Once we begin getting back into pleasant weather and start getting that desire to get back to the golf game, just where must our focus be? Perhaps a question that should be asked prior to that is: just what is really the most important part of hitting a golf ball? If you search for guidance on what you need to focus on, you may read "practice" and "take lessons". That obviously goes without saying. If you ever aspire to play good golf, you must practice and it is best to get some professional guidance.
But for me the most essential part of hitting a golf ball will be "ball contact". The crispness of the way you strike a golf ball will not only determine your distance, but your accuracy. Anytime you whack a shot that has a glancing blow is going to take distance from your golf ball flight, and when it is hit with sidespin, the golf ball will form either left or right. That's not necessarily bad, as long it's controlled and you can know what you're doing.
Having the ability to constantly have great contact on the ball will optimize the results of your shot more than anything. So what could you do to best work on to consistently strike the ball? I accomplish that with the pitching wedge. The reasons:
1. Being an iron, they have a similarity with other irons as part of your golf bag, subsequently when you move down in loft your ball-strike will be basically the same.
2. It's a adaptable golf club if you learn the varied methods to utilize it, so you can work popping a shot high or take the spin from the ball and allow it to run, all determined by how you hit your ball.
3. You are able to work in a relatively small space, and it doesn't even cost you the purchase price of a bucket of range golf balls. With eight or ten balls and some area around the practice green you can hit a lot of golf balls in a short period of time.
What goes into the golf swing is very important, but that split second that you strike a golf ball will be the payoff for all that goes into the swing. You may have the most perfect backswing or a picture-perfect follow through, but if you hit an inch behind the ball it's not going very far. As a result my small piece of advice, particularly when you are just getting back into the swing of things and you are gaining callouses on your hands once more is to easily hit short shots with an abbreviated golf swing. Once it starts to feel natural again, start building yourself to your full golf swing.
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Practicing with a wedge can be a quicker way to making improvements is many aspects of your golf game, such as avoiding hitting the ball fat . The wedge has many purposes for your total golf game, and you should spend ample time practicing with it. Sean O'Kelly is an avid golfer and writer living in Chicago.
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