| Re: Lack of Distance What Ian said is spot on. Keep your clubs. Book some lessons. Don't try and kill the ball.
Let me tell you a story.
I was building a deck on my back step. I had just bought a house, and didn't have many tools - hammer, screwdriver, saw, level. So I'm happily (well, not so happily) building away, and my father in law comes over (who just happens to be a master carpenter). He spies me trying to muscle my way through a 4x4 with the saw. He comes over and says: "I dare you to put no pressure on that saw. I dare you to move it as fast as you can, but to put no pressure or weight on the saw".
Best sawing tip of my life. The saw went through the 4x4 like a hot knife through butter (and almost through my leg, but that's another story).
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Now, what's the moral of the story? Tools are designed to do the work. In carpentry, the saw is designed to cut wood. The less YOU try to cut the wood, the better the job the saw does.
In golf, the tool is the club, and it's job is to launch the ball. And the dare is to be as loose as possible. I dare you to swing as fast as you can, but hold no tension in your upper body (shoulders, arms, hands, neck). This will keep you from trying to kill the ball.
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