| Learn how to hit golf irons and watch how your | | | | A view that I had for hitting irons is that you |
| golf game will evolve. For many golfers the | | | | need to have a one swing for your irons and |
| difference between scoring low and high is the | | | | another swing for your woods. Well I am here to |
| ability to hit both long and short irons effectively. I | | | | tell you that I was wrong. You have to develop |
| could vary rarely ever score under 100 until I | | | | the same swing regardless of what club your |
| worked on my golf swing and started to focus on | | | | hitting. So these same tips will apply for both irons |
| improving my iron play. | | | | and woods. |
| Look I am here to tell you that it did not happen | | | | One of the first things that helped me was |
| overnight. Any improvement you want to make | | | | keeping the lead elbow straight throughout the |
| requires time and effort. Now to help you utilize | | | | swing. Yes it caused me to loose some distance |
| your time wisely, a training aid will help expedite | | | | but it produced straight fluid shots. Eventually, the |
| the process of improving. I know how frustrating | | | | more straight shots I hit I started to add distance |
| it is to have to use a 5 wood on a par three | | | | by slightly bending the elbow and reaching back |
| because you can not hit an iron. I know how | | | | further on the back swing. However, For now |
| frustrating it is when your short game constantly | | | | just focus on a straight lead elbow. |
| leaves you with 50 foot puts. | | | | Remember to keep the trailing elbow close to the |
| I am telling you it doesn't have to be like that any | | | | body at all times, the elbow should be tucked into |
| longer. Here are some tips that I learned while | | | | the side when the down swing begins. The hands |
| fixing my golf swing and improving the | | | | wrists should not break on the back swing and |
| performance of my irons. | | | | when the club shaft reaches 8 o' clock the hozel |
| Focus on where the ball is in your stance. I know | | | | should be pointing straight up. |
| simple stuff but a ton of golfers don't know this | | | | Follow these tips in conjunction with a training aid |
| stuff. For long irons the ball should be toward the | | | | and you will see results. I shaved 20 strokes off |
| lead foot. For wedges the ball should be very near | | | | my game but it took time and patience on my |
| to the trailing foot. For middle irons, you get the | | | | part. Playing better golf and having fun again can |
| picture, toward the middle. | | | | happen when you make the choice to improve. |