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December 04 Broke 100 and first BirdyBroke 100 the first time and got my first Birdy in Poplar Grove Golf Course near Lynchburg, VA.
One birdy, three pars and many Bogey and Double Bogey. It's a good milestone in my golf. I still didn't feel comfortable with my swing, but my putting has improved.
Wife shot some swing video of mine, it looked pretty bad. I think I've found two major problems in my swing:
1) shoulder too tight
2) swing plane too flat
I am going to work on it. Hope for a warm winter.
Worth a celebration ! Way to Go ! October 10 Progress in GolfJust want to write done the learning process I am having with my Golf. I will continue to update this thread.
11/04/07:
I am hitting descending blow on my iron shots, it feels pretty good.
I now realize the key is, by doing wrist cock early, and keep my hands not too close to my body in the take away, I am make my swing plane more vertical, thus encouraging more descending blow.
Another thing I paid attention to was
10/30/07:
I am learning Enie Els's swing, in take away, start wrist cock early. I found it's more natural for me. I am still trying to find the slot, most time when I feel comfortable with my take away, my swing is good. Some time my take away is still awkward for me, and then my swing is off. But it feels to me this is working for me. I hit some balls on range today, it's not bad. I was hitting descending blow on most of iron shots.
10/14/07:
My swing feeling is gone completely suddenly. I played a round in Ivy Hill yesterday, it was aweful, I probably hit only one solid iron shot. Today I went to driving range, it was as bad as yesterday. Not sure what's happening, I just don't feel comfortable with my back swing any more. It seems that my takeaway is too inside.
Anyway, I booked a lesson with the Pro in the range next Saturday.
People say progress in golf is always back and forth. Let's see when I can get into the forward gear again.
10/09/07:
Realized the importance of keeping my right heel stick to the ground at the moment of ball striking. In the past my right heel was way off the ground when I hit the ball, what it really means is my head was moving to the left side as I shift my weight to the left side in the downswing. That's a real killer of consistency. By keeping my right heel stick to the ground, I forced my head to stay behind the ball while getting my hip turn and shift left in the downswing. I hit some of my best 7,8,9 iron shots in the last two practice sessions on the range by just fixing this problem. ( in fact, I am not even sure if I have completely solved the problem, but the improvement I got was amazing already. I am going to take some video this weekend to how far away I am from fixing the problem completely. ) 08/19/07:
Learned one plane VS two plane swing theories online. I am a one planner. Understanding the theory helped me get my swing fundmental right. At least I am one step further in understanding what is the right swing to mimic. Of course, knowing what is the right swing is very different from creating the right swing myself, the latter requires a lot of body flexibiliby and strength.
Fixed my setup posture with suggestion from an instructor, my posture was way too upright.
August 26 Making progress in GolfMy camcorder arrived last week, I am going to take it to the range this afternoon and shoot my swing.
2007 is 2/3 over, and I have not broken 100 in my golf, the hope of breaking 90, which is my most passionate goal in my 2007 new year resolution list, is diminishing very quickly. I am still hopeful of achieving my goal, at least getting closer to it, but realize I need to work harder/smarter if I want to get there. Thus I bought the camcorder.
I've made some good progress in the recent couple weeks though. I've learned that my setup stance was too upright. However, I thought the spine angle at setup should be the same for all different clubs till Pan mentioned that they should be different a couple days ago. I searched on internet and found very helpful information. Apparently, since the length of clubs vary a lot from the longest driver to the shortest wedge, one needs to make some adjustments on the setup posture. I found a good article in a forum that talked about different styles of making this adjustment, see the link:
I will go try out the Aaron Baddeley approach, which is varying spine angle for different clubs with different length. It feels to me this should fit well with my one plane swing.
Golf is such a complicated game although it looks so simple on the surface. I am still at the entry level trying to figure out what the right swing is, yet I've already learned so many intricacies in the past one year timeframe since I started the game. This would be a challenge for me for years to come. I know I am probably not physically strong enough to be really good on this, but I am confident that I can be reasonablly good at it. I will probably stop pursuing improving my golf when I get around 80s.
This is one of many things I need to achieve before I go back to China..... I am expecting numerous frustrations along the way.... :P |
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