Posts Tagged: short irons

Worked on my short irons today.  Sand wedge through eight iron.  It’s been a few weeks since I hit these, and i felt really rusty.  Distance seemed a little short, until I understood why my form was off.
 I realized that I was casting the club a bit, instead of lagging the clubhead behind the hands deep [...]

Practiced the short irons today.  Sand Wedge through 8 Iron.  Focused on going slowly and in-control, the goal being solid contact.  Swing thoughts: coil (upper body), turn (lower body), extend (arms).  Some notes:
1) The sand wedge has a lot of bounce.  This makes it challenging to hit a solid shot from a tight lie such [...]