Thankfully, for all those difficult days on the course, most of the time a return to form is not too far away. However, what happens when you fall into a slump, when round-after-round your swing misfires and your scoring implodes?
After a difficult summer, Golf Monthly’s own senior content editor, Tom Clarke, was in exactly this position. An 18-handicapper with the ability to shoot low scores, his game had hit the rocks – the low point coming when he returned 19 Stableford points in a competition in mid-August. To help, we teamed up with TaylorMade to offer the best coaching, custom fitting, fitness and strategy advice we could muster. By attacking the problem head on for one full day at Wentworth, could we turn Tom’s golfing fortunes around?
Tom Clarke
Handicap: 18
Main problem: Hook (particularly with driver)
“If I had to grade my golf out of ten, five would be generous! I can play to my handicap, but I can also return some really awful scores. Consistency off the tee is the thing for me. When I drive it well I have a good chance of scoring, but all too often I’m hitting my second shots from way too far left!”
Coaching
Expert: Tom Godwin PGA Professional and golf academy manager, Wentworth Club
PROBLEM
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