[innercityteacher]

Hi guys! I hope you are having a pleasant day and outside doing fun golfing things!

As you know, I have an artificial hip, metal rod, and left (front) leg 1.5" shortness.

My GSEB has been encouraging me to fire my hips which has added power and compression to my shots.

Today, I practiced bringing my back shoulder up and around which put me on plane, and then leading with my front shoulder feeling up then around. The club seemed to point at my sternum. The shots made me feel like Jack Niclaus or Moe Norman. Checking in the mirror behind me, the club seemed to ride the shoulder plane. The ball travelled well with a little fade. I felt like I was hitting the ball with my left shoulder.However,I couldn't find the compression I had yesterday.


In contrast, as I got tired, I flattened the clubs standing farther away from the ball but still on right forearm plane and pointed them at my belly button, then turned on that belly button back and through. The club was much lower but on plane and seemed to follow the height of my elbows. That felt more powerful still, and it felt like my elbows were glued to my sides of my ribs. The power and pop was about a club longer and it felt like I was hitting with a horiz. hinge. As long as I watched the ball with a firm head, the ball was long and straight. After a couple of swings, I felt like I was hitting the ball with my right forearm.

I think I turn my hips more by rotating my belly button than by turning my shoulders.

Can someone explain if they have experienced something similar, or maybe it is an artificial hip thing? Can you tell me if you have gone through these stages on your way to shooting lower scores? Maybe I'm just fatigued by stuff but I feel like their is something obvious I just cannot grasp that will move me to a legit single HCP player. Suggestions?


Patrick

Sounds like some "Booty Dance".