Dave Pelz - best tip....

[quote=captglover]Steve, I think you're missing the point on Pelz' putting.
As a fan of D. Pelz, I think what you said is incredible. Your response is balanced and well stated. D. Pelz could not have responded more appropriately.

Congratulations,
Shorty

Thanks, Shorty.

BTW I have replaced my XW wedge for a 4 Hybrid (5 wedges may be too many! ).

It's not really that I felt i couldn't hit it (although it is finicky), but the 60º does almost everything I could ask in such situations that I might need the XW. And, I wanted a heavy hybrid-type club to use in the rough, and for greenside chipping. I think I'll use it more than the XW.

I got a Callaway X 4H hybrid, Which I can hit 220 yds. I really like it!

I personally think that Dave is a great short game coach, his style of teaching is something that I can relate to on the course.

I have to say this about him as well. When my father (an avid golf channel fan of Dave) was in the hospital with a terminal illness. All he could talk about that gave him a moment of happiness/relief and hope was golf. We could talk our way around his local course, the trees to stay away from, the sand traps, the roll of the greens... Golf gave him hope of getting back on his feet---which he did. His golfing days are numbered but he still gets out 2 times a week on his cart. Good on em...

During his recovery I went on Peltz website and ordered his short game book. My dad loved it!!! sitting in the hospital re-reading this book over and over... so I hopped on Dave's website again and wrote him an email that I had to pass through the sales department as a comment... I basically told him all the above and let him know that his work gave people hope in ways that he may never have considered. He immediately sent my father the rest of his books signed wishing him a fast recovery.

That's decent. Can't say enough about the man.

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SumoSid
"Moments of Greatness followed by Moments of horror."

Great story, Sumosid.

I'm glad to hear your dad still gets out there.

Some of Pelz's tips are good, but he gets a little too much into making it sound like rocket science.
The very best short game - putting tips are suggested by a person I know personally, when I was a high school kid, his name was Paul Runyan. He has a great book out there, though out of print, called "The Short Way To Lower Scoring", also there is a DVD floating around that you can watch with same title. Sadly Paul passed away several years back, but to any golfer who really knows the game, his name and game still live on.

Once you get your distances for each of the wedges....i.e. say 45, 55, 60 yards for a lob wedge for instance.. you can put those distances on a piece of tape and put it on the shaft of the club. Perfectly legal. That way you can select which ever wedge you need for a particular distance. That would also depend on the lie and your ability to replicate the correct distance.

Im a fan of the Pelz bibles!

Although heavy reading at times, I found the stuff useful, particularly the 3x3 stuff.

Does give you that extra confidence knowing the distances to hit with certain clubs in your short game. But I do think you need to keep practicing. I often struggle with the 7.30 range and thats where I shank the most!

The middle one is a shanker usually because you are so focused on how far to take it back, that you start the downswing with the arms. You still need to start with the hips then shoulders like a full swing.

Do you maintain the small letter "y" at impact? See my avatar where my arms and club form the small letter "y". Also you should make sure your left wrist is facing the target; as if you were hitting with the back of your hand. If you do this you will seldom, if ever, shank a shot with any club when using this method. Hope this helps.

Fantastic tip matey, thank you very much. Focusing on keeping my left wrist aiming at target is ensuring I dont shank!!