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Golf Tips – Curing a Golf Slice

The most dreaded part of my game has always been hitting a golf slice. Seems like no matter what I do, it always rears it’s ugly head. I’ve tried just about every swing tip possible and after a little time it always creeps back in.

Are you a fellow slicer?

One of those kindred spirits who stands on the tee box, takes about two seemingly perfect practice golf swings, line up to the ball, swing back and knock it down the perfect line.. at first.

Then inevitably, as you knew it would, it starts bleeding, slightly at first eventually evolving into a full 90 degree flight path ending up somewhere that will take a scuba mask or hiking boots to locate..

If you’re like me, than this isn’t a problem that’s isolated to the driver, just about every club in your bag, with the exception of the putter and wedges.

It’s important to identify what causes a golf slice because if you don’t know exactly what you’re doing wrong than all the golf tips in the world won’t help you out much. Simply put, as far as I understand it, there are two main causes of a golf slice. Either you swing from over the top, creating an out to in swing path so the clubface cuts across the ball creating side spin or you’re leaving the clubface open at impact, again creating side spin on the ball.

In my case, it’s the latter, I tend to keep the clubface open at impact. I’m presently using a Nike Str8-Fit Driver that I’ve closed two degrees to help offset the natural tendencies of my swing, but on a bad day, it doesn’t help all that much.

The primary reason that I have a slice is that instead of turning my hips, I tend to slide my hips forward preventing my body from turning the hips out.

If you’ve done any research online, you know that there’s about a million different golf tips out there on fixing a golf slice.

Here’s a couple golf tips I’ve tried and haven’t had much luck with..

• Tee the ball higher and move it forward more in your stance, giving the clubface more time to finish closing.

• Concentrate on trying to hit a hook. The emphasis on closing the clubface will help negate the slice.

• Take a more powerful grip on the club by rotating your hands to the right more (if you’re a righty, left if you’re a lefty). This will cause your clubface to close earlier in the swing, giving you a greater chance of hitting a straight shot.

There’s many more, but off the top of my head, these are some of the quick fixes I’ve tried that have been marginally successful.

I was playing a round of golf the other day and as I feared it would happen, the golf slice reared it’s ugly head on me. After a couple holes of unsuccessfully trying to get it under control,  one of my playing partners (been playing for 30+ years and is a +1) gave me a real quick fix that completely blew my mind, not to mention, totally cured my slice.

I mentioned earlier that I have a tendency to slide my hips forward and his simple solution was to take a wider stance. He said just stand with your feet about another six inches apart and give it a go.

The very next shot was straight as an arrow and after a couple holes, I had to change the angle of my driver from two degrees closed to flush because I started blocking my drives.

That advice completely fixed my golf slice (for the round anyway). As golf tips go, it’s probably the best I’ve ever received. It’s simple to do, takes no practice and there’s virtually no margin for error..

If your symptoms are similar to mine, try spreading your feet apart more and let me know if it helps.

If you’re interested, here’s some other golf tips that might help your game.

A little while ago,  I made my way to Grand Cypress Golf Club and to the TaylorMade Performance Lab located in the Academy of Golf. While out there, I played some golf, went through a custom club fitting and toured the facilities.

To sum the experience, let me say, “Grand Cypress is amazing.”

Grand Cypress Golf Club boasts 45 holes of Jack Nicklaus signature golf. There’s two courses, the Old course and the New course.

The Old Course is comprised of three nine-hole courses called the North, East and South Courses. Within these 27 holes, the Jack Nicklaus Signature-designed North, South, and East Nines provide three distinctly unique 18-hole masterpieces.

For the full round of 18, courses can be combined as the North-South, South-East, or East-North Course.

Each combination provides a distinctive playing experience, which will challenge even the best of golfers.

The North, South, and East Nines offer a variety of mental and physical stimuli that test accuracy rather than strength and distance. The original North-South combination, marked by sharp ledge fairways, tall shaggy mounds, and plateau greens perched above water or sand, is a demanding, target-style test. The sportier, more wooded East Nine is more generous, with less bunkering (particularly in front of the greens) allowing for more run-up shots.

I played the East-North combination while I was there. The East course was down right brutal, left me wondering if I was fit to wield a club. The North was much more forgiving and helped to offset the pounding dished out by the East. The course was in superb shape, not very crowded and presented many opportunities for a variety of shots. The greens were tough and a little tricky but for the most part, rolled true.

