WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.600 --> 00:00:05.120 For members only. Golf Smarter number three hundred and seventy 2 00:00:05.160 --> 00:00:08.240 published on February twelve, twenty thirteen. 3 00:00:08.519 --> 00:00:13.560 Welcome to golf Smarter Mulligans, your second chance to gain 4 00:00:13.599 --> 00:00:17.199 insight and advice from the best instructors featured on the 5 00:00:17.199 --> 00:00:23.199 golf Smarter podcast. Great Golf Instruction Never gets Old. Our 6 00:00:23.320 --> 00:00:28.120 interview library features hundreds of hours of game improvement conversations 7 00:00:28.239 --> 00:00:31.760 like this that are no longer available in any podcast app. 8 00:00:32.000 --> 00:00:35.000 Knowledge is confidence. And if you stand over a shot 9 00:00:35.039 --> 00:00:37.880 and don't have the knowledge of how to hit that shot, well, 10 00:00:37.880 --> 00:00:40.479 how much confidence are you going to have? And without confidence, 11 00:00:40.560 --> 00:00:43.799 good luck to you. So golf is all about confidence 12 00:00:44.000 --> 00:00:45.200 and rouston confidence. 13 00:00:45.479 --> 00:00:48.520 Oh, I can't tell you how much better I do 14 00:00:48.600 --> 00:00:50.240 when I walk up to a bunker blod Oh I 15 00:00:50.280 --> 00:00:52.479 love the shot. Yeah, when I walk in going yeah, 16 00:00:52.520 --> 00:00:55.280 I own this one. The outcome always seems. 17 00:00:55.000 --> 00:00:57.280 To look at the levels of fear on the range 18 00:00:57.439 --> 00:01:00.200 or at the bunker. At the range, probably not that bad, 19 00:01:00.280 --> 00:01:02.320 hitting balls down there, not that bad. Go play golf, 20 00:01:02.479 --> 00:01:06.840 different story, now, tournament yet another level. I think the 21 00:01:06.920 --> 00:01:09.640 tension rises and fear rises with every one of them, 22 00:01:09.680 --> 00:01:12.680 and those that can conquer that trust or knowledge or 23 00:01:12.719 --> 00:01:16.680 fear in those areas will do better. If you're scared 24 00:01:16.680 --> 00:01:18.359 to death when you go to the golf course, it 25 00:01:18.400 --> 00:01:20.799 makes it very difficult. Look at the tour, they're all 26 00:01:20.920 --> 00:01:24.560 really really good players. What separates somebody from number ninety 27 00:01:24.599 --> 00:01:27.000 to number ten? I think it's the mental part. They've 28 00:01:27.040 --> 00:01:29.760 all got the shots. They're all really good potters who 29 00:01:29.799 --> 00:01:32.319 can stand up there with their guts spilling out and 30 00:01:32.319 --> 00:01:35.439 still make that potter that shot that separates the top 31 00:01:35.480 --> 00:01:36.640 from the bottom. I think. 32 00:01:42.040 --> 00:01:46.159 More difficult shots we never practice. Part two with Ken Doherty. 33 00:01:46.280 --> 00:01:47.920 This is Golf Smarter. 34 00:01:49.040 --> 00:01:50.879 Welcome back to Golf Smarter for members only. 35 00:01:50.959 --> 00:01:52.359 Ken, thank you. 36 00:01:53.480 --> 00:01:58.480 Let's continue our conversation about the shots that we don't practice. Okay, 37 00:01:58.680 --> 00:02:00.879 you can be Santa Claus. You got a bag full 38 00:02:00.920 --> 00:02:03.359 of shots right now. Let's pull them out and say, 39 00:02:03.359 --> 00:02:06.000 you know what, I've never seen anybody practice this shot, 40 00:02:06.159 --> 00:02:08.520 and I see him blow it on the course every 41 00:02:08.560 --> 00:02:12.199 single time because they don't think about it. Came up 42 00:02:12.240 --> 00:02:17.080 across one the other day my ball, I snap hooked 43 00:02:17.120 --> 00:02:20.039 the left and now I'm over in a corner. There's 44 00:02:20.080 --> 00:02:22.199 a there's a bunker right in front of me, there's 45 00:02:22.240 --> 00:02:25.000 a tree, on the left of me, a bunker on 46 00:02:25.080 --> 00:02:28.960 the right, and I'm on a dog leg left and 47 00:02:29.000 --> 00:02:31.159 I've got to get the ball to just kind of 48 00:02:32.000 --> 00:02:33.520 go around the corner here. 49 00:02:33.560 --> 00:02:34.199 You need to hook it. 50 00:02:34.319 --> 00:02:37.120 I need to hook it