Do you golf? advice needed

[Lestat]

So in high school I tried.... i played some executive courses.. small par 3 stuff....

I could never tee off well.. balls shanked all over... and I couldn't pitch either, but I could put.


So now I have been going to the driving range, I have a solid swing off the tee, I can hit far, and they go straight 50% of the time...

but I still can't pitch.. how do I learn how.. pitching doesn't usually involved a full swing... and it seems so finicky especially if the lie is bad. My pitches are usually line drives that hit the green and keep going and roll off and stop on the fringe or rough... how do I give them air and that backspin that just makes the ball die when it lands?

 

[sawastea]

Depends on the lie of the ball. Normally, the hands will be in front of your club head and you don't want to sway. It's dependant on several factors. It's practice.

 

[Lestat]

Depends on the lie of the ball. Normally, the hands will be in front of your club head and you don't want to sway. It's dependant on several factors. It's practice.

fuck man I need more help then that! I'm heading to the range today to work on pitching... like 30-50 yard pitches....

my best shots are ones off the fairway or tee where I can take a full swing

 

[jnevin]

Depends on the shot you want to make, but the easiest is to have the ball set back in your stance by your back foot. Keep your stance open, feet close together. Use a putting stroke, keep your hands soft and your head down. Just get used to that and then work on flop shots.

 

[Lestat]

Depends on the shot you want to make, but the easiest is to have the ball set back in your stance by your back foot. Keep your stance open, feet close together. Use a putting stroke, keep your hands soft and your head down. Just get used to that and then work on flop shots.

thanks man.. what does stance open/feet close together mean?

 

[HiDnGoD]

My pitches are usually line drives that hit the green and keep going and roll off and stop on the fringe or rough... how do I give them air and that backspin that just makes the ball die when it lands?

Sounds Like you're standing up on the actual swing. Instead of getting the club facce under the ball, you're hitting the ball with the leading edge of the club face. Just dig a little deeper, intentionally take some grass.

 

[Lestat]

Sounds Like you're standing up on the actual swing. Instead of getting the club facce under the ball, you're hitting the ball with the leading edge of the club face. Just dig a little deeper, intentionally take some grass.

thanks, I'll try that.

 

[jnevin]

Feet together is keeping your feet maybe the width of your iron's head apart. The wide way. Stance open is to keep your chest facing the target more that normal. The most important thing is keep your head down and hands soft.

 

[Lestat]

Feet together is keeping your feet maybe the width of your iron's head apart. The wide way. Stance open is to keep your chest facing the target more that normal. The most important thing is keep your head down and hands soft.

head down i can do.... hands soft... i'll need to practice.

 

[bullett]

The MOST important factor for pitching and chipping, is to MAKE SURE that your hands (those dangly things at the end of your arms) are in FRONT (closer to the target) of the ball and the clubhead at impact. This may seem to deloft the club, but you will not hit those "bladed" shots where the ball goes very low and hard over the green...ALSO, be sure to "finish" the shot by accelerating to a full or fuller finish position. Don't chop down, and stop directly after impact...accelerate to a nice finish.

If you can just do those two things, you will be able to get the ball up, and be able to hit it a consistent distance, and have it stop on the green. Then once you have that action, practice more full swings, or less full swings to regulate distance...

Good Luck, and please send me $50 for the lesson.