The New Course is Jack Nicklaus’ tribute and homage to the famed Old Course at St. Andrews, Scotland. This Scottish links masterpiece is complete with double greens, stone bridges and walls, gorse mounds, burns, and pot bunkers as deep as 12 feet, all in the spirit of true Scottish original.

There was great care put into creating a course that was very similar, and to a certain extent, exactly like the Old course at St. Andrews.

They’ve created a replica of the Swilican Bridge that golfers for centuries at have trudged over on the 18th hole at the Old Course in St. Andrews. It’s said to be a very spiritual moment, as you cross the bridge, reflecting on just how many have come before you and will come after.

You can almost visualize the many golf’s “greats” that have crossed that very path, decades and centuries before. This is as close as it’ll ever get to the real thing, with the added benefit of the Florida sunshine!

While you’re there, you can also take advantage of the Academy of Golf, they offer so many different things, that I guarantee that there’s something for everyone. I can tell you from experience that the driving range is immaculate. There’s nothing I hate more than going to the range, and trying to work on your game on ground that’s both uneven and beat all to hell. I was very impressed with the care the give the range and how great the conditions were. They also offer range finders that everyone can use, free of charge, so you can better gauge your distances.

It’s been rated one of golf’s “Top 25 schools” since 1999 and because there’s so much to offer, they’re always running special packages and rates on lessons.

I highly encourage you to check out the TaylorMade Performance Lab whilst you’re there and see if Travis can squeeze you in, it’s well worth the investment.

For the fitting, they put twenty six sensors on your body which are read by the nine high speed (180 FPS) cameras that are strategically located throughout the room.

Once you’re all suited up, you stand in the middle of the room and they turn the cameras on and take a snapshot of your body structure and upload it to be used during your fitting. Thankfully, it’s rather slimming and does a good job of masking the expanding girth..

The whole club fitting process utilizes (initializing copy-paste) Motion Analysis Technology by TaylorMade technology (MATT) to provide golfers with an experience that far exceeds anything previously available to the public.

It gathers vital swing information and statistics using multiple high-speed cameras and distills that information to create a remarkably sophisticated three-dimensional computer-animated image of your swing viewable from every angle. MATT also executes a multitude of calculations and measurements to develop a data-driven personal club recommendation.

MATT provides a superior club-fitting and/or instructional experience by supplying club-fitters and instructors with an unparalleled level of practical data, giving them the power to analyze your swing and identify your needs with remarkable precision. Your clubs will fit better, improving your game — and your score. (end copy-paste)

For my fitting, I hit three clubs, a six iron, driver and putter. I hit about four shots with each club and after every shot we’d analyze the shot on the big projector screen they have set up. MATT captures every aspect of your swing and it can be viewed a couple of hundred different ways. Here’s a slightly complete list of the different aspects it captures.

* Clubhead Path
* Swing Planes
* Speed Planes
* Center Of Gravity
* Body Line on Shoulders, Hips, Knees, Toes, and Spine
* Face Angle
* Target Line
* Ball Position
* Head Position
* X – Factor ( Relationship between Shoulder Turn and Hip Turn)
* Shaft and Shoulder Plane
* Wrist Cocking Angle
* Shaft Line
* Shaft Deflection
* Posture Lines
* In/Out Path of Club
* Up/Down Path of club
* Hand Speed
* Clubhead Speed
* Effective loft of the club at impact
* Ball Speed
* Launch Angle
* Backspin
* Side spin
* Ball Trajectory
* Computed Distance and Roll

Evaluating my swing, Travis concluded a couple things; On ALL of my clubs (driver, irons, putter) my clubface is open at contact, my swing plane varies pretty significantly from the take away plane to the downward motion plane, and he surmised that it was probably due to the fact that I’ve been hitting clubs that were too short for me. So instead of going straight back and straight forward, I’m taking the club back and while doing that, I’m pushing my hands forward which is causing my head to drop a bit and then i’m pulling the club in at impact which is causing my open club face and causing me to come across the ball putting some sideways spin on it.

Not only was Travis able to identify my swing troubles, he showed me how to fix them. Soooo, real quick, totally awesome club fitting session AND golf lesson! It’s been some solid advice too.

Once the fitting is done, the system uses some sophisitcated algorithm and compares your swing to 1,500,000 others and comes up with a recommended set of custom TaylorMade clubs for you. The master club fitter then looks it over, makes any corrections he/she deems necessary and then sets out to build a set of demo clubs for you to go to the range with. The recommended driver for me was the TaylorMade R9 460, 10.5 degree loft and the clubface closed two degrees. The irons were the 2009 TaylorMade Burner Irons 3I-PW -.5 degree flat.

