Golf Lesson – Relax
March 1st, 2010 by Doogs
Played Saturday competition at the Growling Frog Golf Club, shot 31 points with the short game lacking consistency. Then had a lesson with the local professional Wayne Rogers.
Some of the swing thoughts from the lesson include: * Relax! * Relax the leading forearm through impact. My swing has a tendancy to tense up the forearms leading to inconsistent shot making and turning the club over instead of swing through the shot * At one stage I was hitting with a club with some medievel torture device attached, it was in reality a swing guide, aimed at ensuring the arm was in the correct spot in backswing and follow through. It clearly showed that I was turning the club too far in the follow through. Relaxing helped! * Keep down through the shot, have a tendancy to lift up on some shots
This explains the tendancy for me to hook the crap out of my hybrid! The Taylor Made Hybrid I have is built for the common garden variety slicer, so has draw bias. So hitting it with hook just enhances the draw and creates the huge hooks. Relaxing the forearm and hitting through the ball lost the hook and straightened up the hybrid. (So maybe I dont need a new one!)
