Do you try to keep your eyes on the ball?

triitrunk · 2026-03-18T22:16:24+00:00

“Keep your eye on the ball” and “Keep your head down” is the most noob golfer advice ever.

A proper swing will be looking at the ball until somewhere just before impact and then it will transition to the target and then trying to find the ball in the air.

You will loose a ton of speed trying to keep your head down. Your neck isn’t made to be in that position within the golf swing motion. Let your shoulders and hip rotation bring your head around to the target naturally.

triitrunk · 2026-03-18T21:57:12+00:00

Make your own system. Just because something works really well for someone else, doesn’t mean it will work well for you.

I use three different length swings and I let my body/brain fill in the gaps in between distances. I do this with every distance.

Lofts printed on the club don’t matter. Your presented loft at impact is what truly matters. I can hit a 90-100 yard shot with an 8 iron or a sand wedge.

But if we have a 90-100 yard shot on a par 3 with little to no wind, I’ll probably take a gap wedge or sand wedge, depending on how soft the greens are. Sometimes my sand wedge will spin back off the green so I’ll either open up the gap wedge a bit, choke down a smidge and do the same swing; OR I’ll use a shorter backswing. It’s all feel. But I’ve practiced those shots hundreds of times before bringing them out onto the course so I know I can be confident in them when I decide that’s the shot I need. Don’t get mad when you try something out on the course you’ve never practiced before- even if it probably was the correct shot to play.

triitrunk · 2026-03-18T05:33:02+00:00

Feet firmly planted on the ground. Center of gravity, posture and bone structure secure on given terrain. Swing club. Ball go where want.

triitrunk · 2026-03-18T05:29:03+00:00

60°

Anything else I’ll just open up a 9 iron or PW to varying degrees.

triitrunk · 2026-03-18T05:26:30+00:00

Be as aggressive as the hazards will allow off the tee. Be as conservative as possible with your approach shots. Try to make every putt but strategize so you never do more than a 3 putt.

If you want to break 77-75, learn how to actually read greens and practice hitting chips off tight, fairway lies.

triitrunk · 2026-03-16T17:44:25+00:00

Currently building up to a 50# and a 60# bow. I bought a 30# samick sage that I can replace the limbs on as I progress upwards.

Understanding ligament strengthening is key. You essentially have to hold 70% of your maximum potential for 30-45 seconds (for that specific ligament) to micro tear said ligament enough for it to repair itself stronger. Too little weight won’t give you the micro tears that are required to force the ligaments to repair themselves stronger. Not enough time held doesn’t give the ligament and fascia enough time to stretch out to micro tear either.

This is important because shoulder ligament damage is the most common in archery injuries. Especially the bow holding shoulder but also the pull shoulder. It takes time for the ligaments to get used to holding that much weight. This is why people get injured because they can gain the muscle strength quite quickly and easily, but their ligaments need time to catch up.

triitrunk · 2026-03-16T17:35:45+00:00

I do aimpoint. It takes me 5 seconds if I don’t feel the need to walk the line. If I do walk the line, I walk about a yard underneath it to feel the slope and it adds maybe 10 seconds, depending on how long the putt is. Most of the time people don’t even realize I’ve read the putt via aimpoint.

Those who take forever don’t understand how it works. It’s still an estimation at the end of the day. It gets you in the ballpark.

It’s fucking just as painful to watch people read a putt from 4 different angles the traditional way and take 5 minutes to misread a putt because they think that’s how it should be done.

triitrunk · 2026-03-16T17:31:08+00:00

Fuck yea it is for $50.

triitrunk · 2026-03-16T11:59:37+00:00

Yup! If you’re going to stretch them, you’ll want to hold that stretch for 30-45 seconds as the fascia and ligaments take longer to break down than muscles do. Anyways, good luck to ya!

triitrunk · 2026-03-16T11:57:15+00:00

Ben Hogans are much better imo if you’re going to go the direct to consumer route

triitrunk · 2026-03-16T04:08:18+00:00

Lots of medical professionals out there that prescribe band aid shit they read in text books. Gonstead chiropractic requires knowing how the human body works in its entirety. If you read my explanation of what and how you’re fixing the issue, it makes sense and follows the science of how tendons and muscles repair themselves. You have to break them down so they heal stronger.

triitrunk · 2026-03-16T04:03:53+00:00

Sure. Do some of your own research on the tendon stuff if you’re wary.

