Golf Tips & Instruction- 05/21/08
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How To Break 80 Newsletter
May 21, 2008
“The Web’s Most Popular Golf Improvement Newsletter”
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In this issue we’ll discuss…
1) How To Leave Yourself A Tap-in
2) Hitting Clean Irons
3) Question of the Week - Two Drills To Improve Short Chipping
4) Article - Golf’s Four Toughest Bunker Shots
5) Article - Golf Challenge Sharpens Your Game
Jack’s Note: Hi all. You guys getting revved up for the golf season? Take a peek at the article on hitting your irons…this is the method I’ve used for quite some time now with great results. Enjoy the long weekend, States golfers!
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1) How To Leave Yourself A Tap-in
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When a golfer is indecisive, she usually gets herself in trouble. Not knowing whether to chip it or pitch it when you’re 5 to 25 yards from the hole can cost you strokes. But when you’re that close to the pin, the terms chip and pitch don’t mean much. Realistically, you’re either going to hit a high soft shot or a low running shot. And the key to both of those shots is your address position.
Here are six keys to the basic address position:
1. Take a narrow stance
2. Grip down on your wedge
3. Position the ball properly
4. Keep shoulders level
5. Use a downward stroke
6. Finish with hands high
Use the same address position for both shots, but make adjustments based on the type of shot. To hit a high shot, rotate the clubface open in your backswing and keep the club in front of your body. For a low shot, close the clubface and swing the club behind you a bit. Also, grip down on your wedge about an inch and a half for better control. And use a narrow stance, with your feet inside your shoulders.
For a low running shot, play the ball just back of center, with your weight stacked over your front leg. For a high soft shot, position the ball forward, with your weight evenly distributed.
The downswing is the same for both shots. So is your body movement. Rotate your body around your front leg and keep your shoulders level at impact, just as they were at address.
Now, finish with your hands high. You’ve done it right if the clubface position in your finish matches the one you’ve established in your backswing.
With these shots, all you have to do is make some simple adjustments based on the type of shot your making and you’re good to go. Keeping this concept in mind when hitting those shots eliminates indecision. That, in turn, boosts self-confidence and helps you of get the ball close.
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2) Hitting Clean Irons
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To score well, you must hit good iron shots. Unfortunately, many golfers don’t. Instead of hitting solid irons, they slice or pull their irons short, take poor divots, and/or mis-hit their long irons. These mistakes often leave them short of the green. They also cost them strokes. If this is you, you need to learn to generate the extra 10 or 15 yards that puts you on the green.
Here are six keys to adding 10 to15 yards to your irons:
1. Keep your head behind the ball
2. Keep your hands together on the club
3. Hips/arms are in the same place at impact
4. Shaft is ahead of the clubhead at impact
5. Back of front hand faces the target
6. Weight is on your forward foot
The key to adding yards to your irons is making consistent impact, not swinging the club faster or harder. When you try swinging the club faster or harder, your arms outrace your body, reaching the ball before you’re able to shift your weight. To make consistently solid contact, you must arrive at impact simultaneously with both your arms and body, using a slightly descending blow.
How can you tell if you’re doing this right? Have someone film you hitting an iron shot. Then review it. If you’ve swung the club correctly in the video, the club’s shaft will be ahead of the clubface at impact, your weight will be over your front foot, and your hips will be open to the target. These positions indicate that your arms and hips are moving together at the same time.
Don’t let poor iron shots ruin your scores and your golf handicap. Work on arriving at impact with your arms and body simultaneously, rather than trying to swing the club harder or faster. If you can master this fundamental, you’ll hit solid iron shots.
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3) Question of the Week - Two Drills To Improve Short Chipping
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Q. Hi Jack, I’m a 17 handicap. I hit the ball well off the tee. My long irons down to a wedge are quite reasonable, too. My problem occurs when I miss the green and need to play a chip from inside 20 yards. I tend to either hit the ball 15 feet past or duff the shot, leaving it 10 feet short! Are there any exercises I can use to get some consistency from this distance?
Many thanks
Jon Crane, Wales
A. Thanks for the question, Jon. Below are two faithful drills for improving chipping from inside 20 yards:
Left Wrist Pen/Pencil Drill
This drill builds the left-wrist and left-arm position needed to hit sold chips. Stick a pen or pencil under your watchband. Make sure one end touches your first set of knuckles. This automatically flattens out the left wrist. Now hit numerous short chip shots like this, making sure to brush the grass after hitting the ball with a slightly downward stroke. If you’re not used to the feeling produced by the drill, don’t give up. Eventually, you’ll get used to it and you’ll start hitting better chip shots. Left-handers need to use the right-wrist and right-arm with this drill.
Watchdog Drill
This drill improves your hand-eye coordination and distance control. Take your normal chipping stance. Place the clubface of a chipping club squarely behind the ball and perpendicular to a hole, about 20 feet away. Next turn your head and look at the hole. Maintain that head position and make a smooth chip stroke. Hit about 10 chips like this, each time watching how the ball reacts in the air and on the ground. Now, go back to your normal address position, keeping your eyes on the ball. Hit the same number of chips with the same club.
These drills are simple but effective. If you master them, you’ll not only improve your chipping, you’ll also chop strokes off your golf handicap.
If you’ve got a golf question you’d like answered, send an email to us at questions@howtobreak80.com and we’ll review it. I can’t guarantee that we’ll use it but if we do, we’ll make sure to include your name and where you’re from.
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If you want to truly discover the secrets of shooting like the Pros and creating a more reliable and consistent swing, check out: http://www.HowToBreak80.com
Also, for past issues of this newsletter and some of my most recent articles, visit our blog at www.HowToBreak80.com/blog
To view this newsletter online, please visit:
http://www.howtobreak80.com/newsletter05212008.html
Here are some of my recent articles:
4) Article - Golf’s Four Toughest Bunker Shots
http://www.howtobreak80.com/articles/golfs-four-toughest-bunker-shots.html
5) Article - Golf Challenge Sharpens Your Game
http://www.howtobreak80.com/articles/golf-challenge-sharpens-your-game.html
Until next time,
Go Low!
Jack
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About the Author
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Jack Moorehouse is the author of the best-selling book “How To Break 80 and Shoot Like the Pros!”. He is NOT a golf pro, rather a working man that has helped thousands of golfers from all seven continents lower their handicaps quickly. His free weekly newsletter goes out to thousands of golfers worldwide and provides the latest golf tips, strategies, techniques and instruction on how to improve your golf game.
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