Situational Shots

Long iron with the ball bellow my feet.

When the ball is below the feet it will fly from left to right. We will want to draw the shot to avoid the obstacles on the right side of the green.

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You should see two knuckles on your left hand.

Square club face angle.

• » Explanation and types of grips

Perpendicular to the target line.

Make the ball go straight

Aim your body about 10 yards left of the target.

This will make the ball go from left to right.

• » Aligning to much to right or left

Place the ball just one ball forward from the middle of the stance.

Higher ball flight.

Open the feet shoulder width then bend forward from the hips with a flat back and bend the knees.

Better swing path

• » Explanation of the set up

Put your weight 50% left and 50% right.

Make a balanced swing.

In the plane angle line.

Ball travels straight.

• » Correct swing plane explanation

Make your back face the target at the top of the swing.

More power.

• » Correct body pivot explanation

Club face arrive a little closed because of the strong grip.

Left side effect.

Make a full follow through.

Balance.

Taking the club too much outside the swing plane on the back swing.

Aiming too much to the left of the target.

You will cut the ball more from left to right.

• » Lower body stability drill

Aiming to the right of the target.

Aiming the feet and shoulders right of the target.

The ball will go more to the right. (ball is below the feet)

There is no fallacy in this case.

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Unbalanced swing.

Putting too much weight forward in the set up position.

Place the weight in the middle or slightly back on the heels for this shot. Remember we are in a downhill lie and this could make us lose balance.

• » Shaft for a stable lower body

Taking a weak grip will make the ball go right.

» Explanation and types of grips

Aiming your body right of the target will make the ball travel more right.

A wrong posture will make it difficult to keep the balance.

Coming down from out to in will make the ball travel more to the right. Not good on this hole when we want to avoid