https://aigolfer.co.uk/UK club golfers playing off roughly 6 to 24 handicap who already film their swing on a phone or own a budget launch monitor, and want to know which AI tools actually read that footage correctly and what to practise as a result.https://aigolfer.co.uk/blog/001-how-to-film-your-golf-swing-so-ai-can-actually-read-it/https://aigolfer.co.uk/blog/001-how-to-film-your-golf-swing-so-ai-can-actually-read-it/Most amateur swing videos fail before analysis begins; four fixable capture faults account for nearly every rejected or mis-tracked clip.https://aigolfer.co.uk/blog/002-face-on-and-down-the-line-the-only-two-angles-you-need/https://aigolfer.co.uk/blog/002-face-on-and-down-the-line-the-only-two-angles-you-need/Argues that exact camera placement relative to hands and target line matters more than camera quality, with pacing-out instructions for both angles.https://aigolfer.co.uk/blog/003-four-swing-analysis-apps-one-identical-swing-what-they-each-/https://aigolfer.co.uk/blog/003-four-swing-analysis-apps-one-identical-swing-what-they-each-/Feeding one 7-iron swing to four apps produces four different diagnoses, which tells you what to trust and what is guesswork.https://aigolfer.co.uk/blog/004-what-a-budget-launch-monitor-measures-and-what-it-quietly-es/https://aigolfer.co.uk/blog/004-what-a-budget-launch-monitor-measures-and-what-it-quietly-es/Sub-£500 units measure two or three things directly and model the rest; knowing which is which stops you chasing invented numbers.https://aigolfer.co.uk/blog/005-strokes-gained-for-amateurs-what-it-means-off-14-not-off-scr/https://aigolfer.co.uk/blog/005-strokes-gained-for-amateurs-what-it-means-off-14-not-off-scr/Strokes gained is only useful once the baseline is a golfer like you; comparing to tour benchmarks makes every part of your game look broken.https://aigolfer.co.uk/blog/006-turning-one-swing-fault-into-a-four-week-practice-block/https://aigolfer.co.uk/blog/006-turning-one-swing-fault-into-a-four-week-practice-block/An AI report lists eight faults; a usable plan attacks one, with a weekly progression and a measurable exit test.https://aigolfer.co.uk/blog/007-what-an-ai-caddie-can-decide-for-you-and-what-it-can-t/https://aigolfer.co.uk/blog/007-what-an-ai-caddie-can-decide-for-you-and-what-it-can-t/Caddie apps are good at yardage and dispersion maths and bad at lie, nerves and your ability to hit the shot they suggest.https://aigolfer.co.uk/blog/008-frame-rate-for-swing-video-is-60fps-really-not-enough/https://aigolfer.co.uk/blog/008-frame-rate-for-swing-video-is-60fps-really-not-enough/Tests where 60fps genuinely loses impact detail and where 240fps adds nothing but file size and worse low-light footage.https://aigolfer.co.uk/blog/009-do-swing-apps-agree-with-each-other-measuring-the-same-angle/https://aigolfer.co.uk/blog/009-do-swing-apps-agree-with-each-other-measuring-the-same-angle/Repeat-measurement testing shows which app outputs are stable enough to track over months and which drift clip to clip.https://aigolfer.co.uk/blog/010-carry-vs-total-why-your-gapping-chart-is-probably-wrong/https://aigolfer.co.uk/blog/010-carry-vs-total-why-your-gapping-chart-is-probably-wrong/Club golfers build gapping from total distance on firm range ground, which is why approach shots come up short on soft UK fairways.https://aigolfer.co.uk/blog/011-filming-your-swing-indoors-without-ruining-the-footage/https://aigolfer.co.uk/blog/011-filming-your-swing-indoors-without-ruining-the-footage/Indoor lighting, not the camera, is what breaks body tracking; a two-lamp arrangement and shutter settings fix most garage and net setups.https://aigolfer.co.uk/blog/012-blocked-or-random-how-to-structure-the-session-ai-gave-you/https://aigolfer.co.uk/blog/012-blocked-or-random-how-to-structure-the-session-ai-gave-you/AI plans default to blocked repetition, which builds range competence that vanishes on the course; a blocked-then-random split is the fix.https://aigolfer.co.uk/blog/013-how-many-rounds-before-your-strokes-gained-data-means-anythi/https://aigolfer.co.uk/blog/013-how-many-rounds-before-your-strokes-gained-data-means-anythi/Putting and short game stabilise in far fewer rounds than driving; acting on five rounds of tee data is how golfers change the wrong