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Before I get into this week's article, I'm happy to report that I finally got a monkey off my back. I had my first hole in one last Friday at BCC, hole #3, slight tail wind, 142 yards, 7 iron. I was starting to wonder if that was ever in the cards for me. The second part of the good news was that there were only three other people besides my foursome at the bar after the round, so I got away cheap.😄
Direction Control
For simplicity, all advice on actual swings or drills is provided from a right handed perspective.
This is a very important concept that most players don't understand thoroughly:
Face Controls Direction.
Most golfers that come to me for their first lesson have directional problems. Slicing or hooking is an inevitable part of the game, but you certainly don’t want to be stuck with a problem - you need to be able to fix it.
When I ask golfers how they try to fix their hook or slice, they often reply with "I’m trying to keep my elbow tucked in", or "I think it’s because my head lifts up early".
The realities of ball direction are actually very simple. The path the club swings through (left, right or down the line) combined with the clubface relationship to it will cause a ball to finish online or offline.
Out of the two directional elements – path and face – the face is the biggest influence. It accounts for over 70% of the starting direction of the ball, and improving the face position at impact will have a dramatic effect on your ball control.
Direction is the combination of face and path. When struck from the sweet spot, a clubface which is open to (more right of) the swing direction will slice, and a clubface which is closed to (more left of) the swing direction will hook. But you only need to remember one thing:
"If you want the ball to go more left, get the clubface facing more left at impact."
The reverse is true also.
"If you want the ball to go more to the right, get the clubface facing more right at impact."
This will have the biggest influence on whether your ball lands on the target or not.
You can turn a slice (open face at impact) into a less curving, powerful fade by closing the face more at impact. And you can turn a hook (closed face at impact) into a booming high draw by getting the face more open at impact.
This is basic physics. Great players are great at doing this, and you can be too - with knowledge and practice.
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