now, I don't. I don't 51 00:02:37.199 --> 00:02:40.159 have a draw in the way I hit the ball 52 00:02:40.039 --> 00:02:43.960 all right, and I am I have a slice. Oh, 53 00:02:44.080 --> 00:02:48.240 I have a slice. But so this playing lesson that 54 00:02:48.280 --> 00:02:50.919 I had, he gave me instruction. Here, point your feet 55 00:02:51.000 --> 00:02:53.680 out that way, but turn your club ahead in So 56 00:02:53.759 --> 00:02:56.080 let's let's do the kind of shot that you need 57 00:02:56.080 --> 00:02:59.280 to get around a corner that you've seen done. You know, 58 00:02:59.360 --> 00:03:00.560 how do they do that? 59 00:03:01.120 --> 00:03:01.400 Right? 60 00:03:01.599 --> 00:03:03.280 I'd say it's hard enough for me just to get 61 00:03:03.319 --> 00:03:07.199 my club head square head impact, let alone, you know, 62 00:03:07.520 --> 00:03:09.400 change the position of the club. 63 00:03:09.719 --> 00:03:12.000 So we'll talk about well, first of all, to hook 64 00:03:12.520 --> 00:03:14.719 the ball, the club face needs to be in a 65 00:03:14.719 --> 00:03:19.319 closed position, okay, at impact cloths close, meaning the toe 66 00:03:19.840 --> 00:03:23.639 is turned or pushed towards the target. Okay, So the 67 00:03:23.680 --> 00:03:27.360 toe is leading the way to the ball as opposed 68 00:03:27.360 --> 00:03:30.280 to as supposed to square, which would be heel and 69 00:03:30.360 --> 00:03:33.360 toe are lined up and hitting the ball when they 70 00:03:33.360 --> 00:03:36.039 are lined up and the toe being back a little 71 00:03:36.039 --> 00:03:38.000 bit for a slice or an open face. 72 00:03:38.199 --> 00:03:40.840 Do most people lie the club face down at a 73 00:03:40.879 --> 00:03:42.599 closed angle without even knowing. 74 00:03:42.479 --> 00:03:45.520 It, Yes, because they pay too much attention, usually to 75 00:03:45.560 --> 00:03:48.599 the top edge of the club instead of the bottom edge. 76 00:03:48.879 --> 00:03:50.639 If you if you spend a lot of time looking 77 00:03:50.639 --> 00:03:53.439 at the top edge, you'll end up closing the club 78 00:03:53.479 --> 00:03:56.319 face a little bit, because if you're looking down at 79 00:03:56.360 --> 00:03:59.719 your club, the top edge actually flares out to the 80 00:03:59.800 --> 00:04:02.800 right a little bit and it looks like it's open. 81 00:04:03.400 --> 00:04:06.000 It's but the leading edge, which is the bottom edge, 82 00:04:06.439 --> 00:04:08.360 is what you need to be concerned with and need 83 00:04:08.400 --> 00:04:11.520 to look at, because that's the true aim of your club. 84 00:04:11.840 --> 00:04:13.759 So a lot of people that that tend to look 85 00:04:13.800 --> 00:04:17.040 down and see that open. And having the angle of 86 00:04:17.040 --> 00:04:19.160 the club too, the seven aren or whatever it is, 87 00:04:19.399 --> 00:04:21.360 also makes it look like it might be a little open, 88 00:04:21.360 --> 00:04:23.879 and because of that people tend to shut the face 89 00:04:23.959 --> 00:04:27.240 down close it put turn the toe in uh, and 90 00:04:27.319 --> 00:04:30.360 so the top line looks square or straight to where 91 00:04:30.360 --> 00:04:34.160 they want to go, but in reality it's aiming left. 92 00:04:34.279 --> 00:04:36.600 And if they looked at the bottom edge of that club, 93 00:04:36.639 --> 00:04:38.439 the leading edge, they would see that. 94 00:04:39.120 --> 00:04:42.319 And when the when it is closed like that, slightly 95 00:04:42.399 --> 00:04:45.759 closed like that is there is the ball flight going 96 00:04:45.839 --> 00:04:49.680 to be which directions the ball flight? 