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How To Break 80 Newsletter

October 25th, 2010

"The Web's Most Popular Golf Improvement Newsletter"
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In this issue we'll discuss...

1) Change Your Grip To Hit Crisp Chips

2) Enhance The Bounce

3) Drill of the Week: Focus On Speed With Long Putts

4) Article - Getting Fit For a Putter

5) Article - Playing Golf Hogan's Way

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1) Change Your Grip To Hit Crisp Chips
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Chipping is all about distance control. So if your chipping leaves something to be desired, try changing grips. Most players use a standard neutral grip to hit chips. But if you're ending up with long putts to the hole or you're not making solid contact on short chips around the green, you're not helping yourself. The closer you chip to the hole, the easier the putt.

Below are five keys to this shot:

* Turn both hands slightly right
* Keep your wrists firm

* Keep the back of left hand moving

* Hit slightly down on the ball

* Keep the clubface moving

There's nothing wrong with using the standard neutral grip if it's producing results. The standard neutral grip is hit with both thumbs on top of the shaft. But if it's not working, you may want to do something about it.

Using a stronger grip can save you strokes.

To create a stronger grip, turn both hands slightly to the right and hold onto the club firmly with your left hand. If you're left-handed, turn your grip slightly left and hold onto the club firmly with your right hand.

When you swing, keep your wrists firm, your hands ahead of the clubface, and the back of your left hand facing the target through impact and moving down the target line. Left-handers will want to keep the back of their right hand facing the target through impact and moving down the target line.

Hit slightly down on the ball without allowing your hands to roll over.

To prevent this, keep the clubhead moving down the target line.

If you're not happy with your chipping, you may want to change grips. Using a stronger grip to hit chips can provide more control over the clubhead, which is what you need to get the ball closer to the hole. When you use a stronger grip, the ball jumps off the clubhead and runs down your intended line.

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2) Enhance The Bounce

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Many golfers don't open the clubface enough on bunker shots. They think that opening the clubface causes the shot to go right. (If they're left-handed, they think it will go left.) It's a common mistake that can cost you strokes when playing from soft sand. It's also a mistake you can avoid by making a few adjustments and using a simple visualization technique. Together, they'll help you execute this shot and get out in one.

Below are six keys to this shot:

* Open the clubface first
* Dig in your feet slightly

* Choke down on the club

* Open your stance

* Aim right of stance

* Swing down and under

With bunker shots from soft sand, you need to use more bounce. Otherwise, you'll dig into the sand. The more you open the clubface, the more bounce you get and the less chance of digging in.

Opening the clubface also gives you more of a margin for error.

Poor bunker players like to grip the club first, and then turn their hands to open the clubface.

When you do that, the clubface tends to close during the swing. Instead, open the clubface, and then grip the club. To get yourself to open the clubface enough, visualize the flange of the club under the face.

Next, dig in your feet slightly for a solid foundation.

Choke down on the club a little to improve club control and make up for digging in. Open your stance by pointing your feet, hips, and shoulders left of the target line. But aim the clubface right of your stance, placing it in line with the target. Swing down and through along your foot line

Bunker shots from soft sand are tricky.

Just remember that the softer the sand the more you need to open the clubface. In hard-packed sand, open the face only a little, but lean your weight to the left.

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3) Drill of the Week: Focus On Speed With Long Putts

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Speed, not break, is the key to lag putting. You want to get the ball within three feet of the hole. (Your putter is about three feet long. Use it to measure a three-foot circle around the hole.)

This drill—used by a lot of players on tour—forces you to focus on the speed of your putts.

Take five balls to the practice green. Stick tees in the ground at 30, 40, and 50 feet from the hole.

Now try to putt five balls in a row from each tee to within three feet of the hole. Start at 40 feet, and then move to 30, and then to 50. Staggering your shots like this prevents you from just grooving a slightly longer stroke as you go.

Don't move to the next station until you get five straight putts within the circle.

This is a great little drill. It puts you under the gun. When you get to the fourth putt, you'll feel the heat to get the fifth within the circle.

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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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Also, for past issues of this newsletter and some of my most recent
articles, visit our blog at www.HowToBreak80.com/blog

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Here are some of my recent articles:

4) Article - Getting Fit For a Putter
http://www.howtobreak80.com/blog/2010/10/22/getting-fit-for-a-putter/

5) Article -Playing Golf Hogan's Way
http://www.howtobreak80.com/blog/2010/10/22/playing-golf-hogans-way/

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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