r/golftips

I've been at these awhile and my baseball swing just constantly takes over. It seems I can't get the lead hip moving first and end up with arms and hands swinging first.

I’ve watched golf for years and really enjoy it, and I’m finally at a point where I have the time and money to start playing regularly. The problem is I’ve barely actually played.

A few times I’ve gone out and used rental/standard clubs, and as a pretty tall guy, it’s messed with my back quite a bit and just felt awkward overall.

So I’m kind of stuck…I don’t want to drop a bunch of money on properly fitted clubs if I end up not loving the game, but I also feel like using ill-fitting clubs might give me a bad experience from the start.

What’s the best way to approach this?

Should I:

Get a basic/cheap set that’s closer to my size?

Do a fitting right away?

Or just tough it out with standard clubs for a while?

Would appreciate any advice, especially from other taller golfers who started from scratch.

Does anyone else have to consciously hit down on the golf ball with irons?

It seems like when i purposely try to hit the ball like I'm driving a nail through it at 45 degree angle that the results are much better. It almost feels like I am hitting the ball into the ground.

I started golfing a year ago and have always struggled with sweaty hands. It’s not a problem in the winter but now that it’s started to warm up I’m having an issue keeping my gloves in good condition. I use Kirkland gloves and on particularly hot days the glove is all but soaked a few holes in, which makes it difficult to control the club and just makes for an uncomfortable experience. I usually just take the glove and let it air out in the garage, but this has caused it to become stiff and ill-fitting. Are there any affordable gloves out there for people with sweaty hands, or do you have any advice for keeping gloves fresh?

I’m currently around a 20 handicap. On the downswing the club is so far behind me resulting in my club path being far to in to out I can’t seem to fix it. Any advice welcome.

Getting back into golf after 20ish years away. Been trying to find clubs, hard to find decent clubs, not junk, that will be forgiving for a beginner. Would I be totally heckled by experienced golfers if I went the Stix route?

Hey guys,

I currently play P770, with KBS tour stiff shafts. I average 77mph club speed, ball speed around 110mph, spin is around 3800rpm, launch angle 17°, height 70', dynamic loft 20°, landing angle 38°. Average carry is 160 with 180 total. I don’t have attack angle (didn’t record on sim but probably average -2, -4)

I’m getting fitted tomorrow to try to get my spin/ launch/ decent angle up. Any recommendations on a few good options to try? I’m a 4 handicap, should I be looking at CB’s, players, players distance or game improvements? Do you think shaft or head will make more of a difference?

I’ve played for many years but this is the first time this has happened to me. We were a group of two in a new course, and around the 5th hole we saw a lone player behind us so we let her through. Right behind her came another group of 2. Two older men. My parter and I had to hit two balls from the tee, which is uncommon and had not happened today. But as my partner went ahead to his ball, one of the men behind us called out to me and started complaining “why are we practicing on the course” and “this is unacceptable” and “we should let them play though”. I saw them playing before and they were just making short shots. I explained that we already played and we will be faster from now on. He angrily said they will play through. He didn’t catch up with us after that. Only after we took a longer break after the 9th hole we let them through.

In the 17th hole we saw another group behind us of 2 catching up to us (we were getting very tired from all the walking). But since it was almost the end I thought it made no sense to wait and let them through in the 18th. They had to wait a few minutes for ys to finish putting on the 18th. The lady later came up to my parter and started complaining and mocking us and saying how slow we were was terrible. Did we actually do something wrong? Just wanna understand.

My son is turning ten soon. We live next to a course but he’s never been golfing. I have probably went ten times in twenty years (I can never see where the ball goes once I hit it so I hate using two dozen balls each round but that is a separate post). I want to get better and play more and plan on taking him sometimes. Plus his friends have clubs so they could walk to the course when they want this summer so we were thinking about getting him clubs.

We don’t want to spend a ton because he really doesn’t know how to play (we will also be getting him lessons at the course) and don’t know how much he’ll use them but we also don’t want to just buy a little kids set. We did go to the driving range the other day and he hit it around 50-75 yards with the range’s clubs.

The other issue is his height. He’s current about 5’1 and is projected to be 6’5 when he’s fully grown. We are constantly having to new shoes for him as he outgrows them and don’t want to be in the same boat with golf clubs.

Does anyone have any suggestions for clubs that would make sense for our situation?

I struggle with overswinging, and am having a very difficult time overcoming it.

Even when I feel like I’m half swinging, video shows me swinging 110%. Any shorter and I feel completely rushed, and my timing/sequencing feels nearly impossible.

Any tips/feels/swing thoughts on how to successfully shorten the backswing, with correct sequencing?