97 00:04:49.800 --> 00:04:51.759 Ball is going to go left and it's going to 98 00:04:51.839 --> 00:04:55.079 go lower because not only are you turning the club 99 00:04:55.120 --> 00:04:58.120 to aim left, but you're delofting the club as well. 100 00:04:58.480 --> 00:05:04.360 Oh yes, yes, oh okay, So you're turning that seven 101 00:05:04.399 --> 00:05:06.480 iron into an eight or and or excuse me, a 102 00:05:06.519 --> 00:05:08.879 six or a five iron right by closing it. And 103 00:05:09.480 --> 00:05:12.959 the opposite, if you're going to open the face, you're 104 00:05:13.000 --> 00:05:15.160 instead of that seven iron, it would become an eight 105 00:05:15.160 --> 00:05:16.160 iron or a nine iron. 106 00:05:16.319 --> 00:05:20.120 So how is it that you are there guides on 107 00:05:20.160 --> 00:05:23.040 your club, on your grip on what should you be 108 00:05:23.120 --> 00:05:25.040 lining up to know that you make sure that you 109 00:05:25.480 --> 00:05:28.920 have the leading edge square when you're setting up. 110 00:05:29.319 --> 00:05:31.800 It's a good question, and it's different for you know, 111 00:05:31.959 --> 00:05:34.000 there's a few different ways some people might use their 112 00:05:34.040 --> 00:05:36.040 grip and but you got to make sure your grips 113 00:05:36.079 --> 00:05:38.319 are on properly. I mean, if your grips are off 114 00:05:39.079 --> 00:05:40.720 or you know, off a little bit, well, then your 115 00:05:40.720 --> 00:05:42.959 face is always going to be off. So you know, 116 00:05:43.160 --> 00:05:47.160 if you can guarantee your grips are aligned properly, then sure, 117 00:05:47.199 --> 00:05:49.800 that's one way to line up the angles and the 118 00:05:49.839 --> 00:05:50.720 lines with your grip, and so. 119 00:05:50.800 --> 00:05:52.040 What are you looking for on your grip? 120 00:05:52.360 --> 00:05:54.879 Well, grips are differently, are different. You got some that 121 00:05:55.000 --> 00:06:01.399 have arrows or almost triangles. There's lines, I mean, there's 122 00:06:01.439 --> 00:06:04.879 the name on the grip itself. They can line up 123 00:06:04.959 --> 00:06:08.079 directly down the middle of the shaft. But again, I 124 00:06:08.120 --> 00:06:10.639 think that's a little shake your way. I think it's 125 00:06:10.639 --> 00:06:12.600 a shakier way to line up your club. I literally 126 00:06:12.680 --> 00:06:15.480 would look at the bottom edge, and I think most 127 00:06:15.480 --> 00:06:17.879 of us can look at that leading edge and tell 128 00:06:18.959 --> 00:06:22.920 with some degree of accuracy that the club is perpendicular 129 00:06:23.399 --> 00:06:27.759 to the target line. I think the biggest mistake is there. 130 00:06:27.839 --> 00:06:29.560 They do one of two things. They either look at 131 00:06:29.560 --> 00:06:33.759 the top edge and think that it's open, so they 132 00:06:33.759 --> 00:06:36.720 close it. I think the bigger problem is is that 133 00:06:36.800 --> 00:06:40.600 people the slicers do that so that they don't slice 134 00:06:40.600 --> 00:06:44.000 as much, so they're creating another error to fix the 135 00:06:44.040 --> 00:06:48.399 first err instead of actually making the proper swing mechanic changes. 136 00:06:48.759 --> 00:06:50.959 You'll see that you'll see that club face close a 137 00:06:51.040 --> 00:06:53.720 lot more for that reason, because, believe me, if that 138 00:06:53.759 --> 00:06:55.680 club face is closed all the time and you're hooking 139 00:06:55.720 --> 00:06:58.480 the ball or pulling it you're gonna you're gonna change, 140 00:06:58.519 --> 00:07:01.120 You're gonna change you that that club face or your 141 00:07:01.120 --> 00:07:06.839 stance or something. Most people don't change their their their 142 00:07:06.920 --> 00:07:08.920 swing or they're yeah, exactly, yeah. 143 00:07:09.079 --> 00:07:13.240 And it's interesting because they're like, I'm just I'm I'm 144 00:07:13.279 --> 00:07:15.360 hooking the ball all day long, I don't know. And 145 00:07:15.399 --> 00:07:18.040 then they start playing with their swing and doing that 146 00:07:18.079 --> 00:07:20.079 in the middle of a round too right making correction, 147 00:07:20.720 --> 00:07:21.519 and most of the time. 148 00:07:21.480 --> 00:07:24.319 It is yeah, they they have a very strong grip 149 00:07:24.319 --> 00:07:26.319 where they're right in their left hand or one of 150 00:07:26.360 --> 00:07:29.240 the two are are turned too much to the right 151 00:07:29.319 --> 00:07:30.439 for a right handed golfer. 