next time by swinging for the fences and I guess things tend to break down and I hit it like Al Czervik, but, not always. I get the feeling it's more times than not though. I have this thing in my brain that I want to have that nice, easy carefree swing of Ben Hogan but I hit a few good ones and I am swinging for the fences even though I know that the nice slow tempo to the top if a good thing for me. I need more discipline. Are there any videos on tempo?
Golf is hard, except when it’s not. Yesterday I played my weekly Wednesday game. I play from the green tees 6012 yards. Light winds from the SSE. I sucked. Shot 91. My GHIN is 11.3.
Today I played with my Thursday group at the same course. Same time of day, same wind velocities and direction, same hole positions. I shot 4 over, 76. Two birdies, one double bogey, four bogeys. The double bogey was a mental error. Instead of hitting the club I needed to reach the middle of the green full, I tried to hit it close to a front pin and wound up in a bunker. Got out but then hammered the putt 10 feet by and missed the come backer.
I hit all iron shots crispy. One 5 hybrid, a new club in the bag, was a bit fat from the rough.
The big revelation for me was how well I hit my driver. I used the power accumulators and was hitting a push draw that was putting me 20 to 30 yards past my normal distance.
That made things a lot easier today. Hoping I can take the same feels to the course tomorrow.