Tyler Talk

I had my first “lesson” at GolfTec Memphis earlier this evening and I thought I’d share my experience with you. I’ve only seen my swing on video once, but if you don’t know what your looking at it’s pointless. Well at GolfTec they set you up with sensors on camera and can give you all of your “numbers” with the click of a mouse.

When I first got there, he set up on the computer and I took a couple of practice swings. Then I took about 3 real swings off the mat and then 3 off a tee. This swing was off a tee and I hit it 178 yards. In all of these pictures I’m using my 5 iron.

1. Current Set Up:

This picture shows my current set up. In the bottom right hand corner you can see my address angles. They might be hard to read, but these pics come straight from the GolfTec site and that’s all I’ve got.

2. Set Up and Address Breakdown:

My Pro thought it would be good to compare me to Stuart Appleby…not 100% sure why, but he’s got a fantastic swing so I wasn’t complaining. His first note was that my arms drop a little too far to the inside. Stuart has more room between his thighs and hands than me. He also pointed out that my shoulders are too rounded. Can you see the little yellow line at the top of my back?

3. Ball position:

It’s pretty evident here, but my ball position is too far back. Stu has his ball off his left ear and mine is right below my chin. I’m right eye dominate and I may “see” the ball better when it’s further back. I have been working on this, but it’s a hard habit to break. This is probably a good position for a wedge shot.

4. Takeaway:

I stay on plan much better than I used to, but you can see that my club face drops a little to the inside. One thing that he says I have to work on is my shoulder tilt (seen here with the red line). He said that it was because of my set up and seemed to think that it would help tremendously to flatten it out some.

5. Halfway Point:

Here my wrists are set and I’m still on plane. Not too bad I thought. My shoulder tilt has gone from 35* to 43*. Since I took the club a little to the inside, I’m compensating by lifting the club and it now points to the outside of the ball (see the yellow line).

6. Top of the back swing:

My shoulder tilt has increased to 49* and he said that it’s way outside of the PGA average. He asid that everything else looked good…square club face, right elbow pointing at my hip, etc.

7. Top of back swing (face-on):

Descent position here. I haven’t shifted off the ball and I’ve maintained a straight back. I’ve never really paid attention, but he said that I have a great shoulder turn. It may be hard to see, but the computer said it was 96*! Not too bad for a weekend hack.

I’ll give you all the rest of my lesson on my next post. Then you’ll get to see where I really screw things up!

Let me know what you think!

Regards,Tyler