Originally Posted by Bumpy
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I suspect that you need to address the massive rotor if you have distance 'issues' when swinging. If a full correct shoulder turn were easy for everybody, then, according to a statistic I made up for this post, 80% of the population wouldn't suck at golf.
Bumpy
Edit: I went back and read some of your posts. You appear to be focusing on the downswing. You either have your backswing (the hard part for older golfers) down cold or you have a blind spot.
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Bumpy, Lynn gave me the proper MacDonald drills when I met with him and the whole alignments of swinging. Just a little lift of my knee or a Right Forearm Takeaway and I am good. My deal is distance.
I am in the middle of the fairway a lot, but not in the middle of the green unless I use an angle hinge and angle of approach from an RFT or use an aiming point and pull the handle to the desired point on the ball, and the ground is hard. With those thing my best score is 76.
I am demanding a lot from TGM because I believe it has lots of insight and answers. Today, I turned my back fully to the target as Whip suggested and pivoted on my left heel sending my hip around back of me with my angle hinge lined up. I was in the middle of the fairway all day but could not control my second shot. Ball position was off I'm sure. I was shooting a 10 yard draw all day and I was running into sand and off the green etc. My chips mostly saved me and my vertically un-cocking left wrist made easy work out of the sand (hitting out of the sand is good too imho).
I know the deal is in the hands and hinges. I would just like to hit the odd 7 or 8 iron to the green on 400 yard plus holes instead of figuring out where to bounce my hybrid into the hole. Turning my back to the hole with my back swing seems powerful and full. Maybe a little right heel lift or an aim-point pulling the handle to the back of the ball.
Hope y'all are playing this weekend and holiday.
By the way, it's a political season and I just thought I'd mention what a thoughtful and moving speech I thought Mr. Romney gave in a week of good speeches. Of course doing good is needed but I liked his speech and keep thinking of it. Seems like a nice family. Best wishes to everyone's family, our armed forces, and first responders.
God bless all of us.
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I shot an 85 after throwing away a few shorter putts but the best the round could have been was an 80 or so.