| Re: The long and short
Intriguing comments, guys, and remarkably familiar as well. It seems that the vast majority of my problems from pulled shots off the tee to missed chips comes from my overwhelming desire to bring my hands into the picture when they shouldn’t be, that and over muscling the ball. Two and a half years later I have controlled much of this but obviously not as much as I need to in terms of consistency, and not as much as I thought I had.
So I am using my muscles to control the downswing on my chips and this is generating inconsistent results, as you say Peter. This makes a lot of sense for my chip shots over water (any amount of it), as these shots tend to be much longer, the result of my increased anxiety. I guess I am tensing up too much in my arms in anticipation of hoping not to mess up. The flip side is on the shots where I don't want that result, leaving me shorter.
Okay, so cutting out the hands and wrists entails my rotating at the shoulders more to make things more consistent. Am I getting that right? I hit the range for an hour today. I'll see how that works.
It is interesting that you should mention using and 7 and 8 iron, GB. I suppose I do already to some degree, as my 7 iron is my hazard chipper out of trees or out of the rough when I miss the fairway for instance. The only difference I suppose is exactly what you are implying—basically that I will get a lower flight and more roll on impact. Would you choke up more on this shot off the fairway, however, or would you maintain the same stance and use a shorter backswing for control?
Cheers for the feedback, guys!  |