I’ve been casually golfing since I was around 13 years old when my Uncle took me to the driving range for the first time. Since the, I’ve been chasing that perfect swing. In 2024, I played by first couple rounds.

Tips

Some tips that I found work for me on getting those pure hits:

  • Keep the club head perfectly in plane by almost emulating a half swing with your arms, with the rest of the movement coming from the torso
  • Remember to drive with your hips
  • Stand a little wider on drives than you usually do
  • Remember to rotate your hips (turning) instead of moving them laterally (I sometimes forget to do this, but its so important for good contact)
  • Swing such that you get a pec stretch on your left chest when you finish like the golf influencers
  • Keep your stance narrower than you’d think for your driver which makes you stand tall and make better contact with the ball
  • Driving
    • Lie your club face flat
    • Position yourself where your hands naturally fall and grip the club
    • You want to push your elbows upwards almost like oyu are over-extending them to keep your arms straight
    • Rotate your hips backwards loading them
    • Drive down with your hips and follow through
  • Ethan says that you should be reaching out in front of you when you drive (45 degrees NE), then cocking your wrist and driving with your hips through the ball… I should try this out at some point
  • Keep your arms straight in your downswing, like really tense them!
  • Pull your club with your right forearm like your flexing your right forearm, it should feel like a spring when you load it up and release it down (eh this is a hit or a miss)
  • Pull your right shoulder blade back like you are doing a dumbbell row and pull the club into yourself and swing down, this creates great contact
  • The takeaway: bring your arms straight back with a lock front elbow, the cue for the next part is getting your lead shoulder to touch your chin, your trail elbow should be pointing at the ground instead of flared
  • December 14 2024 (Tested in Grandpa’s basement driving range✅)
  • On the up swing, lock the wrist of your lead hand at the top of your swing
  • Pull your lead arm backwards in the parallel swing plane so that your lead lat is stretched
  • When you made contact with the ball, make sure both arms are straight / locked
    • Find where to line yourself up by straightening both arms and seeing where you are positioned to make contact
  • When driving, set up such that the ball lines up with the toe of your driver, or line up such that the driver is elevated
  • December 26, 2024 (Played plantation preserve, FA)
  • The driver tips work really well!
  • For irons, remember to compress them left, and swing with your right elbow attached to your side
  • For irons (maybe driver?) grip tightly with the left hand and hold the club further down with your right hand

Record so far

So far…

  • I shot 91 with Ethan at dune
  • I shot 91 with Jess at rockway
  • I shot a 36 with Jess and Ethan at rockway (9 holes)
  • I shot a 69 playing Savannah (12 holes)
  • I shot a 103 at dune solo.

Library

The score-card from my round with my roommate and some mechs on august 15, 2024

The score-card from a round of mini golf I played with my girlfriend on august 22, 2024

The score-card from my round with my Uncle Hong @ Savannah

The score-card from my round with Gavin @ Dune