[milfovoxapl]

I need some ideas on what I might be doing different with my swing. I've always played a draw, normally about 10-15 yards. The last two times I've played, and again last night at the range, I have a fade(roughly 10-15 yards)...aka the double cross

At the range last night I tried to back off my driver hoping that I could focus more on the swing plane, rotating my hips and wrists; yet still couldn't get back my draw. The best I could do was hit it straight, which obviously isn't bad, but when you line up to play a draw or fade it can definitely hurt.

Anyone have any ideas that I can try? I know it's kind of difficult without seeing any video, but wondered if anyone else had experienced something like this for a few rounds.

[VtLe67WR]

I had a similar issue last year. Setup a Camcorder and took some video at different angles. Somehow without knowing it I picked up a flying elbow. Got rid of it and was all good again.

[PeterPatrickJohn]

DO you have a large mirror at home that you could take outside and see your backswing?

[Junrlaeh]

Taking a video would be great. Video just shows all your flaws. I hate seeing my swing on tape. That being said, I agree with NJRob. When I am having that issue it is usually because of my chicken wing

[milfovoxapl]

I could probably get my wife to record me using my phone. The way the ball is moving it's almost like my hands are catching up to my hips thus everything is left open. It could be my elbow though, I didn't think of that. I have a drill I do where you essentially take your back swing and when you start coming down to the ball you are supposed to "reconnect the seam" from the underside of your right arm to the seam running down the side of the shirt. I'll have to take a look at that and see if that could be the issue as well.

[Junrlaeh]

Maybe just take a headcover and throw it under your armpit

[milfovoxapl]

I will definitely give that a try as well! Thanks guys!

[vNZsk39B]

The first thing I'd do is to take a look at what my other clubs are doing.

Do you normally hit a draw with your irons?
If so, is that draw working for you?
If so, try to determine what you ARE doing with your irons that you AREN'T doing with your driver.

If you ONLY hit a draw with your driver and now you aren't, is there anything that you're doing now that feels obviously different than it did before?
Have you made any recent changes to your swing? Setup? Grip? Posture? Stance?
Even a tiny change can produce significantly different results.

Whenever I start to do something that I wasn't doing before - especially if it happens suddenly, the very first thing I do is to go back to a club I know I am hitting well (or hitting the way I want to hit it) and then work from there.
The solution isn't always obvious and it sometimes takes quite a few swings to figure out what it is I'm doing differently with another club, but I always find the answer and it usually ends up being something very simple - something that I didn't even realize I'd started doing (or not doing).

You have a 7 handicap so I'll bet that you know your swing very well (or better than you may think you do).
So don't panic. Go back to a club you hit well and work from there. Take it step by step and I'll bet that you'll be able to figure it out and I'll bet that it turns out to be something very simple.

[milfovoxapl]

Thanks again for the suggestions guys. Towel trick did the job as it was a flying elbow with my driver(it was only my driver as my irons still had a consistent 10 yard draw to them, which was really messing with me), well that and I was trying to swing way to hard. Played over the weekend and shot a 7 over 79. Biggest issue was that the course has some pretty tiny greens that I couldn't hit consistently and when I did I couldn't ever get the putts all the way to the hole. The greens are bent and they weren't cutting them as often to avoid having them burn up. It was one of two remaining courses in memphis that haven't had their greens burn up this summer.