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Golf Clubs-Loft and Putting
The Importance of Alignment in Your Game
Three elements of proper alignment:
*Aligning the body, the ideal body alignment aims all of your body, feet, knees, hips, forearms and shoulders parallel to the target line.
*Aligning the ball, if the ball is aligned to far forward, it can cause you to hit it while the putter is swinging up, causing the ball to leave the green.
*Aligning the putter face,
according to some professionals if your putter alignment is off by 10 degrees, and your putt is 20 feet, you will miss the hole by 3 feet. That sounds like aligning the putter is pretty important!
Contact should be made with the ball at the bottom of the stroke for putting, at the point where the putter head is horizontal to the ground.
In the ideal stance this is directly beneath the center of your stance. The center of your stance should be directly below your breastbone.
To determine your low point, try some practice swings, the point where the putter brushes the grass is your low point.
It may be further back if you put more weight on your back foot or further forward if you lean towards your target.
Your ball should be placed slightly in front of your low point, this is necessary because each persons low point is different.
The direction your putt is off may be caused due to the fact that your ball is positioned improperly to your low point. If you continue to push puts right, try moving your ball slightly forward.
If you pull your puts to the left, try moving your ball back slightly in your stance.
Placing the ball to far forward is the most common mistake golfers make.
This makes it easier for them to see their shot, but gives the shot less power than it should have.
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Try lighter clubs with longer more
flexible shafts. This will allow
for longer arc as well as more
speed from the club head.
You can go as much as two inches
longer on your clubs, but speak to
your golf pro before making this
decision.
There should be a little less
weight in the club head to
compensate for the added swing
weight of the longer shaft. The
more flexible club head allows the
same effort to give a faster swing.
Try using an 80 to 85 percent
lower-compression ball. This will
give a better feel with increased
control, particularly around the
greens.
If you are honest with yourself,
you will admit that you dont have
the strength of hand action now
which eliminates the ability to
get maximum distance out of your
long irons.
Pull them from the bag, these are
the 2-, 3- and 4-irons, and
replace them with 5-, 6- and 7-
wood.
Its not meant to discourage your
use of irons, if you have the
ability to hit them continue to do
so.
However it is pointless to
continue to use them if you only
play once or twice a week.
There are four advantages to using
woods instead of long irons:
*The longer shaft generates more
club head speed with no additional
effort.
*The ball is lofted quickly,
floats high and holds the green.
*Hitting down into the ball, even
in tight or bad lies allows you to
have good results when you hit
down on the ball
*When you step up to a trap you
can step up to it with a 5 iron.
These clubs are easy to use and
are quick confidence builders.
Practice will allow you to reduce
your score by three to five
strokes. |
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A firmer stroke decreases the amount of break, using the combination of the harder stroke and a head wind; the break should be all but eliminated. Side winds have several effects:
*More break when it blows the same way the land slope.
*Less break when it blows against the direction of the slope.
*It will change the speed of the put, faster if blowing with the ball, slower if blowing against the ball.
*A putt being blown faster will multiply the break
*A putt blowing slower will decrease the break
Strong winds and gusts dont affect just the ball; they may also affect you by throwing off your balance, something that is important in effective putting.
You will be able to feel it when the wind is unbalancing you, widen your stance and if needed, bend further over to compensate, make a slightly more powerful stroke as this changed stance will be transmitted through the club.
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