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Old 06-08-2012, 07:09 PM   #10
AlexanderPalamayr

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my breakthroughs have come in 3 areas:
swing tempo with the driver: slow down and concentrate on hitting through the ball. I am hitting 50% fairways pretty consistently now
striking irons: concentrating on hitting down vs. sweeping. this has been the single biggest factor in hitting GIRs...still working on this but GIRs are getting easier...a lot less R-L green misses
leaving the wedges in the bag for level chip shots: I use my 8 iron now and bump-run alot....getting within 8' of the hole alot more now...even chipped in for a bird and 2 eagles in the past 2 months

the common thread thru all of this has been 3 things:
keeping my back straight and rotating shoulders....I was bending my back previously resulting ina too-vertical swing plane...I'd stike things well but never knew where they were going to go
keeping my head down: concentrating on watching the club hit the ball....you lose a few balls here and there cause you didn't see where they went but for the most part....the good shots far outweight the badd
swing tempo: slow down, slow down, slow down. you hit further when you hit it right than you do when you murder it.

My handicap has dropped from 20.3 to 13.5 since April 1st. While I still have bad days, my peak scores are smaller than they were before

good luck
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