152 00:07:30.519 --> 00:07:32.560 And it could be as simple as you just are 153 00:07:32.600 --> 00:07:34.839 not lining the club up properly on a dress. 154 00:07:35.560 --> 00:07:38.959 Absolutely absolutely, But there's so many factors of going you know, 155 00:07:39.000 --> 00:07:40.800 going left or right. First, you're gonna look at the grip. 156 00:07:40.920 --> 00:07:42.600 Is the is the grip weak? If it's weak, you 157 00:07:42.680 --> 00:07:44.879 get you're you're likely to go to the right. If 158 00:07:44.879 --> 00:07:47.279 it's strong, you're likely to go to the left, not guaranteed. 159 00:07:47.600 --> 00:07:50.319 You have to de find that now a strong grip 160 00:07:50.399 --> 00:07:53.959 versus a week and listen, these are terms we hear 161 00:07:54.040 --> 00:07:55.959 a lot, but no one ever asked it to find them. 162 00:07:56.040 --> 00:07:58.920 So I'm gonna play dumb here because I am. 163 00:08:00.199 --> 00:08:03.360 So let's just say a neutral grip is if you 164 00:08:03.399 --> 00:08:06.680 put your hands down in front of you and you applaud. 165 00:08:07.000 --> 00:08:09.959 They're facing each other and you applaud. Okay, that's a 166 00:08:10.079 --> 00:08:12.879 neutral grip. So if you took your grip your hands 167 00:08:12.920 --> 00:08:14.600 and put them on the grip and your palms are 168 00:08:14.600 --> 00:08:18.720 basically still facing each other, that's a pretty neutral grip. Now, 169 00:08:19.319 --> 00:08:21.519 the back of your hand is facing away from the 170 00:08:21.560 --> 00:08:24.600 target of your right hand excuse me for right hand golfer, 171 00:08:25.240 --> 00:08:27.639 and the back of your left hand for a right 172 00:08:27.680 --> 00:08:31.800 handed golfer follow me, is facing the target or or 173 00:08:31.800 --> 00:08:35.039 at least parallel to the target line. Okay. Now, if 174 00:08:35.080 --> 00:08:38.159 you turn those though, where your left hand starts to 175 00:08:38.320 --> 00:08:41.600 face right of the target, so you've turned it to 176 00:08:41.679 --> 00:08:45.840 the right, you've rotated your left hand to the right 177 00:08:46.320 --> 00:08:50.360 of the grip. Okay, okay, in a from where you're 178 00:08:50.399 --> 00:08:52.960 standing a clockwise position. 179 00:08:53.559 --> 00:08:56.960 Almost on the top of the griping. 180 00:08:57.120 --> 00:08:59.399 So now the back if you're rotating. Let's just say, 181 00:08:59.399 --> 00:09:00.799 if you went to a stream them ount with your 182 00:09:00.879 --> 00:09:02.639 left hand and turn it your the back of your 183 00:09:02.639 --> 00:09:06.279 hand would be facing the ball right okay, right, so 184 00:09:06.320 --> 00:09:08.600 we're back in right hand, the left hand, the. 185 00:09:08.559 --> 00:09:10.960 Back of the left hand, yes, okay, okay, now so 186 00:09:11.000 --> 00:09:13.279 it's underneath then, well. 187 00:09:13.120 --> 00:09:15.519 You're you're we're talking about your left hand now, okay. 188 00:09:15.960 --> 00:09:18.200 If a neutral grip is one where the back of 189 00:09:18.240 --> 00:09:21.120 your left hand is facing the target or target line. 190 00:09:21.639 --> 00:09:24.519 Okay, I'm getting up here. You got We're gonna we're 191 00:09:24.679 --> 00:09:26.200 gonna go over here and grab a club while we're 192 00:09:26.200 --> 00:09:27.720 doing this, and I'll keep an eye on make sure 193 00:09:27.759 --> 00:09:32.919 we're recording, so you can stand here. So I'm grabbing 194 00:09:32.960 --> 00:09:35.919 her practice just the prectice club. So so okay, now 195 00:09:35.960 --> 00:09:38.399 we're here. We've got so. 196 00:09:38.399 --> 00:09:40.960 You've got you've got a basic basically a neutral rip 197 00:09:41.000 --> 00:09:44.039 in which his his palms are facing each other, the 198 00:09:44.080 --> 00:09:46.879 back of his hand is facing away from each other, 199 00:09:47.440 --> 00:09:50.600 perpendicular to the or exactly actually actually parallel to the 200 00:09:50.639 --> 00:09:54.679 target line. Okay, So if you had a video camera 201 00:09:54.720 --> 00:09:57.080 on the back of your left hand, it's facing the target, 202 00:09:57.159 --> 00:09:59.559 they can see the target. Okay, Now, if you want 203 00:09:59.559 --> 00:10:02.159 to if if you want to weaken your grip, let's 204 00:10:02.799 --> 00:10:04.799 let's we're going to start over from what we said earlier. 