We went to the range to hit these custom fitted clubs and after a couple swings, I was bombing them down the range. It was such an awesome feeling! Needless to say, I’ve since ordered a full set of TaylorMade Burner irons that I’ve been very pleased with. Now, I’m not saying that every shot is straight and perfect, but custom clubs have made my misses ALOT more manageable.

After the fitting was over, he burned all my swings onto a CD as well as the club recommendations for me to take home. I spent a good while just replaying my swing and checking out the different components.

Regarding lodging, there’s two options that are on site, the Villas of Grand Cypress and the Hyatt Regency at Grand Cypress. Both have tons of amenities and activities for you and the family to engage in. The location is perfect for families as well, for those who aren’t crazy about golf, you’re right next to Walt Disney World, so send them to the attractions and head to the links!

For all of you locals, just an FYI, they’re starting an initiative to get more of us out there, so you should definitely inquire about what sort of special rates they’re running for Orlando residents.

For further reading, check out the Travel Guide Orlando

A little Friday golf humor for you. A friend of mine emailed these to me, couldn’t stop chuckling..

These greens are so fast I have to hold my putter over the ball and hit it with the shadow. ~ Sam Snead

I was three over. One over a house, one over a patio, and one over a swimming pool. ~ George Brett

Actually, the only time I ever took out a one-iron was to kill a tarantula. And I took a 7 to do that. ~ Jim Murray

The only sure rule in golf is – he who has the fastest cart never has to play the bad lie. ~ Mickey Mantle

Sex and golf are the two things you can enjoy even if you’re not good at them. ~ Kevin Costner

I don’t fear death, but I sure don’t like those three-footers for par.. ~ Chi Chi Rodriguez

After all these years, it’s still embarrassing for me to play on the American golf tour. Like the time I asked my caddie for a sand wedge and he came back ten minutes later with a ham on rye. ~ Chi Chi Rodriguez

The ball retriever is not long enough to get my putter out of the tree. ~ Brian Weis

Swing hard in case you hit it. ~ Dan Marino

My favorite shots are the practice swing and the conceded putt. The rest can never be mastered. ~ Lord Robertson

Give me golf clubs, fresh air and a beautiful partner, and you can keep the clubs and the fresh air. ~ Jack Benny

There is no similarity between golf and putting; they are two different games, one played in the air, and the other on the ground. ~ Ben Hogan

Professional golf is the only sport where, if you win 20% of the time, you’re the best. ~ Jack Nicklaus

The uglier a man’s legs are, the better he plays golf. It’s almost a law. ~ H G Wells

I never pray on a golf course. Actually, the Lord answers my prayers everywhere except on the course. ~ Billy Graham

If you watch a game, it’s fun. If you play at it, it’s recreation. If you work at it, it’s golf.. ~ Bob Hope

While playing golf today I hit two good balls. I stepped on a rake. ~ Henny Youngman

If you think it’s hard to meet new people, try picking up the wrong golf ball. ~ Jack Lemmon

You can make a lot of money in this game. Just ask my ex-wives. Both of them are so rich that neither of their husbands work. ~ Lee Trevino

I’m not saying my golf game went bad, but if I grew tomatoes, they’d come up sliced. ~ Lee Trevino

Have a Great Weekend!!

-Dave

Here’s your orlando golf lesson of the week!

I found a couple of “how to hit irons” videos.

Here’s a good video on developing accuracy, taking a smaller swing with a more consistent motion will help train your body and mind. You can start with smaller swings and work your way up.

I love Joe, these videos are great because they always leave you with some simple takeaways, “That’s what I’m talkin ’bout!”

The acoustics on this one aren’t all that great, but I think it’s  a simple, stellar drill to help develop the whole “hitting down on the golf ball” mentality.

Enjoy your weekend!!

-Dave

TaylorMade Performance Lab Orlando, Grand Cypress Academy of Golf

Last week, I had one of the coolest experiences of my golfing life. I was given the opportunity to receive a custom club fitting out at the TaylorMade Performance Lab at the Grand Cypress Academy of Golf.

Now, to most people, a custom club fitting consists of nothing more than going to your local golf retailer and hitting some balls off a launch monitor and analyzing the contact tape to see where your ball strikes. That type of fitting doesn’t even begin to scratch the surface of what these guys do for you.

I’d like to preface this review by saying that I really hope to be able to do them justice, but I feel my words will probably be lacking of the profound coolness that is the TaylorMade Performance Lab.

