Went out and hit a large bucket at lunch today and couldn't get over how consistent and well I am hitting my irons. I have gained 15 yards on every iron since last season, but the consistency is what gets me excited...usually I would have a great range session after warming up followed by a "shank city" session the next day. Today I didn't warm up or stretch and just hit 1 solid shot after another. My misses tend to be 15-20 yard pulls, but close to same distance, instead of last year where my misses were shanks or hitting it fat (and occasionally topping it for good measure).
Besides all the allignment changes, the thing that made a huge difference was clearing the right hip. Instead of the traditional weight shift with the right knee brace which I tried to do before, I now just move the right hip back by losing some flex in the right knee, keep my head steady and then just bring hands straight up (feels like that to me) and then back down and through. Very simple and repeatable...I actually initiate the backstroke with first clearing the right hip, and then just fan the right forearm to the top and feel like I am swearing in for a trial.
I got the right hip idea from Yoda when playing back my lesson tape and him telling me "clear the right hip" many times. I heard Brian and Chuck mention this before on their forums, and I thought I was doing it, but I wasn't. It wasn't until I conciously did this before I started the backswing that I saw results.
Over the last several years I have become a golf junkie and read a lot of golf books, training methods, etc. and no where have I ever seen this as an option. But it really works for me!
Now to the HELP! part : I still can't hit the driver. The good news is that I don't see a slice that would be OB, but I do the same thing pretty consistently now: I hit a super high shot about 150-175 yards straight (looks like a 9 iron or PW ball flight). I can feel me hitting the rubber tee and slowing the clubhead down and I have the green marks from the mat on the bottom of my driver. I am hitting down on the driver way to low.
I almost wanted to tell the guy next to me on the range today "What do you think of my new oversized 9 wood?".
I tried several things but got the same result...wonder if it is an aiming point issue...
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