Toughest Shot in Golf

You belt one straight down the middle. But it stops about 15 yards before your 3-wood distance. You really need to hit the green with your next shot. Also, you have a bit of a head wind, so keeping the ball low is a must. What do you do next?

One option is hitting a driver off the deck—one of the toughest shots in the game. Not many can hit a driver off the deck successfully.

The driver has little loft, so it’s hard get-ting the ball in the air when not teed up. Hitting it on the upswing doesn’t work either. You’ll just top it.

Below are five keys to this shot:

1. Assume a slightly open stance.
2. Tilt your back shoulder slightly.
3. Keep your feet and legs quiet.
4. Push off with your back foot
5. Finish in balance

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When you hit driver off the deck, you need to do two things here:

Hit a cut to get the ball in the air and pick the ball clean from the turf. Assume a slightly open stance. Point your shoulders 15 yards left of the pin. Tilt your back shoulder down slightly. And grip the club loosely. Play the ball off your front heel.

Now take the club back low and slow. Keep your legs and feet quiet, setting up a stable foundation. Concentrate on rotating your torso only. And make a full shoulder turn. Your back should face the target at the top.

Swing across the ball instead of down on it. You want to feel like you’re pulling your right hand toward your left hip on the way down. This gives you your cut. It also guards against catching too much turf.

Extend your arms fully through impact. Finish in balance. You should be facing the target with your body when done. The ball will come out low and fly left-to-right.

Driver off the deck comes in handy when your 3-wood is not quite enough. But it’s a tough shot to learn. For practice, try hitting your driver off hardpan without taking a divot. Hitting driver off the deck can get you those extra yards when you’re just beyond your 3-wood.

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Posture For Longer, More Accurate And Powerful Golf Shots

February 17, 2011 By Jeff Richmond

You may not know this but the posture you have when you setup to hit a golf ball has a big affect on how you will swing the golf club and the potential distance you can hit the golf ball.

You see, the posture you have at setup largely determines how you shift your weight as you swing the golf club and whether or not you can make a big, full turn in your backswing. Also, the posture you setup with will have a big affect on your balance as you’re swinging, and with how much power you can swing down into the golf ball.

So posture is very, very important to your success as a ball striker. But if you need some further convincing read what this pretty good golfer has to say about golf posture:

“You need to be in an athletically ready position so you can respond to movement quickly, smoothly and without losing your balance.”  - Quote from Tiger Woods

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Creating a good setup posture position is very easy to do. But sadly a lot of amateur golfers either a) don’t place enough importance on it, or b) they think their posture is already good enough. This means that many amateur golfers have very bad setup posture positions, which creates a lot of bad golf shots.

But as I have already said, having a good posture position is very easy. So here’s a simple 6 step process to help you get into a good setup posture position.

1st. Stand up straight. Position your feet about shoulder width apart.

2nd. Let the straightness out of your knees so they have a slight bend to them.

3rd. Position a driver along your spine.

4th. Bend forward slightly while making sure that your spine remains straight. Having the golf club on your spine will help you to feel this. When you do this it’s important that you feel as though your backside is moving back like you are going to sit on a chair. Doing this creates a balanced posture position. Also, it’s important that your weight is positioned on the balls of your feet, not on the heels or the toes.

5th. Move your left hip slightly towards your target by about 2 inches. This helps to place your head behind the ball so you can put all your power behind the shot for longer golf drives.

6th. Get the driver from your spine and setup with it as though you are about to hit a golf ball. You may have to either bend over more or stand up straighter to get into a comfortable setup for your driver.

So that’s how to achieve a good posture position that will help you to hit longer, more accurate and powerful golf shots. But if you really want to do that you should do that posture exercise at least 20 times a day for a minimum of 30 days straight. This will help to make that posture position a habit so that when you play golf you just setup automatically with good posture.

If you do that you’ll find yourself hitting much better golf shots, more often. You’ll be amazed at your new found ball striking. So start right now by doing your first 20 and then keep doing them every day for at least 30 days.

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Timing The Driver Swing

This video helps players who have problems with their hips lagging through their swing. Bobby (the golf pro in the video) tells me often that if it wasn't for the slice, he'd be out of business. So this is probably one of the biggest issues golfers face in their game.

Iron Play

 10 Tips To Improve Your Iron Play

One of the secrets to good iron play is to keep things simple. The number of situations you may encounter may be endless, but the same sound, no frills swing is sufficient to deal with almost all of them. Let's review the fundamental keys to hitting the irons solidly and consistently.

• The longer the iron, the farther forward I position the ball in my stance.

• Sweep the longer irons, hit down on the rest. Trust the club's loft to get the ball airborne. 

• Make your back swing with your irons shorter than with the your woods.

• To promote good timing, start down slowly from the top of your backswing.

• The club head strikes the ball first, the turf last. Don't begin to take a divot until the ball has left the club face.

• Try to swing within yourself. On standard shots, never expend than 80 percent of your effort.

• The worse your lie is, the farther back you position your ball in your stance.

• Always tee your ball up on par 3's. You want every advantage you can get.

• The perfect divot is about the same size and shape of a dollar bill.

• If the wind is in your face, consider using the next iron up than when you are in normal conditions. 

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Wedge Shots

This Wedge System Covers All Distances

Mastering wedge shots in is the key to taking your game to the next level. Wedge shots can make or break a hole. Stick a wedge shot close and you've turned three shots (or more) into two. The challenge is finding a way to cover all the distances you need to cover from 100 yards in with a limited number of wedges. That can be hard. But with the right lofts and the right three-wing system, average players can comfortably cover all the distances they need.

Here are five keys to the three-wedge system:

1. Make sure you have the right lofts
2. Work on three swing lengths
3. Match your swing on both sides
4. Work on maintaining an even tempo
5. Practice. Practice. Practice.

Some players tend to take a full backswing with their wedges and try to control the amount of hit at impact. That's hard to do. If that's you, try this approach instead:

First, make sure the lofts on your wedges are evenly spaced, like 48, 52, and 56. If you have a pitching wedge with 48 degrees of loft and a sand wedge with 58 degrees of loft, there's too much distance between them to use the three-swing system. You'd have to learn too many partial shots.

Second, work on perfecting three swing lengths: half, three-quarter, and full. Include follow-through in this effort and match the swing on both sides. Mirroring your swing allows you to work on perfecting your tempo and still produce different distances without guesswork on the downswing.

Work on hitting shots from the fairway at 15-yard intervals. For example, use a pitching wedge (48 degrees of loft) to hit 75 yards (half-swing), 90 yards (three-quarter swing), and 115 yards (full swing). Do this exercise with your other wedges.

Use the yardage markers on the fairway to help you gauge the distances. Once you've ingrained your swing from different distances, you'll start sticking shots close and improving your golf handicap.

 

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