My game feels better and better each week. Since lesson 9 I’ve been to the course for a few practice sessions working on my short game. Chipping and pitching still need a lot of work and I’ll need to put in some solid time to get more comfortable with the putting changes. Baby steps.

A lot of the changes to my swing have become natural. I no longer need to think about limiting my hip and shoulder turn on the back swing, which is something I’ve always struggled with. I could limit my shoulder turn even more, but it’s not too much of a turn to be a big concern when I have other pieces to work on.

Yesterday I had my 10th and final lesson inside GolfTEC. Below is my first swing during the lesson.

Here’s my swing at the end of the lesson.

My coach went over a couple of review points and some final keys to work on.

• Imagine a box starting at the ankles and going straight up. At address the lower body should be relatively centered and the upper body tilted to the right. My lower body was leaning to the right with the upper body.
• I started to sway to the right with my knees on the back swing again. Keep a stable lower body.
• In order to keep from missing iron shots off the toe, get the hands ahead of the club more at impact. Make sure to rotate the wrists here to square the club face otherwise the ball can only go to the right. Short game work on keeping the hands ahead should help this.
• Watch out for the cupped left wrist at the top of the back swing. This can lead to the slices with the driver.

In addition to yesterday’s lesson I went out and played 9 holes with my coach this morning. It was a casual round and not an official playing lesson or anything, but I was able to get some tips out on the course. It was the first time he was able to see my ball flight, so it was a great opportunity to learn even more. I had to wake up for a 6:45 tee time but it was well worth it.

• With the driver I have a tendency to have my shoulders open at address. I can also have my feet aligned more to the right of where I think I’m aiming. These two things can lead to a slice or a double cross.
• Make sure not to get flippy on chip and pitch shots.
• Square the club face with shorter full shots like the wedges. I had short shot usually means the club face was open at impact.
• When the ball is below the feet tendency is to have an open club face at impact. Closed club face when ball is above the feet. This is more the cause for hitting left or right than a slice/hook in those lies.

I really wish there was a GolfTEC in the Saginaw area so I could continue working with them this summer. It’s been great taking the lessons and now it’s up to me to put in the practice time when I get home.

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