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Hitting Crisp, Clean Irons From Soggy Lies
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Few things in golf beat playing when the conditions are perfect. But you can't always do that. Sometimes, you have to play when things are less than perfect. In fact, most times you play things will probably be less than perfect. Often, it's nature's fault, like when it rains heavily the night before. Heavy rains can leave fairways soft and soggy the next day, making it hard to hit crisp, clean iron shots and costing you strokes. But you can hit good irons from soggy lies by adjusting your stance and swing.

Here are seven keys to hitting irons from soggy lies:



1. Take a bunker set up
2. Choke down on the club an inch
3. Position the ball in the center
4. Stand taller over the ball
5. Hover the club above the ground
6. Line up the leading edge
7. Hit the back of the ball

You need to treat shots off wet turf as if you were hitting from a fairway bunker. That means you must make ball first contact. It also means you must compensate for you feet sinking into the soft ground, lowering your swing arc.

To do that, take a bunker stance, grip down an inch on the club, and position the ball in the center of your stance (or slightly forward for longer irons and hybrids). In addition, stand taller to the ball by bending less at the hips. Standing taller lets you hover your club above the ball and line up the leading edge with the ball's equator.

As you swing, aim for a spot an inch in front of the ball. You want to hit the back of the ball and drive your club down and into it at that spot. A good swing thought to keep in mind is to picture your clubhead and back knee reaching the ball at the same time.

Making ball first contact and offsetting a lower swing arc produces crisp, clean irons on soft, soggy turf. But remember, you can take relief without penalty from casual water (outside a hazard), but the water must be visible before or after taking your stance.

One of the biggest keys to hitting the ball crisply is
making sure you are staying still during the swing.

What I mean is a lot of people have a tendency to sway.
I love this one because it drove me mad for weeks until
I realized what I was doing wrong.

A sway -- a lateral motion of the hips and knees on the
backswing -- can be a swing killer.

To eliminate a sway, you must think about initiating your
backswing with a turning -- not sliding -- motion of your
shoulders and hips. As you swing the club back, your right
knee must remain slightly flexed but braced. The tendency
is to let the knee lose tension or bow out, which creates
the lateral motion. The right knee must anchor the swing.
Otherwise, it is unable to drive into the downswing with
the power and accuracy required to hit solid shots. Always
remember to keep the weight on the inside of the right foot,
and think turn instead of sway.

A good drill to get the feel of the weight on the inside of
the right foot is to put a golf ball under the outside of
the right foot while hitting practice balls. This drill
makes it virtually impossible to sway and will give you an
idea of what it should feel like to keep the weight on the
inside of the right foot.

Give it a try!

Go Low!

Glenn Ellis

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Well Steve, Yes I did. In the business world.

But I always dreamed of being in the NFL.

I had talent. I could have been a contender... lol

My friend, I completely understand.
I had a similar situation in my childhood.
Mine involved football.
Back in the 60's there was no money in playing football.
So, like you, girls, partying, bikes, and cars consumed my life.
Hindsight huh?

Now I tell my kids "CARPE DIEM"

Wish I would have...

I just put together another video for you on swing plane.

With the right swing plane you'll make solid contact more consistently and hit it further. With the wrong plane you will continue to struggle.

Today's video is all about knowing what YOUR own swing plane is. Specifically, how to determine it for your own swing and how to get back on track when you start mi****ting the ball.

The best part of this 5 minute video is that we go over the proper swing planes for both tall and short players (yes, we all have different planes.)

I'm sure you'll enjoy this one and will learn a lot. Give it a gander.

Swing Plane DVD- More Consistent Ballstriking- Break 80 Today

Enjoy,

Glenn Ellis - Gatonet, Inc.