I know this is going to be vague but bear with me, I have a huge problem thinning (bad) the ball when I am pitching and chipping with my 9 iron and pitching wedge from between 100 yds and just in front of the green. The closer I am to the green the worse it is. So generally speaking without knowing that much information, what could I be doing wrong
On 26-Apr-2005, "321zyx" <faust8098@yahoo.com> wrote:
I know this is going to be vague but bear with me, I have a huge problem> thinning (bad) the ball when I am pitching and chipping with my 9 iron and> pitching wedge from between 100 yds and just in front of the green. The> closer I am to the green the worse it is. So generally speaking without> knowing that much information, what could I be doing wrong
I'm a poor player. But when I am chipping, I need to concentrate in moving the club through the ball in such a way that I lift my hands and club after - with the club head lagging behind. Ask your pro to show you how to follow-through with chips and pitches.
Saw it once in the thread already but just for the sake of redundancy:
Your weight has to be on your left side (righthander). If you have your weight 60/40 or even 75/25 leaning toward the shot, it is almost impossible to hit it thin.
"321zyx" <faust8098@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:W7sbe.31507$_t3.8926@tornado.tampabay.rr.com...>I know this is going to be vague but bear with me, I have a huge problem> thinning (bad) the ball when I am pitching and chipping with my 9 iron and> pitching wedge from between 100 yds and just in front of the green. The> closer I am to the green the worse it is. So generally speaking without> knowing that much information, what could I be doing wrong>
"321zyx" <faust8098@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:W7sbe.31507$_t3.8926@tornado.tampabay.rr.com...>I know this is going to be vague but bear with me, I have a huge problem> thinning (bad) the ball when I am pitching and chipping with my 9 iron and> pitching wedge from between 100 yds and just in front of the green. The> closer I am to the green the worse it is. So generally speaking without> knowing that much information, what could I be doing wrong>
First thing I can think of (without seeing you swing) is taking the club too far back so that you have to decelerate as you approach the ball. Short shots must be hit with a short swing, but accelerating through the ball. If you decelerate... BAD stuff happens.
I've seen a lot of people decelerate when they hit short shots because they take too full a swing.
Try shortening the swing and accelerate THROUGH the ball.
Also if you are trying to sweep the all, instead of hitting down on the ball... that's a potential recipe for disaster.
Wow! A ton of great advice. I am most certainly going to give it all a shot. Thanks again and I'll let you know how it works out.
<nschick@att.net> wrote in message news:1114586980.022759.142280@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...> All good advice. sometimes the problem is not committing to the shot.> another idea to help with this is to hold your finish. saw this on one> of those Peter Kostis sessions on tv, and it seems to work.> striker>
321zyx wrote:> > I know this is going to be vague but bear with me, I have a huge> problem> > thinning (bad) the ball when I am pitching and chipping with my 9> iron and> > pitching wedge from between 100 yds and just in front of the green.> The> > closer I am to the green the worse it is. So generally speaking> without> > knowing that much information, what could I be doing wrong>