205 00:10:04.840 --> 00:10:06.720 If you want to weak in your grip. Okay, you 206 00:10:06.759 --> 00:10:08.840 want to take that that camera that's on the back 207 00:10:08.879 --> 00:10:11.240 of your left hand and aim it to the left 208 00:10:11.240 --> 00:10:13.879 of the target. So you're that's right, You're going to 209 00:10:13.919 --> 00:10:16.440 turn it to the left. Your hand on the grip 210 00:10:16.480 --> 00:10:18.399 is going to turn to the left. That's a weaker grip. 211 00:10:18.840 --> 00:10:22.679 And if you have a weaker grip, you're probably at 212 00:10:22.759 --> 00:10:24.279 least to start with, you're probably going to be more 213 00:10:24.320 --> 00:10:25.279 appt to slice the ball. 214 00:10:26.120 --> 00:10:28.159 Sure, okay, so with the weaker rip, the ball is 215 00:10:28.200 --> 00:10:28.559 going to go. 216 00:10:28.879 --> 00:10:30.320 It's going to go to the right for a right 217 00:10:30.320 --> 00:10:32.840 handed golf for a weak grip, because and let's go 218 00:10:32.840 --> 00:10:35.120 to the extreme. Let's take that that left hand and 219 00:10:35.159 --> 00:10:37.039 let's turn it. So now now the back of your 220 00:10:37.039 --> 00:10:40.639 hand is facing your body, I mean your your feet. 221 00:10:41.000 --> 00:10:43.120 Look at how much that's turned. Well, you think you're 222 00:10:43.120 --> 00:10:48.840 gonna be able to rotate that club very easily through impact? No, exactly, 223 00:10:48.919 --> 00:10:50.919 Your club is more apt, your hands are more apt 224 00:10:50.960 --> 00:10:52.879 to go back to a neutral position. And now look 225 00:10:52.879 --> 00:10:56.440 at the club face is wide open to the right 226 00:10:56.879 --> 00:11:01.559 and okay, aiming to the right. So there are tweaks 227 00:11:01.600 --> 00:11:02.879 you can do with a grip. Most of the time 228 00:11:02.879 --> 00:11:05.000 we strengthen them a little bit, meaning move it in 229 00:11:05.039 --> 00:11:07.480 the opposite of the direction we just talked about. But 230 00:11:07.679 --> 00:11:09.600 very often if we get back to where we were 231 00:11:09.600 --> 00:11:12.279 in hooking the ball. If if I've got a hooker, 232 00:11:12.320 --> 00:11:13.759 the first thing I'm looking at is the grip. And 233 00:11:13.759 --> 00:11:16.360 then more often than that, that person has their they 234 00:11:16.360 --> 00:11:18.480 have a very strong grip, which means both of their 235 00:11:18.519 --> 00:11:21.960 hands are rotated to the right. So if they rotate 236 00:11:22.039 --> 00:11:24.960 both of their hands to the right clockwise, that's correct, 237 00:11:26.000 --> 00:11:29.720 that's usually a that's usually somebody if if they're hooking 238 00:11:29.720 --> 00:11:32.440 the ball, that's probably what they've done at least with 239 00:11:32.519 --> 00:11:36.799 the right hand, and a lot of times with both hands. Okay, Now, 240 00:11:36.840 --> 00:11:40.480 when you change that grip back over and that's it's 241 00:11:40.480 --> 00:11:42.200 a hard thing for people to do because there's a 242 00:11:42.360 --> 00:11:44.720 strength in that strong grip for them, they feel like 243 00:11:44.720 --> 00:11:47.320 they're in control with that strong grip, and when you 244 00:11:47.360 --> 00:11:52.679 weaken it, it feels just as it sounds weak, and 245 00:11:54.000 --> 00:11:56.919 it will more often well it's either going to straighten 246 00:11:56.919 --> 00:12:00.159 their golf ball out and sometimes make them no, go 247 00:12:00.200 --> 00:12:02.320 to the right. But I think because they're going to 248 00:12:02.360 --> 00:12:04.120 the right because they're just not used to and it's 249 00:12:04.120 --> 00:12:06.480 hard to do on radio a little bit. You need 250 00:12:06.519 --> 00:12:09.879 to rotate your hands through the golf swing, so your 251 00:12:09.919 --> 00:12:13.320 hands on the backswing are rotating in a clockwise position 252 00:12:13.720 --> 00:12:18.799 and on the downswing through impact a counterclockwise position. Correct. Yep, 253 00:12:18.919 --> 00:12:21.919 that's for the right handed golfer, all right. If you've 254 00:12:21.919 --> 00:12:25.159 got a strong grip, you're not going to be able 255 00:12:25.320 --> 00:12:30.240 to rotate your hands counterclockwise through impact because you'll hit 256 00:12:30.279 --> 00:12:32.519 it through your feet. You'll hit it so far left 257 00:12:32.559 --> 00:12:34.440 because your grip is so strong, it's going to close 258 00:12:34.480 --> 00:12:38.320 that face too much. So when you change a grip, 259 00:12:38.720 --> 00:12:41.440 they're so used to hanging on as I call it, 260 00:12:41.480 --> 00:12:44.519 and not rotating their hands that then they push or 261 00:12:44.519 --> 00:12:46.759 slice it off to the right. So when you make 262 00:12:46.840 --> 00:12:49.039 that change in the grip, you have to make the 263 00:12:49.120 --> 00:12:52.399 change in the swing. The grip change is an easy thing, 264 00:12:53.080 --> 00:12:56.039 I know it is. The grip change is easy at least, 265 00:12:56.360 --> 00:12:59.519 you know, you just change it on the grip. I mean, 266 00:12:59.600 --> 00:13:02.679 the feeling isn't good, but it's an easy change. The 267 00:13:02.799 --> 00:13:06.000 change to now rotate your hands through impact is a 268 00:13:06.039 --> 00:13:09.480 little bit more difficult because most in most cases, they've 269 00:13:09.480 --> 00:13:12.039 never done it. They couldn't do it. That's how they 270 00:13:12.120 --> 00:13:13.799 hit the ball as straight as they could is because 271 00:13:13.960 --> 00:13:16.799 the grip's so strong that they hang on for dear 272 00:13:16.840 --> 00:13:19.679 life I call it. They don't rotate their hands because 273 00:13:19.720 --> 00:13:22.679 they have to somehow keep that cluffe square and not closed. 274 00:13:28.799 --> 00:13:31.200 So let's try to go back to that shot of 275 00:13:31.960 --> 00:13:35.559 needing to hook the ball, okay, and how to hook 276 00:13:35.600 --> 00:13:38.720 the ball and how to hook the ball, and you know, 277 00:13:38.960 --> 00:13:41.240 you're hitting under trees. You're hitting, you know, and you've 278 00:13:41.279 --> 00:13:43.679 just got to get out of trouble just to get 279 00:13:43.720 --> 00:13:46.600 yourself back onto the fairway. And that's what you're trying 280 00:13:46.639 --> 00:13:48.279 to do. You're not trying to get to the green. 281 00:13:48.720 --> 00:13:51.480 You're not trying to be a hero. You're trying to 282 00:13:51.559 --> 00:13:54.399 just get yourself back into play so that maybe you 283 00:13:54.399 --> 00:13:57.120 can be on in three as opposed to trying to 284 00:13:57.120 --> 00:13:59.399 be a hero and being on in four or five. 285 00:14:00.279 --> 00:14:03.720 Now you want to know how to hook the ball, though, 286 00:14:03.799 --> 00:14:06.039 not just get out of trouble, but to actually go 287 00:14:06.080 --> 00:14:06.960 around that tree. 288 00:14:07.080 --> 00:14:08.759 Right, yeah, yeah, okay, let's do that. 289 00:14:08.840 --> 00:14:11.879 Okay, Now, a couple of things need to happen. Number One, 290 00:14:12.120 --> 00:14:15.600 always face your club in the direction you want to 291 00:14:15.679 --> 00:14:18.440 end up. So let's just say that that you wanted 292 00:14:18.519 --> 00:14:22.879 to you want to start your ball ten yards right 293 00:14:22.919 --> 00:14:26.840 of the tree, have your club aim ten yards right 294 00:14:26.879 --> 00:14:29.840 of the tree. Okay, so that's your starting point. You 295 00:14:29.879 --> 00:14:34.159 wanted to hook though, So what you've got to do 296 00:14:34.240 --> 00:14:36.919 is turn your feet or turn your body rotate that 297 00:14:37.080 --> 00:14:39.559 so that you have a closed position in your feet, 298 00:14:40.080 --> 00:14:42.159 meaning your left foot's out in front of your right. 299 00:14:42.559 --> 00:14:44.720 So if I draw, it's kind of again it's tough 300 00:14:44.720 --> 00:14:46.759 to describe on radio a little bit. I'm not to 301 00:14:46.879 --> 00:14:47.559 use your word. 302 00:14:47.960 --> 00:14:52.200 I know I'm used to use your words. 