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Golf Instructions – Chipping from Deep Rough
My name is Bobby Eldridge and I have a few golf instructions I
would like to share with you today. I have a great tip for those
of you who play golf where there’s a lot of deep rough. Those
of you that live back East or in the Midwest, it is pretty common
for you in the summertime and, often, it’s wet.
Here are a few golf instructions about a couple of shots that are
the most popular when you're hitting from out of deep rough. You
will have a tendency to hit it thin or skull it or top it. And let
me tell you why.
When the golf club starts to swing into the back of the golf ball,
there is grass growing around it. Because of the bounce on the back
of the golf club, it’s very difficult to get the golf club
to go deep enough into the ground to find the bottom of the golf
ball.
Another golf tip is when you're struggling and the ball is down
in some deep grass, whether you're pitching the golf ball or whether
it’s a full golf swing; make sure that you put a lot of weight
on your left side. And the final part is to make sure that the golf
club finishes low to the ground after impact.
So, on a full swing to the green with a pitch shot, the ball in
the middle, weight left, hand to the left, swing your arms up and
straight down into the ground. And I think that you’ll be
able to see that there’s a big change in the trajectory of
the golf ball.
Now lastly, do not expect any backspin when you have a golf ball
coming out of deep rough.
Thanks, and I hope you learned a lot from my golf instructions
today.
Good luck, and have a great day.
Bobby Eldridge is the Head Instructor for the PurePoint Golf Academy
where he teaches "The Simple Golf Swing" theory. You can
check out PurePoint Golf instructional DVDs at http://www.golfswingguru.com/index13.htm
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