The first thing you encounter when you enter the lab is this security vault style door, pretty intimidating thing to see in person!

When I arrived, I was introduced to Travis Kent who is the manager and master club fitter at the performance lab. He explained to me how the custom club fitting works and what the plan of attack for the day would be. So pretty much, here’s how it goes…

• Evaluate your existing equipment and discuss outstanding problems you’ve been having with them.
• Don the sensor suit (my name, not theirs, I dunno if they have any really cool name for it.. )
• Swing some clubs and evaluate the output.
• Based on the data collected, build a set of demo clubs for you to hit on the range.
• After you see the awesomeness that is your golf game when you have a custom set of sticks, you practically throw money at Travis to build you a set. (literally…..no seriously)

So he took a look at my existing clubs and after a couple of poorly masked cough chuckles he mentioned that my irons are all about 1/2 inch shorter than the standard length of todays irons. We discussed my game and I told him that I suffered from a slight to moderate power fade (to be read, insane boomerang slice). For those that don’t know yet, I’m a lefty golfer so a slice for me means my shots head to the left.

After discussing my clubs and my game, Travis says, “Alright, let’s get you suited up and create your

avatar!” (Disclaimer: This part is freaking cool!!!!) So, by getting some of your vitals (height, waste and shoe size) and putting this sensor suit on you, they create your avatar.

As you can see in the picture to the right, they attach 26 sensors to your body which are read by the nine high speed (180 FPS) cameras that are strategically located throughout the room. Once you’re all suited up, you stand in the middle of the room and they turn the cameras on and take a snapshot of your body structure and upload it to be used during your fitting. Thankfully, it’s rather slimming and does a good job of masking the expanding girth..

The whole club fitting process utilizes (initializing copy-paste) Motion Analysis Technology by TaylorMade technology (MATT) to provide golfers with an experience that far exceeds anything previously available to the public.

MATT gathers vital swing information and statistics using multiple high-speed cameras. MATT distills that information to create a remarkably sophisticated three-dimensional computer-animated image of your swing viewable from every angle. MATT also executes a multitude of calculations and measurements to develop a data-driven personal club recommendation.

MATT provides a superior club-fitting and/or instructional experience by supplying club-fitters and instructors with an unparalleled level of practical data, giving them the power to analyze your swing and identify your needs with remarkable precision. Your clubs will fit better, improving your game — and your score. (end copy-paste)

For my fitting, I hit three clubs, a six iron, driver and putter. I hit about four shots with each club and after every shot we’d analyze the shot on the big projector screen they have set up. MATT captures every aspect of your swing and it can be viewed a couple of hundred different ways. Here’s a slightly complete list of the different aspects it captures.

• Clubhead Path
• Swing Planes
• Speed Planes
• Center Of Gravity
• Body Line on Shoulders, Hips, Knees, Toes, and Spine
• Face Angle
• Target Line
• Ball Position
• Head Position
• X – Factor ( Relationship between Shoulder Turn and Hip Turn)
• Shaft and Shoulder Plane
• Wrist Cocking Angle
• Shaft Line
• Shaft Deflection
• Posture Lines
• In/Out Path of Club
• Up/Down Path of club
• Hand Speed
• Clubhead Speed
• Effective loft of the club at impact
• Ball Speed
• Launch Angle
• Backspin
• Side spin
• Ball Trajectory
• Computed Distance and Roll

Here’s a video I captured of one of my swings. It’s only showing the swing planes, but you can imagine where it can go from there…

For my swing, Travis concluded a couple things; On ALL of my clubs (driver, irons, putter) my clubface is open at contact, my swing plane varies pretty significantly from the take away plane to the downward motion plane, and he surmised that it was probably due to the fact that I’ve been hitting clubs that were too short for me. So instead of going straight back and straight forward, I’m taking the club back and while doing that, I’m pushing my hands forward which is causing my head to drop a bit and then i’m pulling the club in at impact which is causing my open club face and causing me to come across the ball putting some sideways spin on it.

Not only was Travis able to identify my swing troubles, he showed me how to fix it. Soooo, real quick, totally awesome custom  club fitting session AND an Orlando golf lesson! It’s been some solid advice too.

Once the fitting is done, the system uses some sophisitcated algorithm and compares your swing to 1,500,000 others and comes up with a recommended set of custom TaylorMade clubs for you. The master club fitter then looks it over, makes any corrections he/she deems necessary and then sets out to build a set of demo clubs for you to go to the range with. The recommended driver for me was the TaylorMade R9 460, 10.5 degree loft and the clubface closed two degrees. The irons were the 2009 TaylorMade Burner Irons 3I-PW -.5 degree flat.

