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Tom's Featured Tip: Windows of Success & Shaping Your Shots
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Windows of Success & Shaping Your Shots
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Windows of Success
If you can keep your irons within a 40 yard wide, 20 yard deep window, you can play absolutely great golf.
But if your shots are falling outside of these windows, you need to find out why. Ask yourself if it was:
- Ground contact (fat/thin) - "ball first" strike except for the driver.
- Face contact (toe/heel) - not hitting the ball squarely on the face of the club.
- Direction (face direction / alignment) - not squaring the face to the path, or incorrect body alignment
After identifying the issue(s), you can start to work on your game with a purpose - selecting
- technical drills
- skill-based drills
- strategies
This approach will guarantee improvement in scores over time.
Shaping Your Shots - Curvature
A question that my advanced students ask me often is "Should I work the ball or always try to hit the same shot over and over?"
For these advanced students that like to work the ball, I have them practice Tiger's famous "9 window" drill.
- three shot shapes (straight, draw, fade)
- on three trajectories (low, middle, high).
I really don't think so. While it's important to know how to curve the ball if you absolutely need to, I'm of the school of thought that it's better to have one go-to curvature, be it draw, fade, or straight, and to defer to it unless circumstances dictate otherwise.
There have been, and are, plenty of great pro golfers that played one curvature predominantly during their successful careers.
Jack Nicklaus played a fade with almost every shot, often trusting it so much that he curved the ball over trouble. Tom Lehman played a big draw in the same situations.
If it works at the pro level, it should certainly work for almost everyone reading this.
Most amateur players would be best served if they would commit to the following three playing and practice principles:
- Know how far you actually hit each club in your bag.
- Play a single shot shape, keeping in mind it can vary based on the club. For example, you might fade the ball with
a driver, but play a draw with your irons.
- Pick optimal targets based on your distance and shot pattern.
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Tom
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