feel or mechanics

what type of player are you I used to be mechanical and now I am trying to switch to feel.

I have to rely on mechanics to generate a reliable drive, long fairway shot or finesse wedge when I am within 100 yards of the green. Short game I need to feel the shot: lobs, chips, bump and runs, stingers, sand and putts need text book techniques but that little bit more, I need to get in the zone and use my senses to deliver the ball to target. What a great game this is.

Hey shootin

My opinion:

One can be a feel player if one know's their swing.When the ball striking goes sour and one wonder's why to me that's when mechanics come in.

Hope that's what you're talking about.

just a discusion on what type of player YOU are. Not which one is right or wrong but just how each of us goes about doing it

I cannot choose between mechanics and feel as a player. I have to be both.

I need to have a clear idea of the golf swing in my mind before I swing, which is why I try to have an in-depth knowledge of golf mechanics. However, when I actually swing the golf club, I have to change my focus to "feel" and think mainly about rhythm and tempo and balance.

Jeff.

Hey

My wording might not be correct but to be a feel player their has to be mechanics for it to work.

Look at Allen Doyle on the champions tour(former hockey player) I don't believe his swing is anything by the book but he has the feel and mechanics for his swing to work (He know's his swing).

I know you were talking about us and not pro's on this but to feel it you have to know it.

Example :
Ever hit a ball or balls so pure you didn't even feel it? I have and wondered why it's not like that all the time even though the swing felt the same. Mechanics, and that is why I'm here.

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Dawg

i think i tend to be a feel player when putting and chipping and more mechanical when having a full swing.
bill