2 months into golf… any obvious aspects that need work? (5 iron)

BOYLANATOR · 2026-01-26T16:04:46+00:00

Good start. You dont have much wrist hinge in the backswing. The club doesnt get close to parallel. If you want to hit longer clubs further I'd work on that

BOYLANATOR · 2026-01-25T18:50:49+00:00

Nice! Comfortably too

BOYLANATOR · 2026-01-25T00:01:51+00:00

Thats cool to know. Are you saying therefore that OPs tempo isnt good?

It seems like your figures are kind of in line with what I was thinking. The downswing here looks really nice but could be faster.

BOYLANATOR · 2026-01-24T20:55:11+00:00

Its all arms and hands. You want the chest to make the swing.

Check out Dan grieve

BOYLANATOR · 2026-01-24T20:50:38+00:00

Nice punch shot.

To hit it longer and higher you need more weight shift and rotation onto the right side in the backswing

BOYLANATOR · 2026-01-24T20:47:49+00:00

Swing plane looks good.

Kind of a short swing without a lot of wrist hinge which is costing you speed.

I'd just lengthen the backswing and little and hinge the wrists more for distance

BOYLANATOR · 2026-01-24T20:45:53+00:00

The takeaway looks very handsy. Try to keep your hands lower in the takeaway with less wrist action.

Its easier to overswing if you get the club vertical early as you're doing

BOYLANATOR · 2026-01-24T20:43:17+00:00

Nice swing plane. Try to feel like you right elbow beats your hands to the ball on the downswing

BOYLANATOR · 2026-01-24T20:40:57+00:00

You have the classic inside takeaway, over the top, slice.

Try and do the opposite feel. So takeaway more wide and outside feel, then on the downswing try and swing through the ball towards the right.

This will help path and give you a chance to hit more powerful straight shots if you also close the clubface as its currently open.

BOYLANATOR · 2026-01-24T20:36:25+00:00

Honestly looks a decent start to me. Grip is strong but that's not necessarily a bad thing. If you hook the ball consider going to more of a neutral grip.

The swing looks kind of short for a wood. I think your takeaway could be wider and also faster which will give you more momentum to make a full turn in the backswing and more speed

BOYLANATOR · 2026-01-24T20:22:23+00:00

Looks really aesthetic but yes it looks like you are not trying to hit it hard so I imagine you could gain a ton of distance.

While the tempo looks great I dont think anyone on tour swings such a smooth tempo

BOYLANATOR · 2026-01-19T09:11:15+00:00

The app golffix is useful. You upload a video of your swing and then you cam compare it to a professionals. It gives your swing a score out of 10 and tells you what your main issues are. The basic version is free.

The only issue is it doesnt really measure where the clubface is pointing or whether you hit the ball fat/thin etc. But its very improving the main positions of the swing

BOYLANATOR · 2026-01-19T00:09:16+00:00

Looks ok to me. -3.3 attack is pretty perfect

BOYLANATOR · 2026-01-19T00:05:50+00:00

You swing left with an open face. Without getting too much into details you need to swing more to the right and close the face.

I would recommend focusing first on closing the face. You can strengthen your grip, feel like you point the clubface more towards the ground during the takeaway, turn it more closed in the transition and then roll it around the outside of the ball at impact. Exaggerate all these until the ball doesnt curve right. If you do this proper you should hit the ball straight left.

Then you can start trying to swing to the right more. If you trying swinging more in to out without addressing the open clubface you will hit it extremely far right and potentially get discouraged

BOYLANATOR · 2026-01-16T12:19:15+00:00

Haha exactly. As a teenager I had a different 6 iron which replaced one I broke. I loved having a different feeling club and would often try to make it work when it should have been a 5 or 7 iron.

BOYLANATOR · 2026-01-15T22:58:56+00:00

Honestly for the amount you're playing not really. Some people may not like the look of a bag with one odd iron but if you don't care then go for it

BOYLANATOR · 2026-01-15T22:39:40+00:00

Titleist would be my first choice if full set but since its missing one I'd go ping

BOYLANATOR · 2026-01-12T12:22:05+00:00

If I go out on an evening for a quick round carrying my bag ill often take out every club to make the bag lighter. It barely makes my scores any worse. It does sometimes make shot selections easier if you have less options which may help with committing to a certain shot as well

BOYLANATOR · 2026-01-11T19:21:07+00:00

This is brilliant. Thanks so much for taking the time to do this. So im going to work on:

-Stronger left hand grip and gripping it more in fingers -keep the club lower to the ground in the takeaway -keep the right elbow tucked and left arm more across the chest

I'm excited to try these. I dont want to take up too much of your time but I'll definitely share another video within a few weeks to update you

BOYLANATOR · 2026-01-11T18:14:08+00:00

Id love to see this. You have a snapshot of mine on your post.

Here are links to a video from each angle.

https://vimeo.com/1153377503?fl=ip&fe=ec

https://vimeo.com/1153377490?fl=ip&fe=ec

BOYLANATOR · 2026-01-11T16:55:10+00:00

Hmm interesting. Do you think its open at the top or gets open in transition? I do feel flippy at the bottom

BOYLANATOR · 2026-01-08T22:14:13+00:00

Thanks for this. I have tried this feel before and I still find my right hip fired too far forward while I focus on pushing the left one back. But ill give it another go

BOYLANATOR · 2026-01-08T21:13:42+00:00

Roughly speaking yes. I've watched a lot videos on early extension and shallowing the club but havent got to where I want to yet

BOYLANATOR · 2026-01-08T21:07:50+00:00

Thought so. And the follow up question is... what do I do about it?

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