thing.https://aigolfer.co.uk/blog/014-iphone-or-android-for-swing-capture-and-analysis/https://aigolfer.co.uk/blog/014-iphone-or-android-for-swing-capture-and-analysis/Slow-motion capture quality and on-device AI features differ sharply by platform, and several apps are meaningfully worse on one of them.https://aigolfer.co.uk/blog/015-driver-spin-rate-and-what-it-means-on-a-wet-uk-course/https://aigolfer.co.uk/blog/015-driver-spin-rate-and-what-it-means-on-a-wet-uk-course/The low-spin numbers chased online assume firm summer ground; UK club golfers usually need more spin, not less, to hold carry.https://aigolfer.co.uk/blog/016-where-caddie-apps-get-your-club-yardages-and-where-they-lie/https://aigolfer.co.uk/blog/016-where-caddie-apps-get-your-club-yardages-and-where-they-lie/Apps build yardages from your best strikes or from range data, producing recommendations one club short of what you actually average.https://aigolfer.co.uk/blog/017-tripod-height-why-chest-height-distorts-every-angle-you-meas/https://aigolfer.co.uk/blog/017-tripod-height-why-chest-height-distorts-every-angle-you-meas/Hip-height framing is the single change that makes shaft plane and spine angle measurements comparable across sessions.https://aigolfer.co.uk/blog/018-a-uk-winter-practice-block-built-from-your-autumn-footage/https://aigolfer.co.uk/blog/018-a-uk-winter-practice-block-built-from-your-autumn-footage/Off-season is the only window long enough for a genuine swing change; October footage should set the one thing you work on until March.https://aigolfer.co.uk/blog/019-markerless-3d-on-a-phone-useful-or-marketing/https://aigolfer.co.uk/blog/019-markerless-3d-on-a-phone-useful-or-marketing/Single-camera 3D reconstruction is credible for gross rotation and unreliable for the fine numbers apps present most confidently.https://aigolfer.co.uk/blog/020-why-strokes-gained-putting-flatters-and-fools-club-golfers/https://aigolfer.co.uk/blog/020-why-strokes-gained-putting-flatters-and-fools-club-golfers/Putting SG rewards proximity from approach play, so a good putting number often just means you were hitting it close.https://aigolfer.co.uk/blog/021-radar-or-camera-indoors-launch-monitor-accuracy-in-a-garage/https://aigolfer.co.uk/blog/021-radar-or-camera-indoors-launch-monitor-accuracy-in-a-garage/Radar units need flight distance they never get indoors; camera-based units need lighting most garages lack, and each fails differently.https://aigolfer.co.uk/blog/022-getting-proper-slow-motion-out-of-the-phone-you-already-own/https://aigolfer.co.uk/blog/022-getting-proper-slow-motion-out-of-the-phone-you-already-own/Step-by-step capture settings per phone generation, including the shutter and exposure locks that stop impact blurring.https://aigolfer.co.uk/blog/023-practising-with-a-launch-monitor-instead-of-just-watching-nu/https://aigolfer.co.uk/blog/023-practising-with-a-launch-monitor-instead-of-just-watching-nu/Numbers become practice only when you set a target window per shot and score hits, rather than reading the screen after each ball.https://aigolfer.co.uk/blog/024-wind-and-elevation-how-much-of-the-ai-caddie-s-adjustment-is/https://aigolfer.co.uk/blog/024-wind-and-elevation-how-much-of-the-ai-caddie-s-adjustment-is/Apps take wind from regional forecasts, not the tee you're standing on, so treat their adjustment as a ceiling rather than an instruction.https://aigolfer.co.uk/blog/025-the-real-annual-cost-of-your-golf-app-stack/https://aigolfer.co.uk/blog/025-the-real-annual-cost-of-your-golf-app-stack/Adds up swing app, tracking app and caddie subscriptions against a term of lessons, and names which single subscription earns its keep.https://aigolfer.co.uk/blog/026-the-pre-filming-checklist-to-run-before-every-swing-video/https://aigolfer.co.uk/blog/026-the-pre-filming-checklist-to-run-before-every-swing-video/A repeatable eight-item checklist is what makes footage comparable month to month, which is the whole point of filming at all.https://aigolfer.co.uk/blog/027-approach-play-is-where-your-handicap-actually-lives/https://aigolfer.co.uk/blog/027-approach-play-is-where-your-handicap-actually-lives/For 6 to 24 handicaps, approach shots swing more strokes than driving and putting combined, which should decide how practice time is split.