Hitting Better Iron Shots
A frequently asked question for amateur golfers is: 'How do I hit my irons with more consistency?' Well, you will find all the answers right here.
One of the best ways to improve your ball striking with your irons is to learn a 'quicker wrist hinge'. Many amateur golfers take the iron back far too low to the ground, this in turn takes them too long into the back swing before they are ready to hinge their wrists. If you practice hinging your wrists as early as possible (try to make it feel as though you are hinging your wrists almost immediately as the club is starting back) you will have the club on the correct plain, allowing you to strike the ball ball with a descending blow as opposed to a sweeping blow, which is incorrect in hitting a proper iron shot. Remember, you always want to take a divot with your irons, but keep in mind, you want the divot to appear after you strike the shot.
Here's a drill to help you gain a better understanding for this.
Drill:
Find an area of your local driving range that has no divots taken out of it, drop a bucket of balls. Now, take dollar bill out of your pocket and place it just to the right of the ball with the front of the ball being placed at the back of the bill (so the bill is actually in front of the ball, just off to the right side) This guide will allow you to see if your divot is coming before, or after the ball. What you should see is the divot starting at the beginning of the dollar bill and finishing at the end of it, the ball will already be air born, this will it you know that with an early wrist hinge you are striking the ball with a descending blow as opposed to sweeping motion. If you practice this drill you will become a much better iron player
Look for our next lesson about alignment.
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