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TomTuckerGolf.com Golf Tips Newsletter Issue 566 - Wed. July 17th, 2019 Website Newsletters Archive |
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USGTF Class "A" Teaching Professional
WGTF "Top 100" Teacher IGPA Certified Golf Psychology Coach |
If you don't take action, you'll never improve. Prepare to play your best golf by doing something now! Lesson Comments: What Students Have To Say Sponsors: Plum Creek Driving Range Batavia Country Club Chestnut Hill Country Club Click here: INDOOR GOLF LESSONS for details on how to improve your game over the winter. Plum Creek Driving Range, Batavia, NY, Open All Year Simulator Course Play Specials: BataviaGolf.com Call 585-993-0930 or Email Mark to reserve simulator time! Buy Gift Certificates for Lessons Sample Gift Certificate Golf lessons - Outdoor and Indoor - are available at Plum Creek. Please call me (Tom Tucker) at 716 474 3005, email me at TomTuckerGolf@gmail.com, or visit my website at http://www.tomtuckergolf.com/lessonrates.html for details. Subscribe - http://www.tomtuckergolf.com/signup.html If you like this newsletter, please do me a favor and forward it to your friends so that they may subscribe, thanks! The Unsubscribe link is at the bottom of this newsletter. Junior Golf Camp at Batavia Country Club Still a few spots open! Call today if you are interested. The 2019 BCC Junior Golf Camp dates are as follows: Ages 7 - 10: July 22 - 26, 2019 Ages 11 - 15: July 29 - August 2, 2019 For more details click here: BCC Junior Golf Camp Tom's Featured Tip: Wedge Distance Control For simplicity, all advice on actual swings or drills is provided from a right handed perspective. Many players have trouble dialing in the distances for their wedge shots when a relatively short pitch shot is required. Especially in the 50 yard and shorter range. A decision has to be made: do you use the same club with a different swing length or do I use a different club with my normal swing? The obvious problem is that some shots are in the range where a stock (normal) swing with your shortest club will cause the ball to fly too far. In that case, you either need to develop a shorter swing or use Plan B below. I do offer a lesson specifically for developing a shorter swing. I do think that it's the most reliable method for gaining distance control overall, but it requires a lot of reps and dedication to learn, and it takes a lot of practice to be able to use it on the course. Many casual players can't put in that much time and effort. Most of us don't even have the time to play as much as we would like to. Plan B If that applies to you (and it will to most of you reading this), here's a quick and easy Plan B for developing a method that can be very useful for controlling your wedge distances for those troublesome short range pitch shots. Simply grip down on your club with your normal swing and it will reduce the distance that the ball will fly. It sounds too simple to be true, but this method will help you determine your short shot distance range without the need for a ton of practice time - but it will require some range time initially. Or not, you can try it as you play - but then your learning curve will be on the course. Best to try it for at least a small bucket of balls on the range to get a feel for the swing and the distance. Take a normal swing with each of your wedges - pitching wedge, gap wedge, and sand wedge - but grip down one inch and see how far the ball flies. Then grip down two inches and observe the result. There will be some overlap on the range of distance between your wedges, but some will take a higher trajectory. This kind of knowledge gives you some great scoring tools. For some of you, gripping down and swinging won't feel right, even after enough practice. It that's the case, then you need to work on technique for a shorter swing to cover less distance with your wedges. For the majority of golfers reading this newsletter, this will feel and work just fine, and it won't take as much practice as trying to nail down different backswing lengths. Maybe gripping two inches down the grip makes the club feel too light to you. Then just grip down one inch. You'll still have a very good range of distance covered by your three wedges, enough to be very useful when you are confronted with a short range shot.. If these shots feels good to you and you like the results, take magic marker and mark the one inch and two inch lines on your grip (that's not against the rules) and log in some practice time to get an idea of your distances. Try this, you'll really like it. Comments: ttucker@rochester.rr.com Love your practice, own your swing, own your health, Tom Golf Lessons I conduct lessons at The Plum Creek Driving Range & Practice Facility there's a link for Plum Creek info here: http://www.tomtuckergolf.com/ Lessons are available for all ages and skill levels, please contact me - Tom Tucker - at (716) 474 3005 or email me at ttucker@rochester.rr.com for more information. Outdoor Lessons Details and Rates: http://www.tomtuckergolf.com/lessonrates.html Indoor Lessons Details and Rates: http://www.tomtuckergolf.com/indoor.html Testimonials: http://www.tomtuckergolf.com/testimonials.html Sponsors Plum Creek Driving Range and Simulator Outdoor range and play indoor golf on any of our 40 Simulator Courses. Call 585-993-0930 or email Mark at plumcreek4@rochester.rr.com to reserve time for simulator play or practice! Batavia Country Club (585) 343-7600 www.bataviacc.com Great rates, the best greens in WNY. Golf Digest Four Star rating for public courses to play in New York State. Tee times online or by phone in season. FISH FRYS AT BCC and other delicious dinner specials with soup and salad bar - Fridays, 4pm - 9pm Served in the dining area of the lower level snack bar for the summer season. Chestnut Hill Country Club (585)-547-3613 www.chestnuthillgolf.com THE WESTERN NEW YORK LEADER IN GOLF OUTINGS! Only minutes from Buffalo, open to the public. Tee times online or by phone in season. All the best, Tom Tucker Teaching Pro, Plum Creek Driving Range & Practice Facility WGTF ' "Top 100 Golf Teacher" USGTF Class "A" Teaching Professional IGPA Certified Golf Psychology Coach Cell: (716) 474-3005 Email: TomTuckerGolf@gmail.com http://www.TomTuckerGolf.com "There are no substitutes in the quest for perfection!" ~ Ben Hogan |
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