I recently had my first proper golf lesson in about 20 years with Golf Monthly Top 50 coach Tom Motley, and the absolute magician managed to cure my habitual slice with the click of his fingers.
The tweak is also something that my fellow slicers can practice in the comfort of their own home whenever they have a few minutes.
Since I met with Tom, I’ve been intermittently executing the drill around the house so that when I go down the driving range to practice, my new-look swing feels a little less alien.
And I have to say, in the couple of times I’ve been out to the range and gone through the new technique, the top-level results have been particularly confidence-inducing, especially with my driver.
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I now have a level of control which I didn’t have before and the ball flight is much flatter – something I consider to be a very good thing when I was putting low-flying aircraft in danger previously.
However, I have unsurprisingly discovered something of an issue with all of these new feels and swing thoughts – sometimes I hit a horribly bad shot in a shape that I’ve never seen before.
It could be a disgusting duck hook left, a massive chunk or an arm-tingling thin. The point is, I don’t always have a clue in which direction my golf ball is going to head. And that’s now a real problem.
Prior to the aforementioned lesson, I knew my likely miss was short and right. I had reached the teens in terms of a handicap index and there was something akin to consistency floating around my golf game. Not excellent consistency, but a relatively tight area of ability that allowed me to enjoy playing.
Yet, I knew that if I was to progress any further in terms of my ability, I’d have to go for a lesson (or three) to iron out the kinks and that might lead to some regression in the short-term.
I’m not surprised by the fact I may have taken a couple of steps back for the time being, but I am a little perturbed by the fact I’m now sort of filled with dread every time I even think about going out for a round.
I know I’m going to have to play again at some point if I…
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