David has contacted us at Search 4 Scratch Program and is asking about
increasing his accuracy with long irons.
He says that he's losing a bit of accuracy and that he's playing off
26, wants to get down to 18,
feels like if he could hit the ball a bit straighter more consistently
play better. So David, what I want,
here's just share a really simple routine that you can practice on a driving
range that will help you with your accuracy.
Accuracy relates to two things in golf, two main things.
It relates to the path of the swing,
that is the clubhead and how it swings through the ball in relation to the
target, and the face angle. How, the angle of the face,
how it presents to the ball, whether it's open, square,
or closed as it's striking the ball.
So we need some sort of routine that you can practice that can improve the way
the path works through the ball, plus the face angle.
So a really simple routine that will help you with this.
I have a ball teed up here. I've got a 5 iron, so 5, 4,
3 iron are your longer irons. And what I'm going to do is,
tee either side of the ball.
So one to the right and one to the left,
pretty much directly behind that golf ball there.
And the distance I've got them apart is about the length of a sharp. So from
the grip end, here, the bottom of the grip to the feral, this is the feral,
a plastic part on the grip. That's the length of it there.
And I've got the same for the front. So we put the tee there,
put a golf ball on this and you'll see the distance. That's what it looks like.
And then we do the same on the front side. So we get the shaft,
measure it up. Boy, it looks like I've done this before. And
that's the first thing we do. Now here's the second thing we do.
You address the ball in the middle, the one you're going to strike,
and you stand to the side.
And what I've also done is I've put a tee in the end of the handle of this golf
club.
So my plan here is to swing the golf club back over that tee
and, and as it happens,
the club will travel a little bit more behind me as I do that.
And at the top of my backswing, halfway back, I want to point this,
tee to that tee there. All right. So that's what I've got in the ground here.
So I'm swinging back, halfway back, pointing this tee at that tee there.
And then I'm going to swing through the golf shot and strike the golf shot,
and then let my arms rotate across and then get this tee on this side to match
that tee there.
So it's called tee-to-ball drill or tee-to-ball routine.
And what this does is it improves the way that the path of the swing works.
And it also coordinates and allows the club face to rotate naturally through the
swing to this side here. And you can practice these a lot on the range.
They don't require a lot of effort,
but it makes a significant difference to the way you hit the shot.
So let me show you what it look. So, ball here teed up.
It's almost a straight line. If anything,
these tee is very slightly to the inside of this golf ball that is on the
player's side, alright. You set up,
you don't need a very wide stance. And all you're doing is practicing,
swinging to the side of the body, pointing the tee,
swinging through striking the golf shot and pointing the tee on this side
from the front view, it'll look like this. The arms are going to swing back.
And when the golf club's to the side of me, my left arm is relatively straight.
I swing down, strike the golf shot.
And then when I rotate through my right arm is relatively straight.
So we've got these reference points on the ground to help with the direction of
the path.
Plus the rotation of the club on this target side will help this
tee to be in the right place here. If it's not,
if the tee is not pointing there, then that's what the practice is all about.
So on the way you swing back, the tee's not pointing there.
You've now got a point of reference to get the golf club into a little bit more
reasonable shape when you swing through again,
if the tee is not pointing in the right place, it is not pointing back there.
You've got a point of reference to get the golf club back into shape. Okay,
let's have a go at it. Swing halfway back,
swing through, rotate checkmate. Place is there, pretty good.
Golf ball's going down the line.
So it looks like this and like this,
and you can practice this over and over at the driving range,
using those points. Now, David,
if you're doing it on a rubber mat or the driving range,
you can put your ball down on the mat and put coins here that doesn't have to be
tees. They can be coins. So a couple of coins down, will do the same thing.
It really is, as I said, it's just for a point of reference there,
swing through to there.
So I hope that routine helps you to improve the way you swing the
golf club and get more solid contact on your irons and particularly your long
irons.
And we appreciate the question and the best of luck with it and make sure you
send us some feedback and let us know how you went with it. Well, there it is.
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