| High handicap golfers often make the mistake | | | | of letting the club head drop down to the |
| of not accelerating their golf club head | | | | ball. |
| into the golf ball on the short shot into the | | | | |
| green. I know that I often found myself | | | | The correct way to approach this is to |
| pulling back at the last moment hoping that I | | | | accelerate through the shot. Short golf |
| would not over hit or miss-hit the golf ball. | | | | shots into the green require a firm and |
| | | | decisive stroke. A smooth and rhythmical |
| The result was often a duff shot. The golf | | | | swing with a shorter backswing, |
| club digging into the grass behind the ball | | | | accelerating down into the ball and striking |
| with the golf ball hopping forward - going | | | | it squarely just before the club head bites |
| nowhere. Or maybe- in the hesitation - and | | | | into the grass will produce the results you |
| momentarily lifting my eyes off the ball - | | | | want. It's also important to keep your wrists |
| topping the ball and sending it skidding | | | | firm on impact with a steady follow through. |
| across the grass. Sometimes even kissing the | | | | |
| club head up against the golf ball in a | | | | This requires some courage though. Because if |
| kind of non-shot going nowhere. The | | | | you strike the golf ball firmly and top it |
| outcome... | | | | you could be picking the ball out of some |
| | | | rabbit's teeth on the far side of the green. |
| Me feeling stupid, maybe dropping a shot and | | | | |
| worst of all - having to do it all over | | | | The trick is to vary the backswing to provide |
| again. | | | | different flight distances rather than try |
| | | | to control the flight path with club speed. |
| Now I've seen the pro's do this on the golf | | | | With a little practice I found that I could |
| course and they should know better. But that | | | | begin to relate backswing to flight path |
| is no comfort when it's my shot and it's my | | | | distance. |
| partner looking at me with sympathy - or | | | | |
| frustration if it's not the first time in the | | | | And as I get better at this I know the |
| game. | | | | strokes will begin to drop of my score. |
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| The answer to this problem is to accelerate | | | | ............ And the rabbit's feel |
| through the shot. | | | | safer.......... |
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| Too often I found myself taking an | | | | Have a go. It is working for me - and it |
| exceptionally long backswing and then sort | | | | should work for you. |