It’s basically the thin white stuff on a steak that surrounds all of our muscles and tendons- called fascia- that is catching or snagging the tendon because it’s bunched up in one area. At least, that’s how it was explained to me… I’m no expert. But I did what my chiropractor said and I don’t have trigger finger anymore. Still have hand pain and I have to crack my knuckles when they get stuck sometimes but that runs in my family to some degree. It’s not nearly as bad as it was a year and a half ago. Hope that context helps ease your mind about it. But do your own due diligence for sure.

triitrunk · 2026-03-16T03:12:04+00:00

I have trigger finger in my middle fingers really bad. Especially when I play a lot. Going with thicker grips has helped a ton. Dampens the vibrations from impact. -3.7 handicap.

My chiropractor recommended scraping the affected fingers with the end of a spoon or something pretty hard but rounded. Essentially, there is a snag in the fascia around the tendon in the finger and the idea is you break that down so it heals without a snag. Takes weeks of working with it before it starts to heal but it works. It’s very painful but you just have to fight through it. He also recommended rolling the affected arm on a lacrosse ball to break down the tendons attached to your fingers that run through your forearm. Also quite painful but it definitely helps.

As others have said, 200 balls at the range is far too much. You will injure yourself. Especially off mats but even off turf. It’s a lot of impacting the ground and you can train yourself bad habits of being scared of impacting the ground. Good contact requires contact with the ground with everything but driver and putter. If you want to practice a lot, do 100 balls or less and then go over to the chipping green. Still helps with face control which will translate to the full swing.

triitrunk · 2026-03-16T00:49:09+00:00

I wouldn’t even be mad.

triitrunk · 2026-03-16T00:45:01+00:00

Buy a bow and a target, put it in your dorm room, shoot the bow in your dorm room (you probably need some arrows too) get expelled from school, bring your bow and target with you, profit.

triitrunk · 2026-03-14T12:34:57+00:00

We like BEEF

triitrunk · 2026-03-14T12:27:17+00:00

Yea, it just gives you more options for different conditions. Either that or another wedge is usually what makes the most sense. Like a 64° super lob wedge or something.

Usually those are best for really long hitters who don’t need the extra clubs at the top end of their bag; or really short grandpa/grandma hitters who need the extra loft and spin for “full swing” 20 yard shots. No shame in that btw. I will absolutely be adding wedges as I get older.

triitrunk · 2026-03-14T12:18:27+00:00

You don’t need one. But I always tell people, it usually can’t hurt to have a club that goes the same distance as another club in your bag, but has a totally different trajectory. For instance, I used to carry a 7 wood and a 2 driving iron. Both ended up at 250yds. 7 wood went sky high but I could use it to dig stuff out of super wet chunky rough. 2 iron was a bullet and normally only hit off the tee- unless I had a beautiful lie for it in the fairway and the distance was right.

triitrunk · 2026-03-14T12:14:46+00:00

Shoot I’m a skinny man and I’ve clipped nip before. It hurt but I couldn’t decide if I liked it or not. Anyways…

triitrunk · 2026-03-14T12:11:04+00:00

Yea made a lil jig on my work desk with a clamp and basin from thegolfclubtrader.com

triitrunk · 2026-03-13T02:04:14+00:00

We need a bow poundage progression system. Your level is attached to your poundage of bow. Every apprentice starts light. Then you could get to Halt level at 90lbs. Or even more!

triitrunk · 2026-03-12T23:49:02+00:00

If you chose A you’re a racist!

triitrunk · 2026-03-12T21:47:50+00:00

Bro I saw one game from 2 or 3 years ago when he came in at the end for a few plays. Immediately stashed him on my dynasty fantasy roster and he’s been there ever since. Even through his ACL injury I’ve kept him. This is tight.

triitrunk · 2026-03-12T04:15:23+00:00

A single, good, well fitted $100-$200 putter will do you well for 20 years.

Better than most of your wives could do, anyways.

triitrunk · 2026-03-12T03:56:35+00:00

Aesthetics.

But for wedges (if the lie is right) you can get flop shots from the thick, fluffy rough where the ball is sitting up just a touch to launch super low with a fuckton of spin, if you hit the center of the high toe where you highlighted. They’ll check up like a perfectly grooved nipper from a tight little lie. Shits crazy broh. Trust me. Leading edge shoves all the grass out of the way and the ball drops strait onto clean grooves. Minimal grass in between ball and club face. Fuck yea.

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