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I'm on my high school golf team and im ranked right around where the cut is does anyone have anytips? I was hitting it today i was doing horible at the driving range. i couldnt drive the ball with a 3 wood and then i used a driver that i bought sunday and i topped it and it made a dent! it was a set of Acuity GS.1. does anyone have any tips?

i shoot in the low 50's on 9 holes.

i have the acuity gs.1 combo set too, and i feel that if i slow down my swing with them, i can get a better knock on the ball. i dont know about you, but the woods especially feel light in my hands, so i have to slow down otherwise i'll lose control. dont get discouraged about the driving range, golf is mostly mental and if you get down on yourslef, you're more likely to end up playing worse. just relax and slow down that swing, you'll notice a difference.

skinsfano28 wrote:i have the acuity gs.1 combo set too, and i feel that if i slow down my swing with them, i can get a better knock on the ball. i dont know about you, but the woods especially feel light in my hands, so i have to slow down otherwise i'll lose control. dont get discouraged about the driving range, golf is mostly mental and if you get down on yourslef, you're more likely to end up playing worse. just relax and slow down that swing, you'll notice a difference.

alright. I got mine at dicks this weekend for a "promotional golf-a-thon"for $180. the driver sucks, i love the hybrid 3i and the irons though. did you driver break YET! lol

EA7649 wrote:I'm on my high school golf team and im ranked right around where the cut is does anyone have anytips? I was hitting it today i was doing horible at the driving range. i couldnt drive the ball with a 3 wood and then i used a driver that i bought sunday and i topped it and it made a dent! it was a set of Acuity GS.1. does anyone have any tips?

i shoot in the low 50's on 9 holes.

Range, range and more range, I used to shoot in the 100's and in the last 10 years I have really droped my score. Now I'm shooting in the mid 80's. Just put in more work, you'll get that score down.

turn your hips, crack your wrists, keep your head down and follow through

grip it and rip it.

air_hog wrote:grip it and rip it.

i was doing that great untill yesterday it was pathetic i was hitting them 50 yards! its maybe b/c of the new clubs. they are "oversized" but im hitting better irons now with the new set. I'll tell you what i shoot tomorow b/c i have a round than

If you're worried about distance, don't. Stop trying to kill the ball, slow down your swing a little bit, and make sure that above all you're making solid contact with the ball. Spend a bit of time working on your form, but try to get a consistent, natural swing that flows.

If you're playing on a course, try teeing off with a low iron (3, 4, or maybe even 5) instead of a wood. You should get a good 180-200+ yds. out of it, which is all you'll need on some courses. It's better to be 180 yards from the pin in the fairway than hitting 4 out of 5 into the woods (but hitting it really far).

Make sure you work on your chipping and putting game a little bit, too. At least enough so that you're relatively comfortable around a green. It's amazing how many strokes get shaved off your game when you start 2-putting consistently.

FanfromAnnapolis wrote:If you're worried about distance, don't. Stop trying to kill the ball, slow down your swing a little bit, and make sure that above all you're making solid contact with the ball. Spend a bit of time working on your form, but try to get a consistent, natural swing that flows.

If you're playing on a course, try teeing off with a low iron (3, 4, or maybe even 5) instead of a wood. You should get a good 180-200+ yds. out of it, which is all you'll need on some courses. It's better to be 180 yards from the pin in the fairway than hitting 4 out of 5 into the woods (but hitting it really far).

Make sure you work on your chipping and putting game a little bit, too. At least enough so that you're relatively comfortable around a green. It's amazing how many strokes get shaved off your game when you start 2-putting consistently.

yeah i was working on chipping and puting and i allready shaved off 11 strokes in 18 holes

Be the ball.

Alright, since chicks don't really dig Golfers you're kind of out of luck, but if they did...

chicks dig the long ball

Well if you score in the high 50's for 9 holes, then you might want to drop Golf and join the tennis team. atleast on the tennis team there are lots of hotties from the girls team you can hit on, esp; on away games.

If your hitting irons well, then leave the driver in the bag, tee off with a 4 or 5 iron to get the contact, then eas yourself into the driver as the season goes on.

EA7649 wrote:I'm on my high school golf team and im ranked right around where the cut is does anyone have anytips?

"Let the big dog eat!!!"

...I always wanted to say that.

I am a little big of an amateur at golf, but I HAVE been given my share of tips.

I'm a pretty big guy, so people always tell me just to slow my swing down and work on making contact like FFA said.

Also, something that helped me get solid drives was to pause for a moment once I reached the height of my swing. I was just putting the whole swing on it, but pausing, looking at the ball and THEN swinging through REALLY helped. In one game I went from being terrible in the first few holes to actually holding my own with these other guys who had all been before.

As far as the short game goes, I used to work at a minigold course, so I was pretty good at that. I don't use any arm strength, just hips and shoulders.

Good luck!

i shot pretty bad but i know what my problem is i stand to far away from the tee. i shot a 55

The ball just wants to go home. His bags are packed, he's ready to go. Send him home.

Why won't you go to your home ball?

Are you too good for your home?

Are you to good for your family?