How To Stop Pushing Irons Shots

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In this video, PGA Professional Nick Drane explains how to stop pushing your irons.

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00:00 (upbeat music)

00:02 Hi, my name's Nick Drane.

00:06 I'm a PGA professional and master fitting specialist

00:08 here at the Titleist Performance Center at Woburn.

00:10 In this video, we're gonna talk about

00:12 how to start pushing your irons.

00:14 The fundamentals within your setup

00:15 are gonna help you deliver the club in the correct fashion

00:18 to hit the golf ball in your right direction.

00:21 A lot of the time I see incorrect setup position

00:24 primarily around ball position.

00:26 So if I demonstrate for you now,

00:28 if I have the ball positioned too far back in my stance,

00:31 that's gonna cause the club to swing out to the right

00:35 with the club face open primarily.

00:37 It's gonna allow the ball to stay right at my target.

00:39 Ideally, what we'd like to see

00:42 is the ball just left of middle.

00:43 So as I come into the golf ball,

00:47 my club is now swinging more towards my target

00:50 with the club face square to my path.

00:52 And then I can start it at my target

00:54 with a much straighter golf shot.

00:56 One key part of being able to hit your irons

00:58 in the right direction is being properly fit for them.

01:00 So you're a PGA professional,

01:02 so they can fit you accordingly for your right lie angle,

01:04 which is gonna help you with a tighter shot dispersion.

01:07 I'm now gonna demonstrate to you

01:08 what happens if the ball position

01:10 is too far back in my stance.

01:12 You'll see my target, the flag, out in front.

01:15 If I now show you into my setup,

01:16 my shoulders are now aligned

01:22 a long way to the right of my target.

01:24 If I put the ball position just left of middle

01:26 where I ideally want it,

01:27 my shoulders are now properly aligned.

01:32 I can go ahead and hit the shot at my target.

01:35 As you can see, that ball flew towards my target.

01:46 The golf swing hasn't changed,

01:47 but I've made sure that my fundamentals are correct.

01:49 A really simple exercise you can do

01:51 to keep an eye on your fundamentals

01:53 and your ball position is with a couple of alignment sticks

01:55 or a couple of golf clubs will do as well,

01:57 is pop one down parallel to your feet,

02:00 and then I've got my other alignment stick

02:01 relative to my ball position.

02:03 So as you'll see here,

02:04 it is just left of middle,

02:08 and it's gonna ensure that I have the correct ball position

02:11 every single time.

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