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 Attack of the Snappers!So I spent a lovely, sunny, Saturday afternoon with a SandTrap.com staff member this past weekend playing the Meadows at Mystic Lake. A new course here in Minneapolis that claims to become THE golf destination in the Midwest. Well, they'd be 20% correct if they figured out that cutting the fairway to the point of it being bald, and not cutting the rough at all (serious, it was over 2 feet tall) is bad greenskeeping, however that is another story.So I stand on the first tee, make a reasonable swing with my driver and hit the fairway, 120 yards to the green (drive distance was 269 yards). Miss the green, which is sad in itself, and I finsh up with bogey. Postive thought is that I think i am about to be OK from the teebox today right? Wrong! I shot the worst round of the season, throwing up a freakin 56 on the front. I began missing, snap hooks remainder of the day. I just have this issue with my driver and 3w, iron play was only fine. I have gotten to the point where I am hitting not a thing however draws that turn into hooks, and I'm able to't seem to make it stop. I would say the majority of it's tempo, I have been told that my complete backswing and transition have gotten fast, however I'm able to't feel it. I have been told to count on the way back, I tried however cannot do that, it feels too mechanical. Does anybody have a suggestion? Do individuals actually pause at the top or is that only a swing thought? Does anybody have any suggestions other than moving the weights in my fancy-pants driver? 
Read more on this topic Position of clubface at impactWhenever I watch pros play, they take a divot on every iron swing. From what I have noticed the divot is in front of where the ball lay.Does that mean the proper swing is to hit the ball at a downward angle as opposed to a sweeping (parallel to the ground) angle? Lately, I have been hitting down at the ball, and though my distance is inconsistent, my balls have never been straighter. I think the downward swing at impact gives less room for error thus causing it to go straight. Any input? fyi, I have never taken lessons. Read more on this topic Approach within 10 yards of greenI've been having a number of difficulties with hitting shots that are 10 yards or closer to the green. Often times the greens are very quick that I'm able to't stop my shots.I usually take a sand wedge at this distance and attempt to hit the ball to edge of the green and let it run the remainder of the way to the hole. Usually my aim is pretty great. The ball runs several inches away from the hole and continues a great 10 yards or more past the hole. I have even tried to hit the rough first in a number of cases when conditions enable, however I get identical results. For example, this weekend I was about 5 yards from the green and the hole was about 20 yards away and slightly downhill. I chose a spot about 4.5 yards away on the first cut of rough to land the ball an let the ball run the remainder of the way. I hit the spot, the ball ran about an inch from the hole, and ran past the hole about 12 more yards. I wished the ball to end at least in under 3 to 5 yards. Any advice? Ought to I get more of a lofted club? Read more on this topic Other Golf Related Topics
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