Apr 5 2009
Making A Wedge Backup
Play golf long enough and you’ll eventually see someone hit a back-up wedge shot. That’s where the ball hits beyond the hole and then spins backward toward the pin. While the need to hit this shot is rare, it happens more than we think. Since hitting the shot correctly saves strokes, it helps to know [...]
Apr 5 2009
Going Low Another Way
If you watch golf on television a lot, you’ve probably seen Tiger Woods hit a “stinger” —a low, penetrating shot. You may have tried to hit one yourself without success. That’s not surprising. Hitting a stinger Tiger’s way isn’t for everyone. But knowing how to keep the ball low in the right situation, like on [...]
Apr 3 2009
Maintaining A Quiet Shaft Boosts Consistency
Many factors hurt consistency in the golf swing. An often-overlooked one is a spinning shaft. A spinning shaft moves independently on its own axis. This move opens and closes the clubface, making it hard to achieve consistency. But in a good golf swing, the golfer never the shaft spins independently. A good golfer maintains a [...]
Apr 3 2009
Maximize Power With Your Irons
Tired of hitting weak irons from the fairway and leaving yourself short of the green. Maybe you’re trying to lift the ball. Lifting is common among weekend golfers—especially with irons. Instead of hitting down on the ball, they try to slip the clubface under the ball and lift it through the air. This swing fault [...]
Mar 14 2009
How To Hit A Backhander
What do you do when your ball comes to rest too close to a shrub or a wall to take your normal stance? You can turn around and hit opposite hand, which means you have to swing with the club flipped upside down. Or, you can hit a backhander. It gives you more punch than [...]
Mar 14 2009
Increasing Clubhead Speed
There’s nothing wrong with sacrificing distance for accuracy off the tee. A 225-yard drive down the middle beats a 260-yard drive to the rough every time. If the rough is really deep, you’ll face a tough a second shot. But adding an extra 10 or 15 yards to your drive without losing accuracy isn’t bad [...]
Mar 12 2009
Use A Wall To Cure This Common Swing Fault
Taking the club too far inside the target line on the backswing spells disaster. It can lead to all sorts of bad shots—pushes, slices, duck hooks, and topped shots. A common swing fault, this move is usually caused by a backswing controlled by the hips and the dipping of the shoulders away from the ball. [...]