303 00:14:55.000 --> 00:14:57.279 You're actually if I drew a line in the sand 304 00:14:57.360 --> 00:14:59.120 or on the turf, if I drew a line through 305 00:14:59.120 --> 00:15:00.879 your toes, they are now going to go right of 306 00:15:00.919 --> 00:15:03.600 where your club is aimed. So your club is aimed 307 00:15:03.879 --> 00:15:06.279 let's say at point A, and point B is actually 308 00:15:06.600 --> 00:15:11.000 right of point a, sou Point A is where your 309 00:15:11.039 --> 00:15:14.200 club face is facing. Point B is where your face 310 00:15:14.279 --> 00:15:16.960 your your feet would be lined up, which is right. 311 00:15:17.440 --> 00:15:18.919 So it's going to look like you have a club 312 00:15:19.200 --> 00:15:23.159 closed club face as you're standing. Okay, but remember to 313 00:15:23.200 --> 00:15:28.000 always have your club face face the target, okay, or 314 00:15:28.039 --> 00:15:30.799 the direction you want to go. What I don't want 315 00:15:30.840 --> 00:15:32.759 you to feel like is that Okay, I've got to 316 00:15:32.799 --> 00:15:36.840 snap my hands and close them or or hook have 317 00:15:36.960 --> 00:15:40.399 my wrist turn much more than they actually do during 318 00:15:40.440 --> 00:15:44.320 the swing. If you keep your club face closed to 319 00:15:44.480 --> 00:15:47.960 your stance, your ball is going to turn left if 320 00:15:48.000 --> 00:15:52.480 you swing on your stance line. Okay, so your stance 321 00:15:52.559 --> 00:15:57.720 is going to be to the right of your intended target. Okay, 322 00:15:57.960 --> 00:16:00.679 your swing is actually going to be on that line 323 00:16:01.320 --> 00:16:07.279 with the club face facing back where you want to go. Okay, okay, Yeah. 324 00:16:07.320 --> 00:16:10.279 What that's going to make that ball do is start 325 00:16:10.320 --> 00:16:13.320 out on the line that you're you're aiming, and then 326 00:16:13.440 --> 00:16:16.360 curve to the position that your club face is aiming. 327 00:16:16.720 --> 00:16:18.000 And we're taking a full swing here. 328 00:16:18.200 --> 00:16:22.320 Yeah, yep, I mean, I guess how far you want 329 00:16:22.320 --> 00:16:23.799 to go? You can take a full swing. 330 00:16:23.879 --> 00:16:26.159 We say we have the distance, you know, I mean, 331 00:16:26.759 --> 00:16:30.080 our distance is obviously going to be different than what 332 00:16:30.159 --> 00:16:34.080 we're accustomed to with that club because you're adding all that. 333 00:16:34.639 --> 00:16:37.480 Well, it's it's gonna go a little lower. I think, 334 00:16:37.600 --> 00:16:39.919 like I said earlier, it's gonna you're gonna deloff that 335 00:16:39.960 --> 00:16:41.639 club a little bit. So you're going to turn that 336 00:16:41.759 --> 00:16:43.960 seven iron into a six iron or a five iron. 337 00:16:44.240 --> 00:16:45.720 So your ball is going to go off a little lower, 338 00:16:45.759 --> 00:16:47.200 So you've got to be careful that. If there's any 339 00:16:47.200 --> 00:16:49.600 branches or anything, you've got any elevation you've got to 340 00:16:49.639 --> 00:16:52.200 worry about. You better pay attention to that because your 341 00:16:52.200 --> 00:16:55.360 ball will come out a little lower. Uh uh And 342 00:16:56.279 --> 00:16:57.240 where are we going with that? 343 00:16:57.600 --> 00:17:05.640 Well, just that we're both lost. They are we want 344 00:17:05.720 --> 00:17:07.240 the ball? Are we going to get the distance that 345 00:17:07.319 --> 00:17:11.240 we that we intended? Are you with me? Oh? 346 00:17:11.319 --> 00:17:15.240 Yeah, okay, okay, yeah, yeah, There's going to be subtle differences. 