Don’t Miss Shots by Selecting the Wrong Club...

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They call it "'N Synch Golf"...

Adz Kozlowski (the PGA pro for the First tee Golf School in
Philadelphia) shares his secrets on the part of the game that
touring professionals spend 90% of their practice time perfecting. (But most amateurs completely ignore.)

The critical short game.

Now, we both know the average golfer only cares about hitting long, straight drives. But the fact is, you can muff half your
tee shots and most of your putts and still whip your buddies if
you know these secrets.

Not one amateur in one thousand understands this, but when you do
know these pro tricks... well, golf suddenly becomes EASY.

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Golf Potpourri

by

Mac Stevenson

Don't Miss Shots by Selecting the Wrong Club

You should consider all major factors before you decide how to play any shot on the golf course.

Many shots are missed before you ever take a club out of the bag. Everyone wants the maximum results they can get from every shot; that's good, so long as you keep your goals realistic.

In many respects, golf is like poker--you have to play the percentages on every shot. Don't try and take more than the golf gods are willing to give you. Examine your lies ever so closely--even in the fairway--before you decide on the shot you want to play.

When you hit your drive in the fairway on a long par four or a par five, don't automatically pull your 3-wood out of your bag for the second shot. Check your lie. If it's a good one, go ahead and hit whatever club you want. But if it's a tight lie and you think you might have trouble making good contact with a 3-wood, go to a more-lofted club like a 5-wood. The distance you lose won't be that important and a missed shot with a 3-wood could prove costly.

During PGA tournaments on TV, many golfers watch the pros hit their drivers off the fairway and they can't wait to get to their course and try the same shot. Don't do it. Unless you have a very good lie, it's quite difficult to hit a driver off the fairway. Under normal circumstances, the risk far exceeds the reward on this shot. It takes a highly skilled player to use a driver from the fairway.

Trying to hit a high pitch shot from a tight lie on the fairway is asking for trouble--the tighter the lie, the tougher the shot. Most sand wedges have a wide flange on the bottom and it's next to impossible to get the club under the ball from a tight lie. When feasible, you'll be better off playing a pitch and run shot. The pitch isn't a hard shot from a good lie, but it's testing when the ball is sitting down.

Lies in heavy rough are harder to judge and it's best to err on the side of caution. As a general rule, don't hit a wood any lower than a 5-wood unless you have an unusually good lie. And more often than not you'll do better by just hitting a lofted iron back to the fairway.

Never try and hit a big fade or hook from the rough; the grass gets between the clubface and the ball and it's impossible to put much spin on the ball.

Another tough shot is when your ball comes to rest against the first cut of rough adjacent to the putting surface. Quite often the best shot you can play is with a putter, making sure you hit down with a chop-type stroke on the putt. This shot takes practice.

When you find yourself in a fairway bunker, the most sensible shot in most cases is with an iron. If it's a long way to the green and your ball is sitting up in the trap and you don't have a steep lip to go over, sometimes you can hit a lofted wood from fairway traps. But usually it's best to play the percentages and hit an iron back to the fairway.

Back in the fairway, you can be unlucky and find your ball in a deep divot. In my opinion you should get a free drop, but that's not what the rules say. Who said life is fair? Your best shot is to use an iron and hit down and through the shot. You have to hit it like a punch shot. Don't try and hit a wood or you'll really mess up the hole.

There's one place where you determine what kind of a lie you have, and that's on the tee on par 3s. A lot of players toss their ball on the ground and hit it. That's poor thinking. Put the ball on a tee and you'll improve you chances of hitting a good shot. You can set it very low if you like, but the tee shot on par 3s is much easier to hit from a tee than off the ground.

Keep your poise and use common sense when deciding what to do with a bad lie, whether it's in the fairway or rough. Don't try shots that are next to impossible because of an unlucky lie. The breaks will even out over the long haul.

Until Next Time...

Good Golfing,
Joe Forbush
thinkandreachpar@gmail.com

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