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Date Posted: 15:27:15 10/18/01 Thu
Author: BDW
Subject: Re: What should I feel?
In reply to: ron-nyc 's message, "What should I feel?" on 15:30:29 10/17/01 Wed

I think your experience is probably opposite from most NG converts ... many gain accuracy compared to CG but lose distance initially, sometimes permanently.

Any single-axis approach that stresses a more square-tracking clubface technique should make you straighter than CG if you are doing it correctly because it should increase your margin of error at impact. Do you hit shots that go wildly right or left with hook and slice spin, or are they just pushes and pulls?

Personally, about "feel," I really did not like the size of NG palm grips in my smallish hands. I felt they reduced feel a lot. I much prefer Winn midsize grips ... they have hardly any taper at the bottom, are soft, absorb shock very well and just feel good to me. I HATED chipping with the big grips, and chipping is all about feel if your technique is good.

There are many things that could be causing your frustration. Hard for anyone to tell you for sure without seeing you hit some balls. But the conversion from a rotational swing to a linear one is not as easy as some folks crack it up to be. I could not stick with pure NG and had to create a hybrid type swing, incorporating the parts of NG philosophy that worked for me, and toss the rest.

Good luck ...

BDW



>I've been trying to play NG for two full seasons
>without much success. I took up NG because of
>sporadic back problems, plus I wanted more distance.
>I must say I do hit the ball farther, but with much
>less consistency than when I played CG. I'm either
>dead center in the fairway, or in one of the adjacent
>ones. There's no in between -- I either hit the ball
>great or not at all. My handicap has gone up more
>than two strokes over the last two years. I finished
>this posting season with an ALL TIME HIGH handicap of
>14.4 and shot two rounds of 97 during our club
>championship (embarrasing)! When I played CG I was a
>"feel" player. I was taught to feel the weight and
>centrifugal force of the clubhead during the swing. I
>can't seem do that with NG because of the baseball
>grip. My question to you successsful NGers out there
>is "What to you feel during your swing?" Do you
>strive for a feel of body position, stability of hips
>and legs. WHAT IS IT? I need some help. I need
>something to work on this winter. I'm almost ready to
>give up golf all together!

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  • Re: What should I feel? -- Jack Z, 14:26:54 10/24/01 Wed
  • Re: Respectfully disagree -- Rob, 16:12:04 10/24/01 Wed
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