Good chips (and pitches) hinge on making ball first contact. But some weekend golfers find this difficult to do. Practicing the drill below, which requires a one-inch thick book, a desk chair, and foam or plastic practice balls, ingrains the feel of making ball first con-tact. Place the book three inches behind a plastic or […]
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Learning to release the club properly is essential. But it’s not a fundamental most golfers practice or think about. In fact, most golfers think about other phases of the swing without ever thinking about the release. But releasing the club correctly does two things: It improves consistency and ballstriking—both of which can help you chop
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Why do golfers wear spikes? If you said it’s to keep your feet from slipping, as most students in our golf lessons said, you’d be right. You can’t hit a ball with authority or accuracy without solid footing. The spikes help your feet grip the ground, assuring good footing when hitting the ball. This observation
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What do you use to hit out of a fairway bunker? Many golfers use an iron or a hybrid, with more and more golfers these days choosing the hybrid over the iron. Not many golfers would think to use a fairway wood instead. But you can use it to escape a fairway bunker in the
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If you’re like many weekend golfers, you hate hitting from bunkers. So when an approach shot stops short of a bunker, you’re ecstatic. But you still have to pitch over the bunker to save par. And for some that’s a scary shot. Hitting a pitch shot over a bunker intimidates many golfers—especially if the bunker
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