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