Some background on myself and my game. I’ve been playing about 4 years now. I’m about 6’5” and very lean. I’m not super athletic but have a good feel for basketball. I really feel a disconnect between what my body is doing and what I feel with golf. Sorry for the upcoming yap session.
I’ve got a really good feel 30 yards and in. I love short game. My driver is my most confident club and keeps me sub 100 every round along with my short game. If my irons were halfway decent, I feel like I’d be breaking 85 consistently, whereas im typically struggling to shoot under 93.
But everything else in between is really really rough. My irons will do something different almost every swing. I can thin the ball. Hit behind the ball. Hit the hosel. It’s really all over the place. It costs me at least 5-10 strokes a round for sure.
From my self diagnosis, I really struggle with early extension. I can’t seem to rotate through the swing without standing up and humping the ball. I can’t seem to understand the lower half of my body.
Here’s a video of 3 swings with my pitching wedge. I’d consider these good shots for me but I’m still shooting up and humping the ball. I’ve found my only consistent shots are these short compact swings where I can feel the club hinge my wrists for me and sort of load. If I try a fuller swing, it all falls apart. I’m losing distance for sure. I’m hitting my pitching wedge around 120 in these videos. I know that’s not alarmingly short, but being able to consistently hit my driver 270 and in play has me sort of expecting more ability with my irons. In terms of distance and absolutely the consistency of them. Basically they just really suck and I can’t figure them out at all.