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Golf Tips Newsletter
Issue 676 - September 8, 2021
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USGTF Class "A" Teaching Professional
WGTF "Top 100" Teacher
IGPA Certified Golf Psychology Coach


 

"It is not the will to win that matters, everyone has that.
It is the will to prepare to win that matters." - Paul "Bear" Bryant


Tom's Featured Tip: 5 Tips For Solid Wedge Shots

Lesson Comments: What Students Have To Say
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2022 BCC Junior Golf Camp The Junior Golf Camp sold out quickl in 2021, so get your junior golfer registered soon. Call BCC at (585) 343-7600




5 Tips For Solid Wedge Shots

For simplicity, all advice on actual swings or drills is provided from a right handed perspective.





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5 Tips For Solid Wedge Shots

Here are 5 short but sweet tips on hitting your wedge more solidly and more effectively.
  1. The next time you need to hit a wedge, select a wedge with a lower loft than you normally would use.

  2. Position the front of the ball just behind center in your stance, set up with some forward shaft lean, and your weight 60% on your front foot.

  3. Feel like you are using about a 3/4 backswing length motion, but a normal downswing speed, with the hands ahead of the clubhead at impact.

  4. This is key - on your downswing, imagine that you are pulling the clubhead into the back of the ball on a straight line, not an arc. It won't actually be a straight line due to your weight shift and your rotation, but imagining it makes it more likely that you will compress the ball rather than scoop it.

    I can't tell you how many of my students have transformed their wedge play with only this one swing thought.

  5. Your final swing thought should be to squish the ball as you strike the ball with the center of the club face and a relatively firm left arm.
Try this and you'll really love the lower trajectory, higher spinning, more accurate ball flight that your wedge shots will produce.

Comments: TomTuckerGolf@gmail.com

Love your practice, own your swing, own your health,

Tom




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I conduct lessons at The Plum Creek Driving Range & Practice Facility
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Lessons are available for all ages and skill levels, please contact
me - Tom Tucker - at (716) 474 3005 or email me at TomTuckerGolf@gmail.com
for more information.

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Sponsors and Affiliates

Buying a sponsored product through any of my affiliate links helps support this free newsletter, and I only affiliate with excellent products that I use myself.  Thanks, Tom






Train with a Rypstick to improve your swing speed and gain more distance off the tee. If the versatility of three different swing weights in one club appeals to you, this is your swing speed training aid of choice.


Click here
Rypstick.com to buy now, and make sure that you enter TOMTUCKERGOLF (case sensitive) in the Discount code box when you check out to receive a 5% discount.




Click here to buy your
Divot Board to drastically improve your ball-striking. Combine your Divot Board practice and putting practice with the included putting lesson drills, and watch your scoring improve!.


Use your club or hand to re-set the board after your strike
Click here to buy now for outstanding Ball-Striking practice feedback

BONUS: when you buy through the newsletter link above, you'll also receive free access to my Putting Lesson Videos ($50 value) which cover: The Elevated Aimline Drill, The Squareness Awareness Drill, The Aimline Accuracy Drill, The Stock Putting Stroke Drill, The Barrier Drill, The Short Putt Channel Drill, and more.




Click here
SuperSpeedGolf.com to buy this swing speed training aid and increase your distance off the tee.


SuperSpeedGolf.com Buy now and get to work on increasing your swing speed now.




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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