Originally Posted by justjim (Post 726915)

You are doing the right thing by taking a lesson----may need a couple. I have been inconsistent for about six months now and need a couple of lessons myself. I found over the years that I sometimes have what Gary Player calls "paralysis of analysis". You might try playing a couple of rounds without thinking so much and just hit the ball and have some fun and see what happens.

Originally Posted by murray607 (Post 726660)

This is the second time this has happened to me in the past 3 years.

I am a 15 handicap playing decent golf (mid-80's to low 90's) as low as 82 until a couple weeks ago. Went out on first hole and birdied, parred #2 then came the bad stuff, finished with a 99!. I thought well it is just one game, but next day I am 104 then 106 and so it has gone on.

Initially I was topping my fairway woods and ok with driver and irons, then my irons started to also be an issue, as I was shanking and topping them too.
Driver was still ok as was my putter.

Yes, I am booked in with the pro.....but..............

I guess most people have gone through this at one time or another. 3 years ago a couple buckets of balls got me back on track, but this time I can't figure it out.

My swing doesn't seem to have changed and my tempo seems ok.

For those of you who have gone through this, what was likely cause? What checks have you instilled in yourself at set up etc. to prevent this happening again?

Originally Posted by Bonny (Post 726949)

I'm a Tiger lover ! :boxing2: I watch what he has been through. One week he wins the tournament & next week, he doesn't make the cut. Not just him, many of the big names of golf. It really is, the game of golf. I think we all kind of have that love hate relationship. LOL

Originally Posted by Golfer in Sanibel (Post 726997)

I quit playing golf for 18 years. Prior to that I was a 12 handicap. When I started up again, 5 years ago, I had spells of topping the ball and the same symptoms you describe until this spring. Shooting in the 90s and 100s. Joey Haydock found the reason. At the top of my backswing I was straightening my right knee. He said that I had about 6/10s of a second to raise it and about 2/10s of a second to get back down. I could get down some times and others I couldn't. Have someone video you and watch your right knee.

I couldn't feel the leg straighten. He had me stick a shaft in the ground at about a 45 degree angle so it went across the front of my left shin and behind my right knee. If I straightened my right knee the shaft would press on my left shin. I did about 50 swings a day like this for about ten days and have mostly fixed the problem. Also, I have shortened my backswing. I'm now a 17 and declining and playing my best golf since I restarted playing.

Good luck.

Originally Posted by ivanhoe (Post 727244)

WATCH THE CLUB HEAD STRIKE THE BALL!

All your symptoms indicate address and vision correction needs.
Determine dominate eye and get your nose out of the shot!
Watch too for "flying right elbow" (assuming u r right handed player).

Originally Posted by murray607 (Post 727292)

The right elbow is ok, but you may have something with the eye thing. I am right eye dominant and try to focus on a spot about 4-6 inches behind the ball

Originally Posted by murray607 (Post 726660)

This is the second time this has happened to me in the past 3 years.

I am a 15 handicap playing decent golf (mid-80's to low 90's) as low as 82 until a couple weeks ago. Went out on first hole and birdied, parred #2 then came the bad stuff, finished with a 99!. I thought well it is just one game, but next day I am 104 then 106 and so it has gone on.

Initially I was topping my fairway woods and ok with driver and irons, then my irons started to also be an issue, as I was shanking and topping them too.
Driver was still ok as was my putter.

Yes, I am booked in with the pro.....but..............

I guess most people have gone through this at one time or another. 3 years ago a couple buckets of balls got me back on track, but this time I can't figure it out.

My swing doesn't seem to have changed and my tempo seems ok.

For those of you who have gone through this, what was likely cause? What checks have you instilled in yourself at set up etc. to prevent this happening again?

Originally Posted by deltaguy (Post 731136)

Age old remedy: Take two weeks off, then quit!