We went to the range to hit these custom fitted clubs and after a couple swings, I was bombing them down the range. It was such an awesome feeling! Needless to say, I’ve since ordered a full set of TaylorMade Burner irons that should be arriving this week. Stay tuned for a review on those

After the fitting was over, he burned all my swings onto a CD as well as the club recommendations for me to take home. I spent a good while just replaying my swing and checking out the different components.

I asked Travis who he thought would benefit most from a custom club fitting and he said, “Honestly, everyone. Whether your a low, mid or high handicapper, a custom club fitting can be a huge benefit to you and your game.”

Alright, if you’ve managed to read down to this point, got some good news for ya! Well, two pieces of good news, the first (and most important);

If this is something you think you want to do, call Travis and mention that you were referred by Dave from OrlandoGolfBlogger, he’s going to give you a 50% discount off the price!

Here’s his contact info.

Travis Kent
TaylorMade Performance Lab
Grand Cypress Resort
1 North Jacaranda Blvd
Orlando, FL 32836
Travis@tmplabs.com
Lab: (407) 238-0577
Mobile: (407) 760-0609

The 2nd great piece of news is that at long last, I FINALLY have a newsletter! Sign-up below!
If you’re heading out there, let me know, I’d be glad to give you any other details you might need/want.

-Dave

Today’s Orlando Golf Lesson is “How to Hit a Punch Shot” or “Knockdown Shot.”

A punch or knockdown shot is a shot played with a very low trajectory, usually to avoid interference from tree branches when a player is hitting from the woods. Similar to the knock-down, it can also be used to avoid high winds.

The setup is relatively simple.

• Place the ball towards the back of your stance near your back foot
• Shift your weight forward
• Move your hands forward so that you decrease the angle of the clubface
• Choke down on the club close to where the grip meets the shaft
• Take a normal swing, stopping about 3/4 of the way to the top
• Keep your hands ahead through impact
• Stop the follow through 3/4 way to the top

I’ve often read that this is an “advanced” shot and mid-high handicappers don’t need to focus on it. I completely disagree I think for us hackers this would be a great addition to the arsenal. Think about it… Who spends the most of their time in the trees?

Here’s a couple videos I found to help illustrate the shot.

I really like this shot for a couple of different reasons…although typically, you’ll use 3I-8I for a punch shot, you can use pretty much any club in the bag.

It’s a shot that has significant room for error. What I mean is, if your body is aimed at the target and you hit a bad shot, there’s a good chance its still heading in the right direction and you’re still going to be moving the ball in a forward direction.

Hope you’ve learned something useful today!

What’s your take on the punch shot?

-Dave

If you’re looking for a great, free way to improve your game, you might consider signing up for Golf Digest’s Make Me Better 2009, formerly known as the Golf Digest Challenge. Honestly, I don’t know why they changed the name, but personally, I don’t like it.

It takes no time at all to sign up and it’s pretty dang awesome. I signed up for it last year(see Golf Digest Challenge 2008) but did not  do anything with it and like most things, you get out of it what you put into it.

Once your account is created, you can choose one of these areas to focus on.

• Power
• Consistency
• Short Game
• Scoring
• GD Woman (woo, golf and dating tips……..ha……ha…..)

Each focus has a PGA Tour Professional as a role model. My focus presently is consistency and the role model assigned is the great Jim Furyk. Also under each focus there’s featured lessons that apply specifically to your focus. The lessons are taught by a whole range of industry professionals and they cover a variety of topics pertaining to that focus.

Aside from the featured lessons, there’s a progress tracker where you keep track of your rounds and various stats pertaining to the round. You set a target score and then you spend ages trying to reach it.  Click here to view the scorecard. You track things like putts, chips & pitches, GIR, etc..

As you log your rounds, GD keeps track of them and show you trends in your game, see the graph below.

The more accurately you log your rounds, the better advice they’re able to give you. When you access the progress tracker, it’ll say something to the effect of, “based on the data you’ve provided, we’ve determined that you need to work on XXXX.”

There’s also a full lesson library that can be searched by topic or by instructor.

And probably the greatest part of the whole program is a free swing analysis by some of the top instructors in the country. I went to the range on Monday, May 11th and using my digital camera, I took some video of my swing with three different clubs. I uploaded them and today I received the first analysis which was completed by Mike Richards out of Heron Bay Golf Club, Coral Springs, FL.

