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tpluff said:
I learned that customers, much like Internet golfers, overexaggerate their perceived distances. 285 typical distance with a driver quickly turns into 95 mph 220 yard drives real quick on a monitor. It makes me laugh inside but I can't show it when I tell customers this driver is no better lol.
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Every time I go into the shop I see this. Lol used to be me too a little more than 2 years ago! Now I realize that if I carry it 250, I really struck it well.

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SkiBumGolfer said:
Every time I go into the shop I see this. Lol used to be me too a little more than 2 years ago! Now I realize that if I carry it 250, I really struck it well.

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I don't do it to try and embarrass them. Our sim is old but legit and not juiced in any way. I make sure of it. I typically pass it off as a cramped space and you feel like you're gonna hit something which makes you swing slower, but I've not seen that to be the case.
 
That having a fade setting on the driver doesn't necessarily mean you will fade it. Good times with the GBB.
 
I learned that a lot of my chipping woes come from me being all arms even though I feel like I'm rotating my shoulders back and thru. Thanks to @dhartmann34 for the tip. I need to make sure I keep those shoulders turning.
 
Rambler said:
I learned that a lot of my chipping woes come from me being all arms even though I feel like I'm rotating my shoulders back and thru. Thanks to @dhartmann34 for the tip. I need to make sure I keep those shoulders turning.
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Yeah you get all out of whack when you're just using those forearms. Gotta feel the shoulders getting a little rotation like I said. You'll get it.


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Swing smooth and easy = hit it much better.
 
kerrmoore said:
That the shanks I've been battling for the last few weeks were grip related rather than swing related.
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Careful, shanks come from closing the distance between you and the ball. This related to your body movement and arm swing. Glad you found a grip but that didn't fix you. They just went away, like they always do.
 
Tadashi70 said:
Careful, shanks come from closing the distance between you and the ball. This related to your body movement and arm swing. Glad you found a grip but that didn't fix you. They just went away, like they always do.
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Thanks for the advice, I'd tried so many things to try to fix this. My grip had definitely changed from where I was a month ago - my right thumb had moved round to the right side of club and I think this resulted in me hooding the club face over the ball at impact - if I wasn't hitting a shank I was usually a mile left of target. Appreciate your notes above - my swing had definitely gone south as well ... At least partly due to panic every time I stood over an iron shot!
 
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