I'll try this. I'm 74 years old. In decent shape. Used to drive consistently 225-235. Last couple of years best drives are 210. I tend to try to get speed from body and arms. My buddy who is 66 years old and 5'8" and 160 lbs. hits it 235 - 245. I think he uses his hands and wrists way more than I do. He seems to stop hip rotation at impact and fling his hands.
These days my golf swing seems more like a process than it used to. It takes longer and the ball goes farther and straighter, and I am actually finishing club flopping over on my back. It feels all feel. Golf is a journey so just keep walking forward. Thanks, Steve, for your many years of tips and videos. One thing that I would add would that being such a lousy driver of the ball for so long I am great at scrambling. But it does feel great to hit the ball well off the tee.
I am a puller 7-8 handicapper only hit 210 yard drives… this is really helping me …been doing this for a week, hitting some drivers 250 now…just need repetition.
They always taught us that the arms must LAG behind! Lag behind the hips and chest rotation! Now with your lesson, I am learning this is true of the left arm, but not entirely true of the right arm... About my swing, I was definitely a puller and would pull the shots left. They would start left, be pulled further left and then draw even more left. I got into the habit of checking every swing, because I could keep the ball in play--it would still go left--if I checked the swing. However, if I finished the swing, it would go so far left as to find trouble. With this change, I am hitting my drive straighter, and without much effort gaining about 30yds.
Hey steve, Just want to know your thoughts on why my practice swings as i turn and throw the club are perfect with plenty of forward lean but as i hit the ball the shaft is completely vertical. Just want to know why do you think this is happening when i feel what im feeling in my practice swing. Thanks 👍
That's the only position you know how to hit a ball squarely - so far. Two things have to change....practice at slower speed to have more conscious control, and 2, williingness to hit a bunch of terrible shots without caring until you get it.
I hit roughly 180-200 so I hope this is salient content! Yes, I'm 70 but I hit the gym roughly 3 times a week and don't feel/look 70. So, my observation of when you "throw the club head" involves a full spectrum rotation of your wrists. It starts with the left wrist high (on top) and ends with the right wrist high (on top). From the on-set, that introduces another variable to my swing and now I wonder how I get all the pieces/parts of this sequence to synchronize perfectly at contact? In-other-words, it "appears" harder to me. I have to try this. I have a game tomorrow and the following day. I'm eager to see this in action! Thank you.