I was extremely impressed with the detail he put into analyzing my swing and I am very excited to try out the changes he recommended.  See below for the swing analysis of my driver and 3w.

Awesome right?

This month is a great month to get started on this because you can use this in conjunction with the 12th Annual PGA Free Lesson Month going on throughout the month of May.

Oh and please, no jokes about my swing, yes I know, it’s pretty embarrassing..

Hope you guys find this useful! Consider this my Orlando Golf Lesson of the week!

-Dave

If you’re already using the Golf Digest Make Me Better 2009, I’d love to hear from you and see the swing analysis that was done, leave a comment with a link. Also, I’m looking to get more golf instruction posts going, so if you’d like me to research something and write about it, also, leave a comment.

I thought this was a quick good read.  I’ve been using the EyeLine Putting Pendulum rod for about two months and it’s been beneficial.

I will say, at first, it’s VERY awkward but once you get used to it, it helps you develop a consistent swing path and is a very good reminder about breaking the wrists.

If you’ve got $30 bucks to invest in a training aid, this isn’t a bad way to go.

Putting S.O.S. Fundamentals

Solid - hit the putt solid
Online - start the putt on the target line
Speed - hit the putt the correct speed

The right loft gets the ball rolling and wanting to go in the cup!

The ideal putter loft at impact is 4 degrees.

That is enough to get the ball out of its depression, but not get it airborne.

Most manufacturers make putters so this loft is correct when the hands are directly vertical above the ball.

If my hands are slightly toward my back foot, then I have added loft.

If my hands are slightly toward my front foot, then I have reduced loft.

Either way … no good.

The Pendulum Putting Rod is how the Tour players (112 in 2008) check this setup position.

Use the rod, a mirror, a friend, or a coach … but make sure you are set up correctly.

Take a Product Tour of the Pendulum Putting Rod

I know it’s not quite an Orlando Golf Lesson, but it’ll help ya

Not to mention the guys out at EyeLine are freaking awesome and they’ve got a slew of putting drills and games for you to experiment with.

The venerable Brendon Elliott uses a lot of these training aids in his lessons and he swears by em.

-Dave

Here’s my Orlando Golf Lesson for the week.

So, I’ve been having some issues with hitting consistent iron shots.  The world famous Brendon Elliott who is the head golf pro out at Winter Park Country Club has made great strides in helping me resolve these issues.  We’ve totally changed up my stance and I’m trying to lock down the proper weight shift and swing path.

While researching all this, I came across some surprisingly good videos that have given me some things to think about.

After going through a bunch of the videos on youtube, I realized that the best videos were the ones that were created by a company called Bionic Gloves.  Now, it wasn’t my intent to give some free advertising to a company I haven’t heard of, but these guys deserve it.  In an effort to promote their product, they partnered up with a couple of golf pros and they’ve created a series of game improvement podcasts.

Viewers who are having problems with their game email their questions to podcast@bionicgloves.com. Chaz Rough picks a question to answer, sends a free glove to the questioner and video’s the answer and posts it on their website for free viewing.  They’ve recorded over 100 podcasts and should you wish, you can download them for $1.99 per.

I think they used to post all their videos on youtube, but the past twenty or so have only been available on their website, which sucks because I can’t embed them for your viewing pleasures

In addition to these two videos below, check out #112 and #113 on the podcast section of their website for two cool irons drills.

Here’s a David Ledbetter’s Set, Check & Go drill.

Hope this helps you!

Here’s some links to some other Orlando Golf Lesson posts I’ve written.

Orlando Golf Lessons – Putting

Orlando Golf Lessons – Chipping

Orlando Golf Lessons – Pitching

Orlando Golf Lessons – Sand Shots

I appreciate you visiting the site! Feel free to leave a comment!

-Dave

Here’s some videos I found on hitting bunker shots.  I found four videos of different instructors describing their technique.  Notice some of the recurring themes in each method.  I tried to find four different videos showing four different types of bunker shots.

Here’s Joe Beck, this video (if you can get past the cheeseball music) is great and I like how they summarize the teaching points into a couple bullets.  I also like how he mentions keeping your weight on your lead foot.

Derek Nannen using a pitching wedge to hit a force carry bunker shot.

Craig Stadler is awesome, I love this guy! 

Don’t know who this is, but this video is very informative and he not only shows the shot, but gives you reasons as to why you are doing the things you’re doing.

Last time I played, I was horrible out of the sand and figured it was time to take some corrective action!   Videos work best for me, enjoy!

-Dave

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