Iron Shots

Once again, the importance of ‘do not press’ must be stressed. Take care to select eh club which will obtain the distance required. When playing your irons, it is imperative to make an effort to coast along just as much as needed without forcing the shot. This will provide you with the reserve necessary when the situation calls for it. Make an effort to adopt a narrow stance which will permit an easy shift of weight. Ultimately this will allow the body to be used for the power required for your shots.

Putting

Of course, the real objective of the game of golf is to get the ball into the cup. One can drive well and even approach well and as important as these two elements are to the game, they are nothing if one cannot get the ball into its desired destination.

A number of different methods can provide the power necessary to achieve a putting stroke; however, that does not mean that all of them are equally effective. The best style capable of producing the power necessary emanates from the body. After you have learned to use your body correctly, your hands will naturally fall into a line which will provide you with a natural direction to guide and control the club. This combination of using the body for power along with the hands for control will produce drives which are long and straight as well as accurate iron shots and resounding fairway woods.

Let us stop and examine this for a moment. If you are able to achieve control and accuracy with the technique at a range of 200 or more yards, does it not make sense that this same technique will provide even more control and greater accuracy at a range that is ten feet or less?

The same requirements of direction and distance are necessary on every putt. If you are able to achieve that with same control on long shots, then it only makes sense that you should be able to apply the same technique and style to your short shots.

In reality, the objecting in putting is the exact same objective in any other shot. That is distance plus direction.

Perhaps the most important key to putting is the ability to gauge the speed of the green. Generally a putt will not be driven off the line. Most frequently trouble arises when the putt falls short by six feet and then the golfer is forced to overshoot the cup by a few feet on the next stroke.

If you use the routine which we have previous established, this should not occur as it established the body control necessary to achieve the putting stroke.

Before moving on, it is important to note that in order to avoid any tension in the hands which would destroy this necessary control it is important to make sure your little finger is not resting on the club. This was pointed out earlier, however, we will go into it in more detail here.

The smallest finger should never be resting on the club. This creates too much tension. Instead, take the little finger off the club and curl it under. This position will bring the hands close together and form a leverage action that will produce the desired body action.