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Square your stance when pitching

Square your stance when pitching

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Rob Watts, 23 May 2012 10:28

When using your short irons and wedges, the tendency is often to cut across the ball. But this will lead to a high, spinning ball flight and a lack of distance. As TG Elite Pro Rob Watts explains in this golf video tip, a simpler way to gain a crisp strike and a penetrating ball flight is to square your ...

 
Maintain loft on pitch shots

Maintain loft on pitch shots

Rating: 0

Rob Watts, 23 May 2012 10:25

When your pitching action becomes too handsy by flicking at the ball, the likelihood is the clubface is rotating too much through impact, which results in a poor angle of attack, low flight and inconsistent strike. As TG Elite Pro Rob Watts explains in this golf video tip, keeping the loft on the club during the swing will increase the ...

 
Connection drill for pitching

Connection drill for pitching

Rating: 0

Rob Watts, 23 May 2012 10:20

The ability to control the distance on pitch shots relies on the syncronisation of the arms and body during the swing. When the arms become separated, they will often move at a different speed, which also affects the quality of the strike. Under your left armpit is often where the left elbow separates from the body in a bid to ...

 
Marry up your swing lengths when pitching

Marry up your swing lengths when pitching

Rating: 3.5

Rob Watts, 24 February 2011 11:52

Pitching is a tricky business. Almost every yardage within 100 yards can cause us problems with distance control, especially if we don’t know how to alter our swing to accommodate. One of the most effective ways of changes the distance we hit our pitch shots is to marry up the length of both the backswing and the throughswing, remembering to ...

 
Trust your loft when chipping

Trust your loft when chipping

Rating: 3.5

Rob Watts, 11 February 2011 16:23

The classic mistake amateur golfers make when chipping is to overuse their wrists in an attempt to help the ball in the air. To combat this disastrous fault, check out this unique video drill from TG Elite Teaching Pro Rob Watts. You’ll soon start to trust the natural loft on your wedge and chip it next to the pin every ...

 
Chip and run with a 6-iron

Chip and run with a 6-iron

Rating: 4

Rob Watts, 13 December 2010 09:38

When you find your ball around the edge of the green, many amateur golfers will automatically pluck a sand wedge from their bag and attempt a risky flop shot even if there are no hazards between them and the hole, but there is another way. Using a straight-faced club is a far better option and TG Elite Teaching Professional Rob ...

 
Chip better using gravity

Chip better using gravity

Rating: 3.5

Rob Watts, 20 September 2010 17:13

Golfers that struggle with their chip shots tend to have too much upper body movement during the stroke. This reduces the chance of bringing the club back to the ball in the correct position because there are so many moving parts. As TG Elite Teaching Pro Rob Watts explains in this video tip, the goal when chipping is to keep ...

 
Recovery Zone – Downhill Chip

Recovery Zone – Downhill Chip

Rating: 4

Rob Watts, 25 June 2010 11:36

The downhill chip is one of the toughest shots in golf to execute, but an up-and-down for par is still possible if you follow these simple steps. In this video tip TG Elite Teaching Pro Rob Watts shows you how to set up correctly to knock it close. Take a lofted club, adjust your body so your shoulders are parallel ...

 
Strike Chips Better

Strike Chips Better

Rating: 3

Rob Watts, 04 March 2010 11:31

Many amateur golfers suffer from poor strikes when chipping because they take the club away too far on the inside, which means the hands have to over-work into impact to square the clubface. In this golf video tip, you can use a cane or rod positioned along the line of the toes to provide instant feedback if you bring the ...

 

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