My irons have improved this year, but my swing hasn’t felt quite right (especially on drives), so today I sought some professional help in Virginia. I learned that I was doing a few nasty things Hitting the ball off the heel (or near it). Hitting down on the ball (not good for drives), and tilting …
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TPC Potomac
Today I knocked an item off my golf bucket list: Play a course you’ve attended a tournament at. I’ve played lots of courses I’ve seen, but never a course I’ve watched the pros play in person. Playing TPC Potomac was a treat, despite carding a rough 101. The last time I visited the course, I …
Smash factor
It’s a travel day, so I’m doing some reading on smash factor. This number is basically the ratio of ball speed to clubhead speed, so it’s a key indicator of how well you translate power into distance. My average is around 1.38, with the ideal for a driver being just under 1.5 First lesson: “The …
Practice: Swing speed and pitches
Despite nagging pain in both hands from yesterday, I went to the range today for an extended practice session, hitting 200+ balls. Hitting this many balls in an hour and a half will either kill me or increase my endurance on the course, which is lacking. Hoping it does the latter. Most of my practice …
Michael Golfs 