| Title: | Welcome to the Golf Notes Conference! |
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| Moderator: | FUNYET::ANDERSON |
| Created: | Tue Feb 15 1994 |
| Last Modified: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
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I was wondering if any you guys new how aim the ball on the short
shot especialy, my problem is even though I have pick a spot to aim
it still goes far left of what I was aimming for.
Only on short Iron is this a problems...fairways and drive ok.
Any help you could send this way would Greatly be appriciated.
tx/Neal
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| 945.1 | check the basics first | 57248::BLAISDELL | Insert remarkable phrase here | Thu May 17 1990 11:52 | 10 |
Have you checked your alignment? Make sure that your shoulders
and hips aren't too open in relation to the spot that you picked
as the target. The tendency is to open up too much on the short
irons, causing you to cut across the ball which means pull-city
usually. Good luck. You may get a lot of advice in here, but the
best thing you can do, is have a pro or low handicapper watch your
swing and give you tips based on what they see.
-rick
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| 945.2 | club path = shoulder alignment.... | WOODRO::GORDON | Thu May 17 1990 12:38 | 3 | |
.1 is correct as the swing path usually will follow the shoulder
alignment....your clubhead may be aimed correctly but the
hips/shoulders are what really count....
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| 945.3 | first things first | SOJU::RESIDE | Better than a sharp stick in the eye ;^) | Thu May 17 1990 13:28 | 2 |
line your clubhead up first then take your stance!!!!
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| 945.4 | FENNEL::HOULIHAN | Thu May 17 1990 14:14 | 4 | ||
There is a great article in the latest GOLF Magazine about this. The
suggestion is to move to 4 wedges and vary the swing depending on the
distance to the pin. Haven't tried the technique, but will start
practicing (with three wedges) this week.
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| 945.5 | I was taught something similar | LDPDT5::BENNETT | John Bennett | Thu May 17 1990 14:20 | 14 |
In the lessons that I took over the past couple of years, I was taught
a variant of this for pitching. He called it the 4x4x4x4 model, using
4 clubs (8I, 9I, PW, SW), 4 grips (normal, 3/4, 1/2, 1/4) on the grip),
4 stances (normal, leftfoot back 1/4, 1/2, 3/4) and 4 swings
(1/4, 1/2, 3/4, full). Although it sounds complicated, the results
is that you use the 1/4 selections for 15-20yard pitches, 1/2 for
30-40yards, 3/4 for 45-60 and full for 60-80 yards. It has
helped me be alot more consistent in choosing clubs, grip, stance and
swing for different length pitches.
Of course, I have to judge the distance correctly, too!
John
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| 945.6 | tx...close it up a little... | BSS::POND | Thu May 24 1990 18:36 | 9 | |
WELL you guys where right...I realign my stand not as far and it
straight the shot.
The 4x4x4 is a little to confusing for me...you need a measuring
stick to use that system, but I do believe you need 3 wedges.
tx/Neal
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