Spent 8 months trying to break 100 in golf before I realized my grip was wrong the whole time

I had this dream of shooting in the 90s on the golf course, just playing a relaxed round with my buddies. For 8 months I practiced at the range every Saturday morning near my house in Phoenix. I watched YouTube videos, bought a new driver, even took two lessons. Then a random guy at the course watched me swing and said my left hand was rotated way too far to the right. I fixed it in 5 minutes and dropped 12 strokes the next round. Has anyone else gotten stuck on a tiny fix for way too long?

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rubyk261mo ago

8 months on a grip mistake, that's brutal.

ellis.faith1mo agoMost Upvoted

My buddy James spent 6 months learning his grip was too tense on his driver, fixing it dropped his handicap by 4 strokes lol. If someone's grinding that hard on a specific mistake, it probably means they're actually trying to get better instead of just blaming their clubs or the weather. 8 months seems like a lot but golf is all about those tiny adjustments that take forever to stick. I'd rather see someone obsess over one thing than jump around to whatever YouTube tip they saw last week.

tessa_murray1mo ago

Whoa, hold on, I'm gonna push back on this one a little! Eight months on a grip fix isn't dedication, it's being stubborn. If you can't feel or see improvement after a few weeks of solid practice, you're probably drilling the wrong thing or ignoring a bigger problem. James might have gotten the same results way faster if he'd just asked a pro for a quick lesson instead of grinding alone for half a year. Plus, obsessing over one tiny thing for that long can mess up your whole swing flow, you know? I'd rather see someone get a solid baseline from a coach and then tweak from there.