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I spent Wednesday - Saturday getting lessons from my uncle up in Glen Arbor and I couldn't put it together over there since none of the lessons were really on a driving range so I couldn't test out what he was saying and really getting a grasp of it.
Got back to Illinois, bought 110 balls at the range. Sliced the absolute **** out of the first half.
Then I took a step back. He kept telling me I was getting ahead of the ball...he was dead right, I just couldn't figure out what he was meaning.
So I thought back to baseball...I watched the video, watched him swing...and I finally realized I wasn't extending my arms and it was causing my hands to be behind the ball which was causing me to stand up which was causing me to do all sorts of things wrong.
Started really extending my arms, my main swing thought...and suddenly I was just crushing the ball. The last 15 balls I hit 300+ dead straight...a few with a bit of a pull/hook.
Today...I had to hit one about 335 dead down the fairway on hole 2 (took a horrible lie on a sand trap rough where I had no shot...but it was the furthest I ever hit the ball)...
Par 5 I hit one about 330 that put me 170 from the pin and drilled it to within 10 feet.
This was the first time in my life that my driver was getting over 300. It was all due to me reverting back to baseball (I hit lefty) and just figuring out I needed to load up and extend my arms my uncle just couldn't quite find those words...really helped when I watched him and thought about what my baseball swing was back in the day.
I've spent a lot of time on my golf game this summer so my swing was good I just didn't have the right swing plane and swing thoughts...
gonna hit the range tomorrow at lunch and build on today...I've finally hit a breakthrough and am pretty thrilled.
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