Golfers, no matter what their level of play, are always looking for a way to improve their game. In order to score well, you must hit good iron shots. Unfortunately, for many golfers this isn’t the case.

Instead of hitting their irons solidly, they slice or pull their shots, take poor divots, and/or miss-hit their long irons. These mistakes often leave them short of the green and scrambling for par.

Hitting your irons poorly ends up costing you strokes and puts pressure on the rest of your game.

If this is you, you need to learn to generate the extra 10 or 15 yards that puts you on the green.

Here are six Tips to help You add 10 to 15 yards to your irons:

1. Keep your head behind the ball

2. Keep your hands together on the club

3. Hips/arms are in the same place at impact

4. Shaft is ahead of the club head at impact

5. Back of front hand faces the target

6. Weight is on your forward foot

The key to hitting your irons consistently and adding distance does not come from swinging the club faster or harder. When you try swinging the club faster or harder, your arms outrace your body, reaching the ball before you’re able to shift your weight.

In order to make consistent solid contact with the ball, you must arrive at impact simultaneously with both your arms and body, using a slightly descending blow.

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Learn More About Hitting Consistent Iron Shots…

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Next time you go out to practice, take a camcorder with you and video your practice. Take the time to review your golf swing.

If you’ve swung the club correctly, in the video you will see that your golf club’s shaft will be ahead of the club face at impact. Your weight will be over your front foot and your hips will be open to the target. These positions indicate that your arms and hips are moving together at the same time.

Don’t let poor iron shots ruin your scores and your golf handicap. Work on arriving at impact with your arms and body simultaneously, rather than trying to swing the club harder or faster. If you can master this fundamental, you’ll hit solid iron shots.

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Have you ever taken the time to review how you played after a round of golf? If you played poorly, did you take time to analyze what went wrong and why? Wouldn’t it be nice to have your own professional golfer with you on the golf course?

Many amateur golfers will be surprised to know that most of their problems can be attributed to the way they were holding their clubs.

You may be able to relate to the scenario I am about to describe.

When you hit a bad shot you tell yourself that your next shot has to be better. Your thoughts start to play tricks on you and you start feeling pressure to make sure you recover from the last shot.

When this happens it tends to create more problems. As you tense up, your grip tends to get a bit tighter.

Tension has a tendency to make us do that.

Because your grip has gotten a bit tighter, your arm muscles tighten and this restricts your swing and you lose some control. Read the rest of this entry

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Improving your fairway bunker play is easier than you may think. Try these 5 tips the next time you are in a fairway bunker.

As with most amateur golfers, bunker shots have always been a problem for me. Playing from a fairway bunker tends to be a little intimidating.

Recently, I was reviewing some training and came across some great tips on playing out of a fairway bunker. While watching the video on playing these types of shots, it all of a sudden dawned on me what my problem was.

The first thing I realized was that, because I struggled with these shots when I was faced with one, I would tense up a bit.  I did not have the right swing thoughts.

The second thing I realized was that my club selection was all wrong.

Playing fairway bunker shots are actually easier than I thought, once I figured out what I was doing wrong.

If you struggle with fairway bunkers shots.   If having to play that mid-iron shot out of the sand intimidates you just a little, it doesn’t have to be that way.

5 Tips to Improve Your Fairway Bunker Play:

1. Visualize what you want to happen, not what you are afraid will happen!

2. Take more club than you think you need and choke down for control.

3. Don’t take a full swing and keep your lower body quiet to avoid shifting in the sand.

4. Play the Ball back a bit in your stance and pick the ball off the sand.

5. Maintain your tempo and don’t try and get more out of the shot than is reasonable to expect.

Playing fairway bunker shots does not have to be one that makes you cringe. Shave a few strokes off your game the next time you play golf. Be prepared to play a fairway bunker shot and you will be more comfortable teeing it up knowing that you can make par, even from that dreaded fairway bunker. Take the time to improve your fairway bunker play by following the 5 tips above.

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