As you may or may not know, Bubbie Golf has been a fixture of the Good Good team since its inception back in 2020. He is a very athletic guy and can strike the ball extremely well. However he does get held back quite a lot with his consistency. This is due to a couple of swing moves in his swing that if he was able to fix, would make a massive impact to his game. These moves all come from his alignment and the first position of his golf swing.
If you've watched enough Good Good videos you can see that Bubbie originally started with a 'slice' and then over time has now turned into a 'hook'. As he does 'hook', you can see Bubbie aim further and further right as per the picture below. This however doesn't change the fact that he will tend to miss left of his intended target most times and is really hurt when he encounters a right-left wind. Now on occasion by aiming right, he may still be able to have one finish at his intended target, however it becomes a probability game as the more you aim right, the harder it is to time your clubface up with your swing path.
When you aim right you will typically get two types of mis-hits. There is one where the ball starts right and doesn't come back or there is one that still misses considerably left of target. This can also turn into a 'duck hook' if the problem isn't fixed. When you do aim right of your target like Bubbie does, it can also create a severe inside path. This means that on the backswing, the club tends to travel behind the body quite dramatically. Therefore on the downswing, the path can tend to stay on the inside causing a swing direction that goes considerably right. Now the only way to hit it toward your intended target from this position, is to 'flip' your hands left. This becomes extremely hard to replicate particularly swinging at high speeds like he does.
The way Bubbie can fix his game and compete with the likes of Garret and Matt, is fixing his alignment and first position. The first step he should do is set an alignment stick down for his body where his shoulders, knees, hips and feet are parallel left of the target. The next action is working on his first position. He needs to try and move the left arm across his chest and feel the hands work around the body while the clubhead stays out in front. Ideally at the first position the clubhead and the hands should form a straight line. You want to also ensure that the hands maintain the same distance from the body right up into the first position. You can see from the picture below that Bubbie's hands tend to push away from his body as he swings the club on the 'inside'.
Take note of Tiger's position below as well for Bubbie to strive toward. It will of course be short term pain while he changes, but if he commits for three to six months, his whole game will improve dramatically!
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