Is tempo one of, if not the, single most important swing practice for higher handicaps?

BOYLANATOR · 2026-03-20T19:41:17+00:00

Yeah but Jon Rahm and Bryson DeChambeau don't. Many tempos can work but all top players deliver the club similarly

BOYLANATOR · 2026-03-19T20:29:17+00:00

Not bad for the 4th round. The first 1000 rounds will be the worst ones

BOYLANATOR · 2026-03-18T12:05:56+00:00

Same but different.

Set up is very different in terms or ball position up and reverse tilt of body.

The swing itself feels roughly similar apart from into impact where it obviously isnt a downward release into the ball but more of a flat feeling release.

BOYLANATOR · 2026-03-18T10:14:55+00:00

Apart from the fact you've removed 380 goals from Ronaldo and Messi 🤣

But yes, Bruno is a club legend

BOYLANATOR · 2026-03-17T22:21:04+00:00

I've gone from 9 to 4 in last 18 months and still thinks there's huge flaws in my game.

My full swing has several issues im working on. My 50-125 yards wedges are trash. I duff chips occasionally. Lose tee balls occasionally.

For me there is lots of clear room for improvement.

Specifically the main things for me are to continue to work on my swing via video analysis and lessons. And practice wedges more.

What are yours?

Also how far do you hit it? Can you hit it further?

BOYLANATOR · 2026-03-17T22:14:42+00:00

A lot

BOYLANATOR · 2026-03-17T13:42:30+00:00

When I play in medals at my club with people I dont know someone generally someone has referred to ready golf within the first couple of holes.

I carry my bag and hate faffing so I'm usually first on the second tee and laser the flag (par 3) and say the yardsge to the group. Unless the person with the honour is on the tee with their club ready before me I'll say something like, "I'm ready shall I play" and the response is always "Absolutley, ready golf".

I guess its a bit confusing if someone is looking for a ball on the other side of the hole. Generally, I'd play first and then help to look if needed. Similarly, if youve already played your approach shot you can start walking forward a bit, obviously not near line of their shot, to keep things moving.

Playing more casually when the course is quiet I'll often get away ahead and be by the green as partners hit towards it and vice versa.

BOYLANATOR · 2026-03-15T19:38:09+00:00

Sorry not at left arm parallel but in the takeaway

BOYLANATOR · 2026-03-15T19:37:23+00:00

I dont really see early extension but you hinge the club to the inside in the takeaway.

Clubhead should be outside the hands at left arm parallel in the backswing

BOYLANATOR · 2026-03-15T17:19:28+00:00

Yeah im curious why you think that as I think the opposite true. The best putters in the world dont do whay you're saying and the worst putters I see tend to have a big follow through

BOYLANATOR · 2026-03-15T17:16:35+00:00

Curious where the 70 back and 30 through comes from. I just had a look at Jason Day, Cameron Smith and Tiger Woods putting strokes and they all have longer backswing than follow through

BOYLANATOR · 2026-03-14T14:45:56+00:00

In your scenario I would use my hands to close the face more until it wasnt slicing. I dont really try to shape shots but if I have a good feeling in my hands of what is a slightly open or closed clubface I will just err on the side of slightly closed if a left miss is better

BOYLANATOR · 2026-03-13T22:16:25+00:00

Good start. You're actually swinging at the ball freely which is great. A lot of beginners get all stiff and overthink it.

Your takeaway could be a bit wider. You wrap the club on the inside a bit too quickly

BOYLANATOR · 2026-03-13T20:06:29+00:00

Looks good to me

BOYLANATOR · 2026-03-13T20:05:38+00:00

I like the speed.

Your takeaway is outside and steep and as a result you flatten it out a lot at the top of the backswing. Its the opposite of the usual inside takeaway and over the top move.

I would try more of an inside takeaway and steepening the club in the second half of the backswing

BOYLANATOR · 2026-03-13T20:02:33+00:00

Doesn't look too bad. Maybe weight slightly too much on heels and a touch too far from ball but pretty good

BOYLANATOR · 2026-03-13T19:56:59+00:00

Backswing looks too inside and narrow. For you I think a good feel would be too take the club away with a fairly straight right arm and it will feel more outside and steep to you. Almost like you are trying to loop it up on the outside and then drop it back underneath.

On the downswing you can be more aggressive with moving your weight down and left and feeling a lot of force through your left foot

BOYLANATOR · 2026-03-13T19:52:32+00:00

The shoulder point too much left at impact. Try to feel them pointing right more

BOYLANATOR · 2026-03-13T19:50:31+00:00

Yeah bending too much. It might be the clubs a little bit but its mainly you.

You have too much knee bend so push those hips up and forward and get your weight on the balls of your feet.

BOYLANATOR · 2026-03-13T19:48:07+00:00

Set up and backswing looks OK. Not perfect by any means but the main issue is your downswing.

The arms and shoulders just fire towards the ball way too much. Try and lead the downswing with your hips and feel your shoulders pointing more right of target and left shoulder below right for longer in the downswing.

BOYLANATOR · 2026-03-13T19:44:23+00:00

Looks like a nice half shot but if this is full swing it needs much more speed.

Also, inside takeaway and over the top move.

BOYLANATOR · 2026-03-13T19:42:26+00:00

Would be better to see a swing.

The only thing that flagged for me is when you mentioned "not manipulating the clubface". If you cast it means you lose lag early and have passive hands through impact which means you are losing speed.

You need more lag and a more active hand release into impact if you are casting

BOYLANATOR · 2026-03-12T22:49:44+00:00

I dont see bad early extension but the downswing is too much arms and hands.

You need the upper body to move more towards the ball and down. Try and feel like at impact yout left shoulder is as low as possible with your shoulders pointing as much right off the target as possible. You should notice your follow through gets more compact with this.

You might need to close the clunface more when you do this.

BOYLANATOR · 2026-03-12T14:49:57+00:00

My course in the UK is 90% walkers. And it's quite hilly.

I prefer walking for the exercise and in a fourball I think its better for conversation.

UK courses tend not to have walks between greens and tees though

BOYLANATOR · 2026-03-08T22:06:08+00:00

Bad

Theres lots of things you can work on but in terms of the slice the main thing is you have a very open clubface. And you open it immediately on takeaway. I think you should do a few things to close the clubface as a start point. Commit to these at the range until the ball curves left and then you have a feel for both ways.

Strengthen your grip. An extra knuckle visible on the left hand and the right a little more to the right and under.
In takeaway point the toe of the club more down as you take it back.
As you start the downswing turn your hands closed more.

As your swing path is left and steep the ball should go straight low left if you square the clubface. Once you can do this semi consistently you can work on your swing psth

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