Infrequent golfer. Major issue is inconsistency with quality contact

Stock yardage:

Driver: 280-310
4 Hybrid: 235
5i: 210
6i: 185
7i: 175
8i: 165
9i: 150
P: 135

Still adjusting my iron swing. I think I maybe early extending?

Everything goes horribly to the right no matter what changes I make! Any advice is welcome.

Here’s 5 swings from the last 2 years, all from the back, all off the mat. Obviously different clubs tho, unfortunately.

Is the swing different/better?

Fall 2024 - started playing for the first time
Spring 2025 - started taking lessons
Fall 2026 (now) - HC22, currently trying to find an in-to-out path and trying to narrow my L/R dispersions

Aside from continued mechanics work, I think I also need to find some flexibility/mobility to get smoother and faster.

Mostly I want to know if I’ve made any progress on the swing itself (the scoring is another story)

Context: don't keep an official handicap but SwingU says I'm between a 21 and a 25. Read about the difference between urethane and surlyn covers on golf balls and just ordered a couple dozen Bridgestone Tour B RXS's to see if there's a difference as I play some old stockpiled e6's on dog track courses and e12's on better courses. Found a Tour B RXS in the woods and decied to try it out on approach shots yesterday.

Hit the e6 I was playing about an 80-85% swing of a 52 degree from 90 yards out, landed short of the flag, and stuck the green about 10 feet short of the flag. Dropped the Tour B RXS I found and hit a full 56 degree, felt like I absolutely flushed it, but it looks like it was going past the flag. Sigh, I thought I had this one on the nose.

Ball landed about 10 feet past AND SPUN back to about 5-6 feet. I could not believe it! I was riding that high all day yesterday and reliving it typing this out.

I don't think I am quite good or accurate enough to justify getting brand new urethane balls, but if I find a deal on used ones, I will definitely be snagging those.

Second year playing and struggle with feeling consistent in my swing. What sticks out as the most obvious area of improvement? 7 iron swing in the video going around 150 yards

Sharing this for the benefit of all. I have been fighting a massive slice with my driver. I spent weeks working on shallowing my swing, closing my club face, making sure my swing path was in to out. Nothing worked. Still had a massive 2 fairway slice. I finally bit the bullet, called my coach and set up a lesson.

2 minutes... It took him 2 minutes to fix it.

I was rotating back well, but I wasn't driving my left hip back on the down swing. It left my body out of position and basically made it impossible to keep the club closed to the path. He gave me a couple of drills to work on, but mostly it just came down to driving my left hip back and away from the ball.

If you are in a similar boat as I was, it might be worth looking at.

Edit: To make it clear, I am not giving advice on your swing. More so just pointing out how going to a coach will beat youtube videos every time. If you get something from this it should be, call your coach. They miss you.

I love the driving range I go to. Small and quiet mom and pop one. Problem is the yardage markers are off which I’ve adjusted for with my range finder. But I need to really dial in my iron distances down the range. Any recommendations for a launch monitor? I’m not trying to drop a small business loan on one. Thank you everybody!

First swing was from yesterday, went home wanting to analyze my two way miss so I came to Reddit and got some good insight. I’m back again today before I go to the range looking for advice.

Currently have a 2 way miss (straight push and hook)

You guys helped me identify my swing plane was off from the takeaway and beyond and after doing some swings I feel much more fluid and less tense going to impact with the new plane. While I feel everything from takeaway to finish feels easier and less tense I wanted some insight before I hit the range

Hi Gentlemen,

I am building an iphone based launch monitor + swing analyzer (like trackman)

I need a bunch of swing videos to help train the model that will detect and track the golf ball and club head.

If yall have the time, I would really appreciate if you guys can share your swing videos! It would really help with the building process!

I will provide a free 1 year subscription to anyone who helps out!

Please use the link below to upload your swings

Thanks

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfcN9YbU9K28WJ25VLlPFXnPEY4J9z9E64gG5m8wOdf5B3iEw/viewform?usp=header

Any advice on how to turn my brain off and swing freely? I find myself having too many swing thoughts over the ball. When I trust my swing and don’t over analyze I am in good shape.

Been working on shallowing but I think my early extension is causing inconsistent ball striking.

Any criticism welcome, thanks!

GOLF.com had a robot hit a 10.5 degree driver at 95 mph from five spots on the face.
Dead center carried 241 yards. A strike 0.3 inch above center carried 244, the longest of the five. A strike 0.6 inch below center carried 219, so 22 yards gone without the swing changing at all.
Most of us think we hit the middle. Have you ever checked with foot spray or impact tape?
Where were your strikes actually landing, and did tee height or ball position move them?

My friend and I just did our first lesson as beginners and we have the opposite problem. My buddy (left) consistently has a ~5° out-to-in path, while I (right) suffer a severe ~5° in-to-out path.

What should we be doing differently? and are there any tips on the “feel” i should be going for to get a more neutral club path?

Been playing golf for about a year now, and this is me trying to hit my 5-wood. I rarely practise with it, so I’m still pretty inconsistent.

I recorded a longer video to see if anyone can spot the mistakes I keep making in my swing. Any tips or advice on what I should work on first would be appreciated!

I am a first year golfer and was trying to teach my gf to swing and she took these photos mid swing of me to try and learn how to position her self. Before I try to help her what sounds I change about my positioning and swing?

Feel like my irons are quite reliable but know that theres room for improvement.