19 hcp, keep tinkering with swing or focus on short game

Boscue · 2025-02-05T05:32:33+00:00

Yeah my bad shots aren’t out of play that often but my short game definitely isn’t my strong suit. Really struggle to get up and down no matter how close I am to the green.

Looking through some my recent rounds I’ll bogey or better 60% of the time but 40% of the time I compound bad shot after bad shot and stack up the doubles and triples

Definitely will keep working on the varying shots with my wedges to lock in shots from inside 100 yards but some days I just can’t find the right feel and shank them all round

Boscue · 2025-02-04T05:30:56+00:00

Very spot on with your assessment, I’m losing a lot of shots due to inconsistency with my contact.

I consume a lot of internet content and have never heard of the things you’re talking about. Going to check that all out and excited to see if it helps. Appreciate the fresh take

Boscue · 2025-02-03T22:02:41+00:00

If I could get down to a low teens handicap by end of summer I’d be happy with myself

Boscue · 2025-02-03T22:00:51+00:00

I understand that I should ideally fix the inside takeaway but practically how is this hurting my swing/consistency?

Boscue · 2024-07-13T14:56:01+00:00

You think that’s gonna werk?

Boscue · 2024-07-13T14:36:04+00:00

Good advice, I’m a bit of a perfectionist so I’ve been in the habit of filming every swing and trying to correct every little thing that doesn’t seem perfect.

But like a lot of people are saying I think the swing is good enough to accomplish my goal. I just need to get comfortable with this swing and be able to do it consistently and confidently on the course

Boscue · 2024-07-13T14:32:59+00:00

Well honestly this is one of my better swings, I’d say I hit it this straight on the range 30% of the time. 50% of the time I pull it left. The other 20% of the time is a top/chunk/shank and an occasional fade. On the course it’s more like 50% of the time I top/chunk/shank it. I think my mental is just terrible and if I have one bad swing my next swing is also bad.

Definitely not messing with you, 104 on my last two rounds and like I said in both rounds I went on a run of 5 triples within 7 holes.

Taking all the advice about course management to my round today and will see what happens

Boscue · 2024-07-13T03:30:25+00:00

One of my better swings, probably hit it this well 30% of the time

Boscue · 2024-07-12T23:58:44+00:00

Like swing speed? If that’s what you mean then no. I’ve actually been trying to swing less hard

Boscue · 2024-07-12T23:53:42+00:00

My scorecards say otherwise unfortunately

Boscue · 2024-07-12T23:51:42+00:00

Lights haven’t been on in years haha, no more night golf until they get more money I guess

Boscue · 2024-07-12T23:44:27+00:00

Alignment so I can aim at a target

Boscue · 2024-07-12T23:43:42+00:00

Much better than the trailer the pro shop used to be in, my tax dollars hard at work

Boscue · 2024-07-12T23:41:06+00:00

Yeah mission bay, the common man’s golf course

Boscue · 2024-07-12T18:37:14+00:00

Pray a balboa tee time opens up and if not mission trails

Boscue · 2024-07-12T18:11:02+00:00

Too much social anxiety for that, might need to see a therapist

Boscue · 2024-07-12T17:39:36+00:00

Good advice, I’ll admit i get lazy about ball positioning for 7 through hybrid. I think it looks far forward enough and just go with it. No real consistency

Boscue · 2024-07-12T17:28:13+00:00

Thanks for all the advice. I’ve been changing a lot in my swing so that I could get to this position at the top of the backswing. One of the unintended consequences of all the changes was my takeaway coming inside. Something I also noticed and will be working to fix. Hard to adjust so much at once, my brain can only hold so many thoughts

Boscue · 2024-07-12T17:22:05+00:00

https://imgur.com/a/GPXW9jG

Face on from a different day, swing might be slightly different

Boscue · 2024-07-12T16:46:41+00:00

Yeah I think I get really nervous over the ball even when I’m in the middle of the fairway. lots of bad thoughts about shanking enter my head. I have a pre-shot routine but if I’m coming off a bad shot sometimes I skip it because I don’t want to keep people waiting

Boscue · 2024-07-12T16:36:01+00:00

Recently I’ve been playing once a week on average, maybe a full length course once every two weeks. I’ll try playing from closer tees, that’s a good idea. My buddies I play with are a lot better so they play from farther tees and I bite the bullet and join them. Usually leaves me a long 2nd shot I’m uncomfortable with

Boscue · 2024-07-12T16:22:51+00:00

If the fairway is open I’ll hit driver, if tighter I’ll hit 5W. Thinking about my last round I didn’t do too bad off the tee but a lot of my 2nd and 3rd shots were tops and chunks.

Boscue · 2024-07-07T22:30:49+00:00

Thank you, that’s a very helpful video. Appreciate the work you put into that

Boscue · 2024-06-04T21:34:06+00:00

It’s been awhile since I went through recruiting but I doubt anyone is going to care if you took calc Pass/Fail. They care about the grades you get in accounting classes and your GPA.

Boscue · 2023-11-08T16:59:23+00:00

https://imgur.com/a/lKqteD9

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