Please review my golf swing if ya got a minute or two?
This video is average quality but it has down the line and side view.
I tend to hit the ball of the toe and hook it left any advice?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4XQXkvLmp8
Set up looks good with one exception. You are very straight legged with no knee flex at all. If you notice in both views you struggle to maintain balance at the finish. The side view shows why. You have a large move to the right in your backswing, which I’m sure feels to you like making a big turn or getting behind the ball. But you are so far back there that there is no way for you to get all the way back to the ball at impact. Even in these practice swings we see the club bottoming out well before where the ball would be. That means the club is already closing by the time you get to impact. The slide to the right in the backswing causes much of this. The big question is what causes the slide?
Go back to your address position. Create a little bit of knee flex and maintain that flex in your right knee through the backswing. You should actually feel tension created in the inside of your right thigh as you coil. If you lose your knee flex you will again slide to the right and get too far behind the ball. If you can maintain your knee flex you will be more on top of the ball at the top, your backswing will become more compact, and you will see a huge difference in your drive through the ball and balance at the finish. Yours is actually a pretty easy fix!
as a newcomer to golf rather than going out buying a load of golf balls i decided to go to the beach near my local golf club and search.
I found about 15 balls, however they are of various types, am I better sticking to one type of ball? whats the differnce between ball types?
In what way are balls marked practice inferior?(got about 6 of these)
are balls labelled pro V1 and then a number different to Pro V1x?
For a beginner this is the perfect way to get yourself some golf balls. Different BAlls do do different things such as roll farther or fly father or spin more. But at your level their really is no difference so play any ball that you have. There is no point in paying 20 30 dollars for a dozen balls.
I’ve been golfing for a little over three months, and I just recieved a golf towel as a gift. Is there any specific “golf-use” for this towel? Or do i just use it for show and general purposes?
It has so many uses….wipe the sweat off your brow, instead of on your shirt. When you “ball-hawk” (search for balls in ponds) you can wipe the balls off and put them in your bag. If you’ve got a beer in the bag, towel off the outside so you won’t get your glove wet. And, the list goes on and on. It’s a handy-dandy little gift and deserves a nice thank-you note, or a dinner, or a sports event. or….
Best New Golf Accessories Golf Towels – Amphibian Towel
Answers only from people who have bought or tried them out, please.
My friend bought a pair and we both found them to be pretty dumb. Basically they seem to filter light similar to how things look under a blacklight so that white things show up as brighter. What they don’t mention is that this works for anything that is white or light colored and since you can’t really see very well through these things except color differences it ends up highlighting every little bit of junk on the course and not just balls. This was especially brutal on our regular course as there are a lot of cottonwood trees on the back 9 that dump white fluffy seeds all over the place like snow during this time of year.
Anyone know of any websites where I can get free golf tees to try out as I am really cheap!?
Go to any golf course, preferably one which is private. Walk the 18 tees and guaranteed you will find ample tees to last a considerable time. Those playing the muni courses are cheap as well . Don’t expect to find many full tees there.