347 00:17:15.279 --> 00:17:17.359 I wouldn't worry too much about that. 348 00:17:17.640 --> 00:17:17.759 Uh. 349 00:17:18.319 --> 00:17:21.160 The big thing is having it go where you want it. Distance, 350 00:17:21.200 --> 00:17:23.039 if it's ten yards off, I don't think in this 351 00:17:23.119 --> 00:17:26.119 situation's a big deal. I think it's a much more 352 00:17:26.160 --> 00:17:29.759 difficult task to actually make that ball turn to the left, 353 00:17:30.480 --> 00:17:33.160 you know, start start where you're aiming, which is going 354 00:17:33.200 --> 00:17:36.519 to be to the right, and have it curve around 355 00:17:36.559 --> 00:17:39.799 the corner where your club face is aiming. That's that's 356 00:17:39.880 --> 00:17:42.160 the more difficult thing to do, not so much distance, 357 00:17:42.200 --> 00:17:45.119 but the actually shape the ball in the in the 358 00:17:45.160 --> 00:17:47.720 direction you want to shape it. A lot of people 359 00:17:47.720 --> 00:17:49.720 will still hit it dead straight. They're aimed right in 360 00:17:49.759 --> 00:17:52.039 the club, you know, and just the opposite. 361 00:17:52.079 --> 00:17:54.920 And why why do they why are they with all that? 362 00:17:55.079 --> 00:17:56.359 Are they still hitting it dead straight? 363 00:17:56.759 --> 00:18:00.920 Well, first of all, are they set up properly? One? Okay? 364 00:18:01.039 --> 00:18:04.160 And I think it's for the average golfer. Anyways, they 365 00:18:04.240 --> 00:18:07.119 look down at that closed club, that closed club face, 366 00:18:07.599 --> 00:18:09.599 and can they really pull the trigger and trust that 367 00:18:09.599 --> 00:18:11.720 it's going to go over there? And we go back 368 00:18:11.759 --> 00:18:12.440 to the practice. 369 00:18:12.720 --> 00:18:15.200 Exactly what I was going to say, it's practice exactly. 370 00:18:15.200 --> 00:18:16.839 We go back to the practice. You know, I can 371 00:18:16.880 --> 00:18:20.319 explain this on paper all day long or somehow on 372 00:18:20.319 --> 00:18:24.079 on radio, but unless you get out there and actually 373 00:18:24.119 --> 00:18:28.400 practice it, because there's hand eye coordination and there's you know, again, 374 00:18:28.519 --> 00:18:30.720 what you feel a lot of times can be very 375 00:18:30.759 --> 00:18:33.599 different of what what you're thinking or reading. So you 376 00:18:33.720 --> 00:18:36.039 have to you have to experiment a little bit and 377 00:18:36.119 --> 00:18:39.200 be at least within the toleration of what we're talking 378 00:18:39.240 --> 00:18:41.799 about and having your feet aim to the right and 379 00:18:41.799 --> 00:18:44.720 cluff face close. See what it feels like to feel 380 00:18:44.759 --> 00:18:46.799 like you're purposely trying to swing out to the right 381 00:18:46.839 --> 00:18:50.119 of the target and right and the left of the target, 382 00:18:50.400 --> 00:18:52.920 and keep the face closed and watch where the ball goes, 383 00:18:53.000 --> 00:18:56.759 See where the ball's going on the range by experimenting 384 00:18:56.759 --> 00:18:59.160 a little bit. But if you if you, if you 385 00:18:59.200 --> 00:19:01.960 have some idea of how to produce a draw or 386 00:19:01.960 --> 00:19:05.519 a hook, you got a fighting chance, right. 387 00:19:06.319 --> 00:19:10.839 Uh. It reminds me of doctor Glenn Albaugh, who's been 388 00:19:10.880 --> 00:19:12.920 on the show a couple of times, wrote the book 389 00:19:13.079 --> 00:19:16.519 Winning the Battle Within Mental about the mental game, and 390 00:19:16.559 --> 00:19:19.240 he was good friends with Bill Walsh, and he likes 391 00:19:19.279 --> 00:19:22.079 to quote Bill Walsh as saying, if you're surprised at 392 00:19:22.079 --> 00:19:26.480 the outcome, then you weren't prepared and prepared. So it's 393 00:19:26.599 --> 00:19:28.480 you know, it's all about. 394 00:19:29.079 --> 00:19:31.160 Isn't that what we probably run into every day on 395 00:19:31.200 --> 00:19:34.079 the golf course. You know, they can't believe what just happened, 396 00:19:34.079 --> 00:19:37.200 and and and you have to wonder why they think 397 00:19:37.240 --> 00:19:40.559 that they haven't exactly practiced it or prepared for that. 398 00:19:40.440 --> 00:19:43.599 At all at all. And and but and then, which 399 00:19:43.759 --> 00:19:45.599 is always so amusing, is that they think they can 400 00:19:45.599 --> 00:19:50.960 pull the shot off. Yeah, all right, I'm not a 401 00:19:51.000 --> 00:19:55.759