Golf Tips and Instruction-Feb. 13, 2006
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How To Break 80 Newsletter
February 13, 2006
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This issue includes…
1) Driving for Accuracy
2) Fairway Woods: Versatile Tools
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1) Driving for Accuracy
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Every course has at least one hole that tests driving accuracy.
It may not be the longest on the course but one mistake and in
you’re in trouble. These holes also add strokes to your scores.
Add enough strokes and you increase your golf handicap.
Teaching pros focus on mechanics to improve accuracy. Their
advice usually sounds like this: “Accuracy is about balance,
control, and rhythm. Keep your swing on plane, maintain good
rhythm, and control your clubface. Don’t lift your right heel
(for right-handed golfers) too high. Don’t pin your right elbow
to your body. And feel your right shoulder hit your chin as you
make contact with the ball.” These golf tips are good advice
for improving technique.
How about mentally? Are there any mental tips to help improve
accuracy? Try these the next time must hit the fairway:
• Don’t assume your going to hit a perfect shot
• Relax. Don’t allow tension to creep into your set-up
• Tee up on the side of trouble to guard against a bad shot
• Aim for a clear definite target within reach
• Don’t worry about distance. Accuracy is the priority.
Keeping these mental tips in mind and using proper swing
mechanics helps improve your accuracy.
Now, here’s an accuracy drill used by Davis Love III when he
was young. His father taught it to him. He had Davis work on
hitting 125 to 150 yard shots while taking a full driver swing.
Once Davis learned this, he progressed to 175, 200, 250, and
finally, 300 yards. The drill develops a heightened sense
of rhythm.
Try these out and you’ll be hitting it straighter and build more
confidence with every swing.
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2) Fairway Woods: Versatile Tools
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The fairway wood is one of golf’s most versatile tools. It generates
the extra distance you need on par 5s, serves as a putter on the
fringe of the green, and digs you out of the rough. In fact, digging
you out of the rough is one of its best uses. But hitting a fairway
wood from long grass is not the same as hitting it from the fairway.
Below are some tips for hitting fairway woods from
• Position the ball inside your left heal (for right handers)
• Put your hand slightly in front of the ball
• Hit the ball with a descending blow
• Keep the club low on takeaway and through impact
• Swing with the same tempo as the seven-iron
• Keep your head steady throughout the swing
If you can see most of the back of the ball, you can hit a wood from
the rough. Take a slightly steeper swing. You want to feel like you’re
hitting down on the ball more than normally. Position the ball in the
middle of your stance with hands in front of the ball for a 7 wood.
To learn to hit consistent shots with a fairway wood, place a tee about
6 inches in front of the ball. When you swing, use the tee as a
reference point as you extend through the ball.
Also, practice making a wider arc on your backswing by extending
your arms away from the target. Also extend the right arm on the
follow-through. You’ll find it easier hit a fairway wood after doing this.
Plus, you’ll increase the distance you hit these balls. Remember, the
wider the arc, the more clubhead speed; the more club head speed,
the more distance.
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Until next time, Go Low!
Jack
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