Consistent…
…just not the way I want to be consistent.
The last three days I’ve hit a lot of golf balls, working on tempo and trying to get the driver and 3-metal to go straight. Yesterday, I made the discovery that my tempo on the 3-metal and driver were considerably faster than my irons. I found it amazing that I’m swinging with a much faster tempo with the long clubs than with the irons. Another discovery is that I swing the 3i HALO with the same tempo as my irons. Thus, a major reason for my inability to hit the driver and 3-metal is tempo. The other, that Alan pointed out this morning, is my hips are turning too fast, causing me either to block the shot right or hook. The hook has been the bane of my existence for the last few weeks, and on the rare occasion that there is no side spin on the ball, it almost always goes right.
Today, I also had difficulty with the HALO, the 3-metal and the driver with hitting the ball off the toe. As an experiment, I put an impact strip on the HALO and found that I am very consistently hitting the toe of the club (see picture below). The first 4 shots with the club were very consistent and located on the toe of the club near the “1”. After that, I changed where I addressed the ball, toward the toe or toward the heel, and found to my astonishment, that I still hit the toe of the club, barely moving the point of impact toward the center. On a shot or two with the 3-metal, I hit the ball fat off the toe, leaving a path that clearly shows my swing is inside-to-outside.
Much to think about…