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Golf Lessons – Keeping the Ball Low
Hi, I’m Bobby Eldridge, head professional at PurePoint Golf
Academy. If you have been struggling with hitting the golf ball
low on purpose or high on purpose, then I have some golf lessons
for you.
Let’s start with the golf ball that you’re trying to
hit as low as you can and hit a quality golf shot. Sometimes you're
faced with this shot when you’ve hit it off the fairway and
you have a tree in front of you. You’re a little worried about,
“Can I get to the green and hit the golf ball low on the ground?”
The next shot you’re worried about is, “Can I get over
the tree and get the golf ball on the green?” Sometimes you
try to have your cake and eat it too. These golf lessons are going
to tell you how to hit the golf ball low on purpose and then how
to hit the golf ball high on purpose.
For starters, make sure that when you reach into your golf bag,
before you take out a golf club, that you see the picture of the
shot you're trying to hit.
If you want to try to keep the golf ball in the air as it goes
underneath the tree, you’ll want to pick a low lofted golf
club, one that has a flatter face. I suggest going with a 7 iron.
The method that you want to be really careful of and make sure
that you get it right on before you start the swing, is have the
ball back in your stance, across from your right foot, a little
weight on your left leg, and have the handle over on your left leg.
This will ensure that the golf ball doesn’t go up in the
air. From here all you have to remember is that it’s a low
follow-through.
You want to make sure that you keep your weight on your left leg
during the backswing, but that you follow through low so the golf
ball has a running effect and it won’t get up in the air and
hit the trees.
This is what a lot of us do. We start on our left side, we go back
on our right side, and then we wind up hitting the golf ball up
in the tree.
One last time: ball back in your stance, handle over toward your
left pant leg, weight on your left let, arms up and down. If you
follow these golf lessons, the golf ball will take off running and
go underneath the tree.
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/index15.htm
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