| Straight to the point. If your desire is to play good | | | | Swing the handle, as you would a club, to waist |
| golf and lower your handicap, you have to have a | | | | height. Pause it there, then feel the right arm drive |
| good grasp of the fundamentals of golf. You will | | | | the handle down and through the imaginary ball. |
| need a good golf swing as well. To understand what | | | | Follow through as you would with a real club. |
| I mean by good golf swing, take as an example, any | | | | You will also notice a whooshing sound as you whip |
| of today's top professional players as a model. Solid | | | | the broom handle down and through the swing. What |
| iron shots are the result of having a solid golf swing. | | | | you are trying to do here is memorize this action so |
| Here are two drills to help you hit solid iron shots. | | | | you can replicate it during your actual swing. |
| 1. By cultivating the technique of hitting the ball late in | | | | 2. Practice hitting iron shots with both feet together. |
| the downswing, you generate the power and | | | | This will remind you of the role the hands and arms |
| accuracy needed to play the irons well every time. | | | | play in contributing to the swing. The key test is |
| But how do you practice a movement which happens | | | | whether you lose your balance playing these shots. If |
| so quickly? I like to use a broom handle. Grip it with | | | | you do, the body is contributing too much. |
| each hand separately, with the hands spaced about | | | | I hope these two tips help you to hit solid iron shots. |
| three inches apart. | | | | |