Me and My Golf: The Secrets to Great Ball Striking
In this video, we reveal the “secrets,” or the keys, to striking the golf ball more solidly, especially as it relates to iron play. We also provide a must-try drill!
This weekend is my annual golf trip with my guys group! This is the WITB that I work towards all year as I need to play the same 14 clubs and shafts!
Driver: Titleist GT2 (11 degrees @ 10.25)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Diamana WB 63x
3-wood: Ping G440 LST (16 degrees @ 16)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Tensei AV RAW Orange 65TX
7-wood: TaylorMade Qi35 Tour (21 degrees @ 20)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus TR Blue 8s
Utility: Titleist U505 (4)
Shaft: Graphite Design Tour AD HY85-s
Irons: Callaway Apex Ai150 (5-PW)
Shaft: True Temper Dynamic Golf Mid 115 S
Wedge: PXG Sugar Daddy III (50-10S)
Shaft: Project X Wedge 6.0
Wedge: PXG Sugar Daddy III (56-10S)
Shaft: Project X Wedge 6.0
Wedge: Titleist Vokey WedgeWorks (60-A+)
Shaft: Project X Wedge 6.0
Putter: Kevin Burns 9306 2.0 (33 inches)
Grip: Iomic Standard
Ball: Titleist ProV1x
Bag: Titleist Links Legend Member
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Jack Gallagher
Sep 20, 2017 at 1:19 pm
Why the negativity? I see value in this just from the demonstration of the clubface angel at the top being open vs closed (compared to the forearm angle) – and they are correct in how an open position at the top (due to wrist hinge that is more extended than flexed) promotes casting coming down (due to the pshycological fear of not being able to square the clubface enough with the pivot alone).
What is interesting to me is, after studying Hogan videos for years, is that Mr. Hogan opened his clubface going to the top of his backswing on purpose, and then had the ability to close it (or bring it back to square) on the way down. This is monumentally difficult (at least for me).
I am probably better off following their advice and just developing a backswing that gets the clubface square or closed at the top to begin with, so that the hands can just stay there in that position for transition and onward.
As far as the drill goes, I think that has value just doing it slowly and clipping a tee (without a ball). After all, they say this is more about the feel of getting the arm, wrist, and clubface angles into the right positions – on the way up in the backswing – so as to get rid of the fear of needing to square the clubface via additional (and early) wrist flexion and uncocking on the way down.
Call me gullible if you like. I’m going to work on this to get the feel of it, so that I can hopefully make an actual change to my backswing (as opposed to the “feel vs. real” illusion that my current drills seem to be stuck in). One of the things that Wayne Defrancesco has taught me is how difficult it is to actually make a change in my golfswing. We think we are capable of making changes on a dime (and we are sometimes) but they rarely “stick.”
Sam
Sep 19, 2017 at 4:44 am
Not one of their best..
Orin
Sep 18, 2017 at 4:49 pm
A redux, regurgitation, repeat explanation, and rediculous drill. Of course the gullible golfer will swallow this swill hook line and sinker.